Insecta. 583 



Children (John George). [1777-1852] 



In 1816 J. G. Children was appointed an Assistant Keeper in the 

 Museum; and in 1837, when the Zoological collections were made into a 

 separate Department, Children was the first Keeper. He had, however, * 

 private collection of Insects of all orders, and when these were Bold 'in 

 1840 a large number of specimens were purchased by the Tru 

 Specimens had, moreover, been previously presented by him in 1839. 



These are all incorporated in the general collection. 



Christmas Island Expedition. 



The insects collected in 1897-98 by Dr. C. W. Andrews, and described 

 in the "Monograph of Christmas Island" by A. G. Butler, Sir G. P. 

 Hampson, Lord Walsingham, W. P. Kirby, C. 0. Waterhouse, C. J. 

 Gahan, G. Lewis and G. J. Arrow, are in the Museum, except the 

 Microlepidoptera, which are in Lord Walsingham's collection. 



Clark (Rev. Hamlet). [1823?-1867] 



In 1867 the Trustees purchased his entire collection of Ilydradcphaga, 

 consisting of about 8000 specimens, and Fhytophaga, about 06,000 

 specimens. 



Clark purchased the collections of Laferte and Chevrolat, as well as 

 considerable numbers from the collections of James Thomson* and 

 others. 



All these are incorporated with the general collection. 



Coekerell (Theodore Dru Allison). [1866- 

 See West Indies. 



Crowley (Philip). [1837-1901] 



See p. 577. 



Crotch (George Robert). [1841 ?-1874] 



The series of Coleoptera collected for Dr Godman in the Azores, and 

 which formed the subject of a paper by G. R. Crotch in the Proceedings of 

 the Zoological Society for 1867, was presented to the Museum by Dr. 

 Godman in 1871. 



It is at present kept as a separate collection. 



Curtis (John). [1791-1862] 



The types of the "Descriptions of the Insects collected by Capt, 

 P. P. King in the Survey of the Straits of Magellan." Trans. Linn, - .. 

 1837-39. 



These were presented by the Linnean Society in 1863. They are at 

 present in a separate cabinet, but will be incorporated when circomstancefl 

 permit. 



Dallas (William Sweetland). [1824-1890] 



All the types described by this author in the Catalogue of Bemiptexoai 



Insects in the British Museum. 



* I am not sure that he purchased Thomson's entire collection; he 

 probably divided it with Baly, but I remember Beeing tic collection at oil 

 house in its original state with the large round coloured tickets. — CHAB. O. W, 



