118 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



have been described. Part of the Geometridce of the sub- 

 family BoarraiancG has been arranged, and the Godman and 

 Salvin Collection and other accessions incorporated. 



The arrangement of the collection of British Lepidoptera 

 has been continued and will shortly be completed. 



Some progress has been made in the re-arrangement of 

 the Diptera of the family Muscidce. Numerous accessions 

 from various sources have been incorporated, including a 

 considerable number of Mosquitoes (Culicidai) and a series 

 of types of species from New Zealand described by Captain 

 Hutton. A large number of type specimens of Tachininoe, 

 JDexince, and Sarcophaginai, described by F.Walker, have been 

 examined with a view to ascertain to what modern genera the 

 species should be referred, and they have been labelled and 

 transferred to their proper places in the collection. The 

 Walkerian types of Evaza, Salduhcc, Trichochceta and allied 

 genera {Strationiyidco) have been studied, and assigned to 

 their proper systematic positions. 



The determination and re-arrangement of the Tabanidce 

 have been continued by Miss Ricardo. 



The British Diptera of the genera Siinulium and 

 Varichoeta (Erigone) have been determined, labelled, and 

 arranged. 



Considerable time has been occupied in attending to 

 correspondence respecting Blood-sucking Flies, and in deter- 

 mining specimens sent for that purpose, chiefly by medical 

 men from various parts of the world, including India, Indo- 

 China, Egypt, Sudan, British Central Africa, and other 

 localities. 



Crustacea. — The arrangement of the cases of Crustacea in 

 the Insect Gallery has been continued. A considerable num- 

 ber of additional specimens have been prepared and coloured, 

 completing the systematic series of the Brachyura, and 

 descriptive labels have been prepared. The whole of the dry 

 collection, with the exception of the Cirripedia, has now been 

 arranged in the new cabinets in the Crustacea Room, and 

 manuscript indices to the spirit and dry collections have 

 been prepared. Work on the Cumacea has been continued, 

 and reports on collections from Ireland and from the Dutch 

 East Indies have been published. Reports have been pre- 

 pared and are now in the press on the collection obtained by 

 the "Discovery " Expedition, and on that of the " Puritan" 

 Expedition near Naples. The Decapoda of the " Discovery " 

 have been studied, and assistance has been given to Mr. A. 0. 

 Walker in working out the Amphipoda of the same collection. 

 Mr. Stanley W. Kemp has revised the deep-sea prawns of the 

 genus Acanihephyra in the Museum Collection. 



