DEPAETMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 10^ 



progress has been made with the preparation of specimens 

 for exhibition in the public gallery. 



Examples and drawings with explanatory labels to illus- 

 trate the structure and classification of Trilobites and King- 

 Crabs have been set up. Many Spiders, Scorpions, and other 

 Arachnida have been stuffed and mounted, and diagrams 

 showing the essential characters of the various orders have 

 been prepared. 



Insecta. — In order to afford more space for the Arachnida. 

 and Myriopoda in the Insect Gallery, the Coleopterous 

 Insects belonging to the early families have been arranged 

 in a cabinet, and the rest temporarily removed from the 

 gallery. Further progress has been made in preparing 

 specimens and labels for the table-cases. 



All new books and additions to the periodicals have been 

 marked and placed on the shelves, and the manuscript 

 catalogue kept up to date. 



A very large number of unmounted specimens received by 

 presentation have been mounted and labelled, and the accu- 

 mulation of such accessions has been considerably reduced, 

 but numbers remain still unmounted. 



The economic specimens contained in cabinet-drawers 

 having become crowded, in consequence of numerous addi- 

 tions, the drawers have been re-arranged. 



The numerous inquiries respecting injurious insects have 

 been attended to, and the specimens sent, both native and 

 from the Colonies, have as far as possible been named. 



The re-arrangement of the Beetles of the family Cicindelida3^ 

 has been completed, and the value of this part of the col- 

 lection has been further increased by an inspection by Dr. 

 Walther Horn, who has identified species described by him 

 and given valuable desiderata in exchange for duplicates. 



A re-arrangement of the very extensive Clavicorn series 

 has been commenced, the Psela'phidce, Paussidce, Scyd- 

 mcenidce, SilphidcB, and minor families being completed, as 

 well as the greater part of the Histeridce. 



The specimens of Lymexylonidce, and of the genus Cetonia 

 from the Pascoe and other collections have been incorporated, 

 and the drawers containing them re-arranged. 



The incorporation of the Pascoe Collection of Longicornia 

 has been continued, and a commencement has been made 

 with the incorporation of the Central American Longicornia 

 of the Godman-Salvin Collection, the groups dealt with being 

 those of the Lamiidce up to and including the Monoham- 

 mini. The expansion of the general collection by the 

 addition of this new material has necessitated the entire 

 re-arrangement of these groups in fresh cabinet drawers. 



The Longicornia of the genus Astathes and allied genera 

 have been revised, and the species described by Thomson 

 named and labelled after comparison with the actual type- 



