594 Zoology. 



Parry {Major Frederick John Sidney). [1811-1885] 



When Major Parry's collection was broken up and sold, certain portions 



were purchased by the Trustees, including 60 type specimens of Lucanidrc,* 



some Cetoniada?, and Oleridae. 



Major Parry was a frequent visitor to the Museum, and the Museum 



collection of Lucanidse was to a great extent named with his assistance. 

 See F. Bates and Bowring. 



Pascoe (Francis Polkinghorne). [1813-1893] 



Pascoe's entire collection of Coleoptera w T as purchased in 1803. The 

 arranged portion of the collection contained 33,700 specimens, uf which 

 3,191 were types of his species. Besides these there were numbers^ of 

 specimens which were regarded as duplicates or were unexamined, bringing 

 the total number of specimens up to 48,500. 



In its original state the collection was remarkable for the small space 

 it occupied. The cabinet drawers were small and shallow, and short pins 

 and very small labels were used. Pascoe seldom kept more than two 

 specimens of a species, and was generally satisfied with one: many of the 

 specimens regarded by him as duplicates were therefore wanted for the 

 Museum collection. If a species varied in size he always chose the 

 smallest, and rarely put an imperfect specimen into his cabinet. 



Perkins (Robert C. L.). 

 See Hawaiian Islands. 



Petiver (James). [1659-1718]. 



Petiver's collection of insects is contained in two folio volumes, the 

 specimens being flattened on pieces of card and covered with talc. Some 

 other specimens are mounted in glass frames of various sizes. The 

 specimens are mostly in bad condition. The chief interest of the collection 

 lies in its age (one" of the Libellulas being dated August 1700) and in the 

 fact that some of the specimens are figured in the collector's works. It 

 formed part of the original British Museum, having been purchased by 

 Sir Hans Sloane. 



Power (John Arthur). [1810-1886] 



His entire collections of British Coleoptera and Hemiptera. Purchased 

 in 1896. 



As Dr. Powder often kept unnecessarily large series of specimens, only 

 a selection was made for incorporation, care being taken to secure 

 individuals from all localities. All the specimens were originally 

 mounted in rows on long strips of card, which made a careful examination 

 very difficult. Those which were incorporated in the British Collection 

 were therefore all re-mouuted. Many others were incorporated in the 

 general collection. 



Pryer (W. B.). 



Types of Lepidoptera from China. 



Raynor (Dr. G. H.). 



In 1899 the Trustees purchased 2400 specimens of Lepidoptera from 

 New South Wales from Dr. Puiynor's collection. They were chiefly 

 named by Mr. Meyrick and contained some of his types. 



* Most of the other Lucanidae were purchased by M. K. Oberthur. 



