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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1915. 



Aenold Arboeetum, Hakvakd Univkr- 

 siTY, Jamaica Plain, Mass. : 560 

 specimens of plants from the United 

 States (57877: exchange). 



Arthur, Dr. J. C, Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, Purdue Univer- 

 sity, Lafayette, Ind. : Specimen of 

 phanerogam, Sphaeralcea, from New 

 Mexico (57646). 



Asbestos Corporation of Canada, 

 Limited, Montreal, Canada: 6 speci- 

 mens of asbestos (57596). 



Asbestos Protected Metal Company, 

 Beaver Falls, Pa. : 6 specimens of 

 asbestos (57837). 



Aschemeier, Charles R., U. S. Na- 

 tional ]\Iuseum: 13 squirrels and 4 

 birds' skins, from ]\Iaryland (57341 ; 

 58099; 58148). 



Atlas Coal Company, The, Rich Hill, 

 Mo.: A lump of coal (58085). 



Att WATER, H. P., Houston, Tex. : 3 

 birds' nests, including 1 of Bullock's 

 oriole {Icterus buUocki), and 3 eggs, 

 including 1 of the poorwill {Pha- 

 Icenoptilus nuttaUi niitfaUi), all 

 from Texas (57157; 57347; 58077; 

 58317). 



Bachtell, W. L., Milford, Utah: A 

 specimen of opalescent agate 

 (58377: purchase). 



Bailey, Harold H., NewT)ort News, 

 Va. : Land shells from Giles County, 

 Va., some of which were obtained at 

 an altitude of 4,200 feet (57270; 

 58357). 



Bailey, Vernon, Bureau of Biological 

 Survey, Washington, D. C. : Speci- 

 men of beetle, Peltophorus semini- 

 veus, from flower stem of Yucca 

 palmeri, Globe, Ariz. (58061). 



Baker, B. P., Alamogordo, N. Mex. : 

 10 specimens of plants from New 

 Mexico (58493). 



Baker, Prof. C. F., University of the 

 Philippines, Los Banos, P. I. : 16 

 insects (57473: loan). 



Baker, C. H., Orlando, Fla. : 2 speci- 

 mens of a tree, Pterospermum 

 (58393). 



Baker, Dr. F. H., Richmond, Victoria, 

 Australia : Echinoid, Goniocidaris 

 tuharia, dredged in the Bass Straits 

 between Victoria and Tasmania 

 (57315) ; 45 specimens of land and 

 marine shells, representing 10 

 species, from Australia (57329: ex- 

 change). 



Baker, Dr. Fred., Point Loma, Cal. : 

 Moths, reptiles, fishes, and cimsta- 

 ceans, from Japan (57459; 57660); 

 insects, fishes, crustaceans, and rep- 

 tiles, from Formosa (.57968; 58113). 



Baldwin, R. L., Chadds Ford, Pa.: 

 Specimen of unicorn plant, Martynia 

 louisiana, from Pennsylvania 

 (57437). 



Ball, C. R., Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try, Washington, D. C. : 36 speci- 

 mens of plants, chiefly willows 

 (57737). 



Balss, Dr. H., Zoologische Sammlung 

 des Bayerischen Staates, Munich, 

 Germany : 2 specimens of crusta- 

 cean, Harpilius depressus (57468). 



Baltimore, City of (through Hon. 

 James H. Preston, mayor) : Com- 

 memorative tablet medal, designed 

 and made by Hans Schuler, in rec- 

 ognition of the transfer of Fort 

 ]\IcHenry from the Government of 

 the United States to the City of 

 Baltimore, under Act of Congress 

 approved by the President May 27, 

 1914 (57518) ; bronze medal, de- 

 signed and made by Hans Schuler, 

 commemorative of the Star Spangled 

 Banner Centennial Celebration, 

 Baltimore, September 6 to 13, 1914 

 (57586). 



Banks, Nathan, Bureau of Ento- 

 mology, Washington, D. C. : About 

 90 named ants from Australia 

 (58058). 



Banta, Dr. A. M., Cold Spring Har- 

 bor, Long Island, N. Y. : 2 speci- 

 mens of salamander from New 

 York (58018). 



Barber, H. S., Bureau of Entomologj', 

 Washington, D. C. : 2 specimens of 

 mole, ^caJopus aquaticits, from 

 Plummer's Island, Md. (.57342). 



