560 Zoology. 



A Chronological Account of the Principal Accessions to 

 the Collection op Insects to the end op 1904. 



The following collections of Insects formed during the last 

 quarter of the 18th and first quarter of the 19th centuries are in 

 the Museum : — 



1. Some of Drury's types of Lepidoptera obtained in the 

 Milne Collection (v. p. 593), and described between 1770 and 1782. 



2. Most of the Fabrician types described between 1775 and 

 1805 as being contained in the Banks Collection were received 

 with that collection (v. p. 580) presented in 1863 by the Linmean 

 Society. 



3. A large proportion of the species described in 1803 by 

 A. H. Haworth in his " Lepidoptera Britannica" (v. pp. 589 

 and 597). 



4. Most of the species described in 1818 by the Rev. W. 

 Kirby in " A Century of Insects" and "New Species of Insects 

 collected in New Holland by Robert Brown," also portions of 

 his collections of British Coleoptera, and Hymenoptera described in 

 1802 in his "Apum Anglise" (v. p. 591). 



5. The species described in 1802 by Marsham in his " Coleop- 

 tera Britannica" obtained in the Stephens Collection (v. p. 596). 



1826. 



The collection of British and Foreign Insects formed by 



Dr. W. E. Leach was presented ; the number of specimens is not 



recorded. 



1835. 



The large collection of Insects of all Orders made by Major- 

 General Thos. Hardwicke, chiefly at Nepal, bequeathed to the 



Trustees. 



1839. 



A selection of about 1749 Insects, mostly Coleoptera and 

 Lepidoptera (including some types from Drury's collection), from 

 the collection of G. Milne : purchased. 



1840. 



The most important collection obtained in this year was that 

 of Mr. J. G. Children, of which 8286 specimens of all Orders 

 were purchased. 



