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A considerable number of specimens of the Neuropterous 

 family Ne'inopteridce have been sent from the collection to a 

 foreign specialist TSetlor Longinos Navas), who will determine 

 the unnamed species. Similar steps have been taken with a 

 number of Termitidce, in this case sent to Stockholm (Dr. 

 Nils Holmgren), who has undertaken to name the specimens 

 hitherto undetermined. 



Myriopoda and Arachnida. 



The collection of Mygalomorph Spiders has been partly re- 

 arranged, and the nomenclature brought up to date. Part of the 

 families Selenocosmiidce and Ischnocolidce have been worked 

 ■out, aild a number of new forms described. Work has also been 

 •done on South African Arachnida. Several collections of Ticks 

 which have been received during the year have been worked 

 out, and reports forwarded to the donors. 



The preparation of the MS. of the Guide to the exhibited 

 series of Myriopoda and Arachnida has been completed. 



Crustacea and Pycnogonida. 

 Some additions have been made to the exhibited series, the 

 most important being a set of nine cast shells from a single 

 specimen of the Common Lobster, presented by Mr. H. J. Wad- 

 •dington. A Guide to the Crustacea exhibited in the Gallery is 

 an course of preparation. A series of Cirripedes illustrating 

 Darwin's work on the group have been selected and arranged 

 to form part of the Darwin Exhibition. The alterations in the 

 iheating apparatus in the Crustacea Room having reduced the 

 space available for the storage of the collection, it has only been 

 possible to find room for the very large number of additions 

 made during the year by putting up a temporary cupboard, to 

 which the Pycnogonida have been transferred. The whole of 

 the bottles in the Spirit collection (some 12,000 in number) 

 have been cleaned and refilled. Work on the Cumacea has been 

 continued, a large number of accessions have been determined, 

 and descriptions of the new species have been prepared for 

 pulDlication. 



Prototracheata, Echinoderma, Vermes and Anthozoa.* 



The manuscript catalogue to the collection of dry corals 

 has been indexed, and is now generally available. Nothing has 

 been done duringthe year to diminish the congestion of the 

 collections of Invertebrata in spirit, which will soon result 

 in greatly increased difficulty in finding specimens. The 

 collection of Holothurians has been re-spirited. 



Most of the specimens obtained during the year have been 

 determined. 



Dr. Ash worth has continued his catalogue of Arenicolidse. 



The Guide to the exhibited specimens of Pentastomum and 

 Peripatus has been prepared, and the exhibition series has 

 been re-mounted and re-arranged. 



* The Assistant in charge of these groups has been recently occupied by 

 the editing of the " Discovery " Report and the General Catalogue of books. 



