COUNCIL FOR 1869 . 
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The Curator of the Entomological Department reports:— 
The Foreign Lepidoptera, which have hitherto been stored 
away in boxes and drawers, have been displayed in cases 
constructed on the same principle, as those which hold the 
collection of eggs, and placed in one of the galleries of the 
Greological Eooms. Most of the specimens are named, and it 
is hoped that their great beauty will make them an object of 
attraction to visitors. It is proposed to place the more con¬ 
spicuous foreign insects of other orders in the same cases. The 
Cabinets in the Council Boom will now afford space for a 
collection of British insects, which should be made as complete 
as possible for the purposes of reference. The collection of 
British Lepidoptera is now in progress, and the Honorary 
Curator desires especially to solicit donations of named insects 
to complete this order. It is to be regretted that many of the 
Crustacea have suffered from exposure to light. 
The additions to the Department of Comparative Anatomy, 
during the year, consist of one or two bony rings from the 
trachea of a Dinornis, and a femur and meta-tarsal bone of 
Dinornis Elephantopus, presented by E. Gibson, Esq., Norton, 
Stockton-on-Tees; and the bones of a young alligator’s head, 
presented by the Curator of the Department, Thomas Allis, 
Esq.; a bone of the Walrus has been presented to the Society 
by Eobert Honey wood. Esq., of Essex. 
Library. —During the past year considerable labour has 
been bestowed upon the Library. The books have to some 
extent been re-arranged, and to each volume throughout the 
collection, letters and a number have been affixed so as to 
indicate its compartment and position on the shelves. At the 
same time a new Shelf Catalogue, and a new Alphabetical 
Catalogue have been prepared, in correspondence with these 
arrangements, so that it is at once seen in the latter Catalogue 
where exactly upon the shelves a book may be found, while 
conversely, any absent volume can also be identified by an 
inspection of the Shelf Catalogue. 
The attention of the Members is particularly drawn to the 
importance of duly entering, in the Eegister, all books taken 
from the Library, in order that, as far as possible, the future 
