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of the Satyrus group, certain genera of the Lethe group, and 

 the Mycalesis, Melanitis, Pronojyhila and Hetcera groups 

 have been arranged and outstanding accessions belonging 

 to these portions of the collection have been incorporated. 



Vol. IV. of the Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalsense has 

 been passed through the press and published, and Vol. V. is 

 nearly completed in MS. 



' The Noctuidse of the sub-family Agrotinse have been 

 arranged in accordance with the Catalogue, and almost all 

 accessions have been incorporated. 



Col. Swinhoe has given much time to describing the new 

 Lymantriadse in the Museum from the Ethiopian, Oriental, 

 and Australian Regions, and also to the identification and 

 description of the Ethiopian Geometridse. 



Mr. South has continued the re-arrangement of the British 

 Lepidoptera, the Macro-Lepidoptera being nearly completed. 

 He has also made some progress with the re-arrangement 

 of the Geometridse of the sub-family Boarmianse and the 

 incorporation of the Godman-Salvin Collection. 



Crustacea. — Considerable progress has been made in 

 colouring the exhibited dry specimens with their natural 

 tints. Drawings illustrating the zoological characters of the 

 Amphipoda and Isopoda have been placed on exhibition and 

 explanatory labels have been added. Drawings of the blood 

 vascular system of the higher Crustacea have been prepared 

 from original dissections, and some excellent preparations 

 illustrating the phenomena of ecdysis have been added. The 

 new cases for the spirit collection have not yet been avail- 

 able. An index has been made to the MSS. Catalogue of 

 Anomura. The collection of Cumacea has been largely 

 increased, and a catalogue is being prepared. 



Onychophora.- — All the specimens of Peripatus obtained 

 were submitted, before registration, to Prof. Bouvier of Paris, 

 who is still engaged in preparing his monograph of this 

 group. 



Echinoderma. — Various additions and corrections have 

 been made to the MSS. Catalogues, and all the specimens 

 registered have been identified. 



Fermes.— See " Index Museum." 



Anthozoa. — The fourth volume of the Catalogue of Corals, 

 dealing with both recent and fossil Gonioporae, has been 

 issued, and the fifth volume, dealing with the Porites, is 

 being prepared. Plans have been passed for a set of cup- 

 boards extensive enough to take the whole of the study 

 collection of Stony Corals in systematic order. 



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