114 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Insecta— continued. 



progress has been made with the arrangement and expansion 

 of the British Ichneumonidce, while the Braconidce and Chal- 

 cididce have been entirely re-arranged. 



The entire collection of Butterflies has been removed from 

 its previous position in Rooms A., B., C. to new places in Rooms 

 C, D., E. The removal has enabled the cabinets to be placed in 

 consecutive order. 



Progress has been made with the transference of the Collec- 

 tion to the glass-bottomed drawer cabinets, the following being 

 the chief groups arranged therein. 



In the Painlionidce : Troides (Ornithoptera). 



Pieridce : Delias, Mylothris, Catasticta, Ixias, 

 Callidryas, Tatochila. 



Zycoenidce : Thysonotis, Hypolyccena, lolaus, Cato- 

 chrysops, Tajuria. 



During the year, Vol. VIII. of the Catalogue of Moths has 

 been published and Vol. IX. passed through the press, com- 

 pleting the Noctuid sub-family Acronyctince, which has been 

 re-arranged. The MS. of Vol. X. of the Catalogue, dealing 

 with the sub-family ErastriancB, has been completed. The 

 re-arrangement of the Sphingidce has been completed, and the 

 Neave Collection from the Congo and N. Rhodesia worked out 

 and incorporated. 



In the Rhynchota the Ricaniidce and Issince have been 

 re-arranged and revised, and new species described in a series 

 of papers. The collection of Rhynchota purchased from the 

 Van der Poll Collection has been worked out, and descriptions 

 of new species have been published, also a number of other 

 species in the collection have been described as new in the 

 " Records of the Indian Museum." 



The Dipterous genus Tahanus has been re-arranged and 

 expanded, and the genus Musca partly re-arranged. 



Undetermined genera and species of African and Indian 

 Blood-sucking Muscidse have been worked out and described, 

 and the sub-family Stomoxydinoe (Fam. Muscidce) was deter- 

 mined and arranged. Many small collections of Blood-sucking 

 and other Diptera have been received from various parts of the 

 world, especially Tropical Africa, and information thereon 

 furnished to the senders. 



Numerous other accessions, both Exotic and British, 

 belonging to various families, have been determined and 

 incorporated. 



A commencement has been made in the determination of 

 The Neave Collection of Tahanidce from the Congo Free State 

 and N.-E. Rhodesia. The text for "Illustrations of African 

 Blood-sucking Flies " has been completed, and the work itself 

 published. A considerable number of enquiries concerning 

 species of medical or economic importance have been dealt with. 



