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of the Club to form a model named Cabinet of Insects unquestion- 

 ably British ;" and a portion of Rule III. is as follows : — " That the 

 Cabinet be open at the house of the Curator on [here the days and 

 hours are specified] ; and that all entomologists consulting the same 

 shall be at perfect liberty to make any notes, memoranda, descrip- 

 tions or drawings of any insect contained therein." 



These Rules have been in great measure carried out. There has 

 been a constant endeavour to form such a collection : £\0b has been 

 expended on cabinets ; and the collection was open at the residence 

 of the first Curator, Mr. Newman, for more than ten years ; it was 

 then moved to the residence of Mr. Edward Doubleday, the second 

 Curator, where it still continued open to visitors ; on the lamented 

 death of Mr. Doubleday it was moved to the residence of Mr. Walker, 

 the third Curator ; and, lastly, has been removed to the residence of 

 Mr. Newman, a second time appointed Curator, at No. 7, York Grove, 

 Queen's Road, Peckham, where entomologists are invited to avail 

 themselves of it, for obtaining names, &c, on every Thursday from 

 October to March, both months inclusive, from 6 to 9 o'clock in the 

 evening. Mr. Newman devotes these three hours exclusively to com- 

 paring and naming any insects that may be brought to him, and to 

 communicate any other information he possesses. The entire collec- 

 tion has been so long in the process of formation that a great number 

 of the specimens are in a somewhat dilapidated state ; and, moreover, 

 so numerous are the changes in nomenclature, rendered necessary by 

 the works of Guenee, Fairmaire, and other continental entomologists, 

 that a rearrangement of the entire collection has become absolutely 

 necessary. This has already been commenced at two points, Lepi- 

 doptera and Diptera ; the works of Boisduval and Guenee being 

 taken as guides in the Lepidoptera, and Mr. Walker's 'Insecta Bri- 

 tannica ' in the Diptera. The following general arrangment will be 

 observed : — 



A. Insects having amorphous pupa?. 



1. Lepidoptera. 



2. Diptera. 



B. Insects having necromorphous pupa?. 



3. Hymenoptera. 



4. Coleoptera. 



5. Stegoptera. 



C. Insects having isomorphous pupa?. 



6. Neuroptera. 



