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for except under some arrangement which will provide for a general 

 direction and the means for carrying investigations into all sec- 

 tions of the state where it is necessary to secure the material 

 for such a complete Survey. While the amount called for in the 

 present bill is very modest as compared with what is expended in 

 some other states, it is believed that with the numerous trained 

 workers whose time could be CTXiployed for certain periods, that 

 a gi'cat amount of work could be accomplished, provided it be 

 connected and the results brought together in systematic form 

 published in such manner as to be capable of distribution to 

 those persons in the state who desire it. 



Herbert Osborn. 



The Tallant Collection. The Department of Zoology and Ento- 

 mology of the Ohio State Uni^'ersity has recently received as a 

 donation a fine collection of Lepidoptera from Mrs. Catherine 

 Tallant of Richmond, Indiana. The collection was made by 

 Mr. W. N. Tallant during a series of years in the nineties and up 

 to about 1905. It contains mainly si:iecies occurring in central 

 Ohio, especially at Columbus, where Mr. Tallant resided for a 

 number of years, but has also a number of species from different 

 parts of the United States, and also some fine examples of species 

 occurring in South America, Japan, China, India, Ceylon, and 

 Africa. The collection contains about 1(J,(J(J0 specimens in 

 most excellent condition, very beautifully mounted, and many of 

 the species contain very full series, showing variations, etc., which 

 will make them of special value for scientific study. They are, 

 for the most part, carefully identified, included in good cases and 

 cabinets, and will be kept under the name of the "Tallant 

 Collection." 



Taken with the other collections in Lepidoptera, the collection 

 of Odonata left by Professor Kellicott, and those in various groups 

 Avhich have been accumulated by the efforts of the members of 

 the Department, the University is now provided with an excellent 

 collection of insects, including representatives in all the different 

 orders, the total number of specimens probablv coming close to 

 100,000. 



H. O. 



