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Arachnicla. — Considerable progress has been made towards 

 the completion of a series of specimens of Arachnida and 

 Myriopoda for the Exhibition Gallery. The cases have been 

 lined with dark green plush, and the colour of the labels 

 and illustrations finally settled after many experiments. 

 Specimens for the cases have been dried, set, and, in many 

 cases, stuffed ; and after repeated trials, a method of 

 preserving Spiders, by soaking in a mixture of glycerine and 

 water to prevent shrinkage on exposure to the air, was 

 discovered. Specimens thus preserved have been painted to 

 show the colours of life, and exhibited. 



Explanatory labels setting forth the morphological 

 characters of the order'3, suborders, and minor subdivisions 

 have been written and printed, and drawings to illustrate 

 the same have been prepared by Mr. F. Cambridge under 

 Mr. Pocock's supervision. 



Insecta. — Progress has been made with the arrangement 

 of the Insect Gallery. A series of specimens and drawings 

 illustrating the classification of Thysanura and Collemhola 

 has been placed on exhibition, and typical Orthoptera of the 

 families Forjiculidce, Fhasmidce and Blattidce have been 

 placed in the table-cases and descriptive labels prepared for 

 them. 



Specimens of Coleoptera from the Crowley Collection have 

 been selected in accordance with the terms of the bequest, 

 and many of them have been labelled and incorporated with 

 the general collection. 



All Entomological books and periodicals received during the 

 year have been press-marked and entered in the manuscript 

 catalogue. 



The unmounted insects, which had considerably accumu- 

 lated, have, by the employment of outside assistance, been 

 satisfactorily dealt with ; and very numerous miscellaneous 

 accessions have been incorporated with the general collection 

 or sorted into their respective families. 



The arrangement and incorporation of the Clavicorn 

 Coleoptera have proceeded, the Histcridce, Cuciijidce and 

 smaller families having been completed. About half of this 

 great group has now been finished. 



In the Malacodermata the small family Cioidcv, which was 

 in urgent need of revision, has been re-arranged and all 

 accessions incorporated. 



The Languriidcv, of which a duplicate set was submitted to 

 the Rev. H. S. Gorham and partly named by him, have been 

 arranged and extended. 



The incorporation of the Longicornia of the Godman- 

 Salvin collections, which was commenced at the end of ITOO, 

 has been continued, and the whole of the Laiibiidcd have 

 now been added to the general collection. At the same time 

 the incorporation of the Lamiidoi of the Pascoe Collection 

 md various smaller accessions has been proceeded with. 



