Report of the Hope Professor of Zoology, 1912.

  • University of Oxford. Department of Zoology.
Date:
1912
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Credit: Report of the Hope Professor of Zoology, 1912. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    * Report of the Hope Professor of Zoology, 1912. The two great pieces of work which mark the year 191a are the transference of the Lepidoptera into the Old Radcliffe Library together with the consequent reorganization of the whole Department, and the meeting of the Second Inter- national Entomological Congress in August. In the trans- ference of the collections the permanent staff received very kind help from the Rev. C. F. Thornewill and Mr. F. C. Woodforde, and the removal of the immense mass of delicate specimens was accomplished without any injury. By the death of Mr. R. Shelford, after years of illness, the Department lost one of its chief friends and one who had worked hard in securing its efficiency. The present condi- tion of the collections of Orthoptera, and especially the Blattidae, will remain as a monument to his indefatigable labours. Mr. R. S. Bagnall, who has been appointed Assistant Curator in succession to Mr. Shelford, has unfortunately been prevented from beginning his permanent work, although able, from time to time, to render valuable assistance. It is con- fidently hoped that he will be able to come into residence in a few weeks. 1. The Rothney Collection of Hyn> Mr. G. A. James Rothney has donations to the Library and to the s Hymenoptera presented in 1910. 2. Additions to the Collection of L Equatorial Africa. It was explained in the Report for 1911 that four great collections fiom the African Equatorial Zone were almost entirely uncatalogued. In the course of the year one of these, the collection made and presented by the Rev. K. St. Aubyn Rogers, M.A., Wadham College, has been entirely A