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overhauling and assorting the specimens, and in identifying those which had previously been described. It was considered important to complete the general revision of the material before beginning upon the study of special groups, in order to prepare good reference series and determine the direction in which the best results could be obtained. This preliminary work has practically been finished and much progress made in the writing of special monographs, and the description of near and obscure forms. At the same