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3. Miscellaneous specimens of Nova Scotia Coleoptera col- 

 lected by A. H. C. Prichard, specimens of Orthoptera and other 

 Nova Scotia insects from various sources. 



Owing to the lack of proper insect cabinets for the preserva- 

 tion and display 'of all these specimens, they are at present stored 

 in boxes and somewhat liable to attack by pests, but it is the in- 

 tention of the institution to obtain proper cabinets for them as 

 soon as possible. 



Insect Collection of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. 



The great bulk of the material composing the collection of 

 the Nova Scotia Agricultural College consists of specimens taken 

 in the province by members of the entomological staff from the 

 summer of 1913 up to the present time, together with a few insects 

 captured in other provinces. There is also a small collection of 

 Coleoptera taken in Kansas a good many years ago, as well as a 

 certain amount of material received in exchange from various 

 American entomologists. 



All doubtful specimens have been submitted to specialists for 

 determination. The Coleoptera have been determined by Pro- 

 fessor Wickham and Dr. Van Dyke; the Lepidoptera, by Mr. 

 Arthur Gibson; the Hemiptera by Messrs. E. P. Van Duzee, H. H. 

 Knight and H. S. Parshley and the bees by Mr. Sladen. Dr. 

 L. O. Howard and the members of his staff have from time to 

 time reported upon a large number of insects of different groups. 



The following account does not take into consideration a large 

 number of insects that have been determined but not put away in 

 the collection. There is also some accumulation of material that 

 has not yet been put up ready for determination, and still more 

 that we have not been able to get determined at all. The latter 

 particularly applies to Diptera and to parasitic Hymenoptera. 



In the Coleoptera we have about 1,000 specimens distributed 

 over 38 families and 203 genera; in the Lepidoptera about 1,000 

 specimens, 25 families and 300 genera; Hemiptera about <S00 

 specimens, 23 families and 115 genera; Hymenoptera 340 speci- 

 mens, 10 families and 19 genera; Orthoptera, 164 specimens, 3 

 families and 13 genera. There are about 110 named species of 

 Diptera, but the greater part of the material in this order is still 



