434 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP [1889. 



Treasurer, . . . . S. R. Roberts. 



Librarian, .... Edward J. Nolan. 



Conservator, . . . Henry A. Pilsbry. 



Since the last annual meeting of the Section specimens have been 

 received from forty-three persons, numbering in all 851 trays and 

 6,636 specimens. This brings the aggregate number of trays in the 

 museum to 52,787. The more valuable series received are those 

 collected by Prof. Heilprin at the Bermuda Islands, the Lower Cal- 

 ifornian shells purchased by the Conchological Section from Henry 

 Hemphill, and a series of shells from Tonquin, China, and the East 

 Indies obtained of the Abbe Vathelet. Valuable additions to the 

 fauna of our eastern coast have been received from Messrs. Uselma 

 C. Smith and John Ford. We have also received from various cor- 

 respondents of the Conservator, several hundred species of United 

 States and Mexican land and fresh-water shells, including a number 

 of new species, part of which have been already published in the 

 Proceedings of the Academy. 



During the year the arrangement of the families Neritidse and 

 Turbinidse, in progress at the time of the last report, has been com- 

 pleted, and that of the Trochidse, Stomatellidse and Scissurellidse will 

 be completed by the end of the present month. Of the Helices, the 

 groups monographed in the Manual during the year have been ar- 

 ranged, and work begun on the groups of European Helices, here- 

 tofore in a chaotic condition. The conservator having secured the 

 assistance of Mr. Baker during a part of each day, can now com- 

 plete the arrangement of all unarranged groups as far as the Man- 

 ual lias progressed as soon as additional cases can be secured. Mu- 

 seum work on the land shells has at present temporarily ceased from 

 lack of room. 

 H. A. Pilsbry, Edward J. Nolan, 



Conservator. Recorder. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. 



The Entomological Section, during the past year, has been much 

 benefited by an evident increase of interest at its meetings. 

 These have been held regularly each month, excepting during the 

 July and August vacation. There has been a large attendance of 

 members and associates. One member and one associate member 

 have been elected since the last report. 



