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ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 
Part II.— NATURAL SCIENCE. 
SUPPLEMENT. 
No. I.— 1889. 
I . — Catalogue of the Insecta of the Oriental Region. No. 1. Order 
Ooleoptera, Family Cicindelidse . — By E. T. Atkinson, B. A. 
The nucleus of the biological collections of the Indian Museum 
was formed from the old collections of the Asiatic Society, and, of late 
years, considerable attention has been devoted to the subject of ren- 
dering these collections more accessible to the public, and more useful 
in advancing the cause of biological research in India. It has been 
found that the first steps to be taken in these directions are the forma- 
tion of correctly named collections, and the publication of catalogues, 
not only of the specimens actually in the Museum, but of the Oriental 
Region as a whole. Some progress has been made in this direction, 
our collections of insects are gradually being sent to specialists in Eu- 
rope for identification, the catalogues of the Vertebrata are provided 
for, and we have already a catalogue of the Mollusca, and of the species 
of the various families of the animal kingdom found by Dr. Anderson 
in Mergui. 
Amongst the Insecta, Mr. de Niceville is bringing to completion 
his work on the Rhopalocerous section of the Lepidoptera, and Col. 
Swinhoe with Mr. Cotes, the catalogue of the Heteroeerous section. 
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