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Bl 



= Blekinge 



Boh 



= Bohuslan 



Dlr 



= Dalarna 



Dsl 



= Dalsland 



Gstr 



= Giistrikland 



Gtl 



= Gotland 



Hjd 



= Harjedalen 



HI 



= Halland 



His 



= Halsingland 



Jtl 



= Jamlland 



Lu Ipm 



= Lulc lappmark 



Ly Ipm 



= Lycksele lappmark 



Mpd 



= Medelpad 



Nb 



= Norrbotten 



Nrk 



= Narkc 



Plpm 



= Pite lappmark 



Sk 



= SkSne 



Sm 



= Smalan j 



Srm 



= Sodermanland 



T Ipm 



= Torne lappmark 



Upl 



= Uppland 



Vb 



= Vastcrbotten 



Vg 



= Vastergotland 



Vrm 



= Varmland 



Vstm 



= Vastmanland 



Ang 



= Angermanland 



As Ipm 



= Asele lappmark 



Og 



= Ostcrgdtland 



01 



= Oland~ 



Fig. 1. Provinces and Lapp-districts of Sweden. 



Gaston Prior, then Secretary, and Eric Bradford, then Curator, were very ready 

 to agree that this generous offer should be accepted, a view endorsed by the Council 

 at its meeting in August of that year. At first two, and later three, 10-drawer Hill 

 units were made available and by early October 1977 the first consignment of about 

 300 specimens was safely received. No time was to be lost if these were to be shown 

 at the Annual Exhibition on 29 October, and in fact 159 species of 22 families were 

 exhibited. This early flurry of activity was but the prelude to an extended period of 

 assembling and cataloguing the material prior to curation. Two drawers were shown 

 at the 1978 Exhibition and a further ten in 1979. By 1981, 20 drawers were installed at 

 South Audley Street, the remaining 10 drawers following a year later. No material 

 was sent by post or carrier, all the many consignments being brought over by Stig 

 and myself and our families; by car, ship and air. Nothing was damaged. 



Long runs, even of variable species, were at no time contemplated, the general 

 plan being on the basis of two males and two females of each species. Some 



