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twelve new species among them. Some hundreds of species re- 

 main undetermined. The Coleoptera were examined first by Mr. 

 Harrington and later by Dr. Wickham. They include about six 

 hundred named species and a considerable number undetermined, 

 about four thousand one hundred and eighty-seven in all. The 

 Diptera number about four hundred species, three thousand three 

 hundred and sixty-five specimens, many unnamed not being 

 enumerated. The other orders are not very well represented in 

 the collection — Hemiptera about four hundred and forty-two 

 specimens; Dragonflies, two hundred and thirty-one; Orthoptera, 

 one hundred and twenty-nine. Stone-flies and their allies two 

 hundred and seventy-six; other orders about four hundred and 

 fifty-four. 



It has always been the policy of the Natural History Society 

 o( New Brunswick to make its collections useful to the public, 

 and with this end in view nearly two hundred large Denton tablets 

 have been prepared showing the various insect orders, with life- 

 histories of the important economic pests, useful insects, etc. 

 These tablets have been around the province twice on "Better 

 Farming Special" trains, and have been exhibited at a number of 

 Agricultural Exhibitions. They are used in the Agricultural and 

 Natural Study Short Courses for teachers in winter and summer, 

 and are loaned to schools when available. Indeed, so much ma- 

 terial has been given to schools and farmers and used for educa- 

 tional exhibits as to seriously deplete the general collection. 

 Other New Brunswick Collections. 



A good many years ago the Provincial University at Frederic- 

 ton purchased the Preston collection. These were collected by 

 Dr. Preston, a homeopathic physician at St. John, and consisting 

 of a cabinet of eight or ten trays. Four of these were Coleoptera, 

 native and exotic forms herein represented. They are partially 

 named. There are also two cases of Lepidoptera, native and 

 exotic, partially named, and one case of Odonata. The collec- 

 tion is in poor condition at the present time, and evidently has not 

 been touched for years. The University also has six trays of 

 native insects, mostly Lepidoptera. A few of these have been 

 named by Dr. L. W. Bailey and William Mcintosh. They are 

 not in very good condition. 



