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specimens which were kindly lent for the purpose by M. Rene 

 Oberthiir. 



The Longicornia from Hainan I., collected by J. Whitehead, 

 have been worked out and described. 



Specimens of the Curculionid genus Cleonus, representative 

 of every species in the collection in duplicate, were sent to 

 Herr J. Faust, by whom they have been named and returned. 



In the Order Neuroptera the re-arrangement of the 

 remainder of the Myrmeleonidoi in new cabinets has been 

 completed. 



The bulk of accessions in Odonata and in Neuroptera 

 generally, have been worked out and incorporated with 

 the general collection, including the Hawaiian Collection of 

 Neuroptera formed by Mr. B. C. L. Perkins, and described 

 by him in the '' Fauna Hawaiiensis." 



Working Catalogues of the Sialidce, AscalaphidcB, Panor- 

 pidce, NenfiopteridcB, MantisindcB, Nymphidce, Osmylidce, 

 MacTopalpidcG, and Hemerohiidce have been prepared, and 

 the collection of these families re-arranged. The whole of the 

 specimens of Neuroptera have now been transferred to new 

 cabinets. 



In Orthoptera a commencement has been made with the 

 re-arrangement of the Locustidce in new cabinets, the families 

 Proscopiida3, Mastacidce, and a portion of the Tryxalida3 

 having been completed within the year. The Hawaiian 

 Collections of Orthoptera (except LocustidcB) and the De 

 Borman's Collection of ForficulidcG have also been incor- 

 porated with the general collection. 



A large number of accessions belonging to other families 

 of Orthoptera previously arranged have been determined and 

 incorporated with the collection. 



The whole of the cabinets devoted to Orthoptera and 

 Neuroptera, including those reserved for accessions and 

 duplicates, have been indexed and labelled, both outside the 

 cabinets and upon the separate drawers. 



The following examination, expansion, and identification 

 of Butterflies of the family Lycnidoi have been completed, 

 as far as possible, with the material at present available, all 

 accessions to the family having been incorporated and various 

 genera separated which were previously confounded. 



Several collections of Butterflies from Nicaragua, British 

 East Africa, and the White Nile have been worked out, 

 named, incorporated and reported on. 



The study and re-arrangement of Butterflies of the genus 

 Precis has been commenced, all accessions being carefully 

 labelled and incorporated. 



Alphabetical index lists have been made to the genera of 

 the various sub-families of Rhopalocera in the collection, 

 and continued progress made in posting up the catalogue 

 from the Zoological Record. 



