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tion of West Indian micro-Coleoptera, and is practically unique in its 

 large series of coleopterous larvae and pupse in alcohol. 



The death of Mr. M. L. I.inell, in the spring of 1897, was a severe 

 blow to the Department, but a rearrangement has been effected by which 

 an excellent working force has been secured. The Department has been 

 extremely fortunate in attaching to it Dr. Harrison G. Dyar. Since the 

 departure of Dr. John B. Smith there has practically been no Lepidop- 

 terist in Washington, and Dr. Dyar's advent is especially welcome. He 

 has entirely rearranged the collection of Lepidoptera, and has deposited 

 in the Museum his own large collection of some 15,000 specimens. The 

 force as at present constituted is: L. O. Howard, Honorary Curator; Wm. 

 H. Ashmead, Assistant Curator and Custodian of Hymenoptera ; Har- 

 rison G. Dyar, Custodian of Lepidoptera ; E. A. Schwarz, Custodian 

 of Coleoptera ; D. W. Coquillett, Custodian of Diptera ; and R. R. 

 Currie, Aid. 



For a department which has bought no large collections, the Depart- 

 ment of Insects is rich in type material. The catalogue shows the 

 existence of over 4,000 types in the different orders. 



Recent accessions of special value are a collection of European bees, 



representing all of the genera known except one ; the Hubbard material 



in all orders recently collected in Arizona ; the African material collected 



in Liberia by Cook and Currie ; the African and Siamese material 



collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott ; a collection of Coccinellidte and Psyllidae 



made by Albert Koebele in Japan, Australia, China, and Mexico ; a col- 

 lection of parasitic Hymenoptera made by the same collector in the 

 countries above indicated ; a very large collection of Japanese insects in 

 all orders presented by the Imperial University of Tokio through Pro- 

 fessor Mitsukuri ; the T. A. Williams collection of Aphididte, comprising 

 over 800 slides of forms collected in the Northwest. Smaller donations 

 are constantly being received from collectors and specialists and the 

 number of those received in the course of the year form very important 

 additions to the collection. 



The facilities for the preservation of specimens have been very con- 

 siderably increased, several hundred of the permanent glass-covered drawers 

 having been added. 



It is with profound regret that we record the death of Dr. George 

 H. Horn, the eminent Coleopterist, which took place at Beesley's Point, 

 N. J., on the 24th of November last. He was President of the American 

 Entomological Society and Director of the Entomological Section of the 

 Academy of National Sciences of Philadelphia, and one of the few 

 honorary members of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 



