108 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The acquisition of Capt.Kerremans' collection of Coleoptera 

 of the family Buprestidce has necessitated the re-arrange- 

 ment of that family, and thirty-eight drawers have already 

 been completed. The arrangement of the Elateridce, made 

 necessary by the gift of the Janson collection, has also been 

 undertaken, and has progressed as far as the end of the group 

 Monocreioidiides. 



The unidentified portion of the collection of Gyrinidce 

 was sent to Dr. Auguste Regimbart, of Evreux, by whom it 

 has been thoroughly worked out, and the whole collection of 

 these beetles has since been transferred to standard drawers, 

 and re-arranged. The Dytiscidce, the only part of the 

 collection of Coleoptera not yet transferred to standard 

 drawers, are now being similarly submitted to Dr. Regimbart 

 in instalments, with a view to the arrangement of that family 

 in the near future. 



The arrangement of the enormous Clavicorn series of 

 Coleoptera has made further progress, the families Cucujidce 

 and Colydiidce and a portion of the Cry2Jtophagidce having 

 been completed. 



The remaining groups of Central American Lamellicornia 

 from the Godman and Salvin collection have been incorpo- 

 rated, and this work has rendered necessary a revision of the 

 Pa8salido3, the greater part of which has been completed. 



The large genera of Weevils, Pachyrrhynchus, Apocyrtus, 

 and Hiiyporrhinus have undergone re-arrangement. 



The Nymphaline Butterflies of the genera Limenitis, 

 Apatura, and Vanessa have been arranged hy Mr. H. J. Elwes 

 in the new cabinets. 



The Melanitis, Euptychia, and Ypthvnia groups of the 

 Satyridce and the Elymniana;, A'}nathusiance, Movphinoi, 

 and Brassolince have been re-arranged, all additional materials 

 being incorporated. Progress has been made with the 

 re-arrangement of the Danaince. 



The MS. of Vol. V. of the Catalogue of Moths has been 

 completed, and almost passed through the press. 



The sub-family Hadenince of JSfoctuidce has undergone 

 re-arrangement. 



The re-organisation of the collection of British Lepidoptera 

 has been finished almost to the end of the Tortricidce. 



The Hon. Waiter Rothschild has given some time to a 

 re-arrangement of the Sphingidce. 



The first volume of the Catalogue of Orthoptera, including 

 the families Forficulidce, Hemimeridce, Blattidw, Mantidoi, 

 and Phasmidce, has been completed, and the collection of 

 Phasmidce has been revised and extended in accordance 

 with it. 



