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undetermined. The material in groups other than those men- 

 tioned is insignificant. 



A complete card index is kept of all insects in the collection ^ 

 with full details regarding each species. In this way it is intended 

 to build up an authentic list of Nova Scotian insects as rapidly as 

 this can be accomplished. The Lepidoptera are put up in Corn- 

 stock cases with the bottoms lined with patent cord instead of 

 w^ooden blocks. All other orders are placed in Schmitt boxes. 

 After a representative number are placed in the regular collection, 

 the remainder are placed in duplicate boxes to be used in exchange. 

 Other Insect Collections in Nova Scotia. 



Mr. Jos. Perrin, McNab's Island, Halifax, N. S., has a private 

 collection of Lepidoptera, mostly taken on McNab's Island. He 

 also has tw^elve cases of American and foreign Lepidoptera. The 

 collection is housed in an oak cabinet with thirty drawers and 

 containing material collected for the Russell-Perrin List pub- 

 lished February, 1912, and for the supplementary list published 

 October, 1915. The number of specimens contained in the collec- 

 tion is 1,470, representing 286 genera and 122 species and varieties. 



Mr. Perrin also has in his care at present eight Riker speci- 

 men mounts, containing 387 specimens of Lepidoptera taken at 

 Stellarton, N. S., by Mr. C. B. Hills, of Wabana, Newfoundland. 

 Many of these are of interest and are not yet identified. 



Mr. Chesley Allen, Normal College, Truro, N.S., has collected 

 in all orders but, with the exception of the Lepidoptera, most of 

 the material has not yet been arranged, though work on this is 

 now proceeding. Mr. Allen is especially interested in the Micro- 

 lepidoptera and has a complete collection of Nova Scotian Cram- 

 bina?, including a number not recorded in the list. He is now pre- 

 paring an article on this group. 



Mr. Harry Piers, Curator, Provincial Museum, Halifax, N.S., 

 has a private collection of insects, consisting mostly of Orthoptera, 

 on which is based a paper dealing with this group, which he will 

 shortly publish. 



The collection of the Dominion Entomological Laboratory at 

 Annapolis Royal consists of nearly 3,000 specimens, most of these 

 belonging to the Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera, but the other 

 main orders are represented to some extent. Much of the material 

 is still undetermined. 



