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In the Hymenoptera the family Mutillidce has been 

 expanded and completely re-arranged. 



Crustacea. — Progress has been made in arranging and 

 labelling the exhibited series of Crustacea, and a large 

 number of additional specimens have been prepared and 

 tinted in natural colours. The systematic series of Anomura 

 and Macrura are on the point of completion. The entire 

 spirit collection has been overhauled, the bottles relilled where 

 necessary, and generic labels placed on the shelves to facilitate 

 reference. A special collection presented by Mr. Geoffrey 

 Smith, illustrating the changes produced in certain Crabs by 

 the presence of parasites, has been mounted and arranged as 

 a temporary exhibit in one of the bays of the central hall. 

 Important exchanges have been carried out during the year 

 with the Museums of Calcutta, Paris, Washington, and 

 Pittsburgh. The undetermined material of terrestrial Isopoda 

 has been sent for study to Herr G, Budde-Lund of Copen- 

 hagen, and a number of African Phyllopoda have been sent 

 for the same purpose to Dr. E. Wolf, of Frankfurt a/M. 

 The Macrurous Crustacea of the Third Tanganyika Expedition 

 have b°en studied and reported on, and the first part of 

 a report on Cumacea received from the Copenhagen Museum 

 has been prepared for publication. 



Echinoderma.* — A fine example of Centrostephanus 

 rodgersi has been addded to the exhibited series. The MSS. 

 Catalogue of the Crinoidea has been brought up to date. 

 All the Echinoderma obtained during the year have been 

 identified and incorporated. 



Vermes * — Dr. Ashworth has made a preliminary exami- 

 nation of the Polychseta before commencing a catalogue. 

 Dr. Fowler has determined various Chsetognaths ; Dr. 

 Meixner some Planarians ; Dr. Linstow the Nematodes sub- 

 mitted to him ; and Mr. F. F. Laidlaw some Turbellarians. 

 Thanks to the assistance of these specialists, all the Worms 

 obtained during the year have been determined. 



Anthozoa* — The sixth volume of the Catalogue of Corals 

 has been published, this completes the description of the 

 forms belonging to the suborder Entocnemaria. 



A fine specimen of Gorgonella verriculata has been 

 mounted for exhibition in the Coral Gallery. The specimens 

 of Porites are now arranged in the cupboards of the Coral- 

 room in the order of the published Catalogue. 



Advantage was taken of the visit of Mr. Simpson to 

 re-spirit many of the specimens of Alcyonaria which he came 

 to study. 



Tunicata, Brachiopoda, Polyzoa, Hydrozoa, Porifera, 

 and Protozoa. — Most of the time that could be spared by the 

 assistant in charge of these groups from the usual official routine 



* The time of the assistant in charge of these groups has been largely 

 devoted to the " Discovery " collections. 



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