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parts of the British Empire have been determined and incor- 

 porated ; and information has been supplied to the senders 

 and other enquirers. The preparation of drawings for " Illus- 

 trations of African Blood-sucking Flies " has been advanced. 



The collection of Ghrysididce, or Cuckoo-wasps, was arranged 

 and extended by Lieutenant-Colonel Bingham, of whose services 

 the Museum has unhappily been since deprived by death. 

 Mr. Rowland E. Turner has continued to devote his time to 

 the service of the Museum, and during the past year has 

 completed his re-arrangement of the Scoliidw and commenced 

 that of the Sphegidcv. 



The transfer of the Butterflies to the cabinets of the new 

 pattern has been continued, and the re-arrangement of the 

 NymphalincE has been completed, the Hewitson Collection 

 and all other accessions except the Godman-Salvin Collection 

 being included. The ErycinidcB and the Liptenine group of 

 LyccBnid(B have been similarly treated, and of the latter all 

 available accessions incorporated. 



The Thaidinoi and part of the genus Papilio have been 

 arranged by Mr. H. J. Elwes in the new cabinets. 



The MS. dealing with the family Noctuidce, sub-family 

 Acronyctince, which is the subject of Vols. VII., VIII. and IX. 

 of the Catalogue of Moths, has been completed. Vol. VII. has 

 been published, and part of Vol. VIII. is in type. About two- 

 thirds of the sub-family Erastriance, which will form Vol. X. 

 of the Catalogue, have also been worked out and the descriptions 

 written, and the Museum Collection has been arranged as far 

 as the Catalogue is in print. 



In the other groups of Moths, the Hon. L. Walter Roth- 

 schild has continued his re-arrangement of the collection of 

 Sphingidce, and Mr. L. B. Prout has completed his identifica- 

 tion of unnamed Neotropical Gcometridce in the Museum by 

 comparison with the types in the Tring Museum, 



Myriopoda and Arachnida. — A large number of the 

 centipedes of the family Scolopendridce have been determined* 



The greater part of the unnamed material of Arachnida 

 has been arranged in geographical order ; much of the African 

 material has been sorted into families and genera, and is now 

 being worked out. Many of the " Harvest-men " in the col- 

 lection have also been named. 



The dry collections of Scorpions, Solifugae and Pedipalpi 

 have been re-arranged and re-labelled and their nomenclature 

 has been brought up to date. 



Progress has been made with the compilation of a guide to 

 the exhibited series of Myriopoda and Arachnida. 



Crustacea. — Considerable additions have been made to the 

 exhibited series, and a set of preparations, illustrating the 

 structure of the lobstei', as an introduction to the study af 



