■LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 



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Klots Throwing Company, Fred- 

 ericksburg, Ya. : A series of speci- 

 mens illustrating the processes used 

 in- throwing silk (57239). 



Knab, Frederick, Bureau of Ento- 

 mology, Washington, D. C. : 184 Dip- 

 tera and 25 miscellaneous insects, 

 from the vicinity of Washington, col- 

 lected by the donor ( 57545 ) . 



Knopf, Ezra C, San Ysidro, Cal. : 3 

 specimens of catalinite, cut for gem 

 stones (57955: purchase). 



Knowlton, S. D., Perthshire, Miss. : 

 Portion of a tooth of a mastodon 

 (573.39). 



KoNiGL. Veterin^r og Landbo-Hj^is- 

 KOLE. (See under Copenhagen, Den- 

 mark. ) 



Krantz, Dr. F., Bonn, Germany: A 

 piece of the Tennasilm, Esthland, 

 meteoric stone, weighing 99S grams 

 (57936: exchange). 



Kronholtz, S., Stamford, Conn. : A 

 watch movement and an English 

 watch in a silver case (57631). 



Kryger, J. P., Gjentofte, Denmark: 

 146 vials of biological material of 

 Coleoptei-a; 51 tubes of Hymenop- 

 tera ; a .sheet of material of wasp, 

 Salius sanguinolentus, showing prey, 

 larvfe and cells ; a sheet of vials of 

 spider, AgroJea proxima, showing 

 egg case in various stages of con- 

 struction (57689). 



Kuester, Authur, Stapleton, Stateu 

 Island, N. Y. : Living specimen of 

 cactus, Opuntia (58292: exchange). 



KuNz, Dr. George F., President, The 

 American Scenic and Historic Pres- 

 ervation Society, New York City: 2 

 medals issued by the American Nu- 

 mismatic Society, commemorating 

 the dedication of the Grant Monu- 

 ment and the discovery of America 

 by Christopher Columbus, respec- 

 tively (58146). 



KuNZE, Dr. R. E., Phoenix, Ariz. : Liv- 

 ing specimen of cactus, Echinocereus 

 kunsei (58263: exchange). 



Kursheedt Manufacturing Company, 

 The, New York City (through Mr. 

 Richard Bloch, secretary and gen- 

 eral manager) : The first four work- 

 ing-models of the Groebli Automat, 

 the first embroidery Jacquard used 

 in America for operating the Schiffli 

 embroidering machine ; also the first 

 punching machine used for perforat- 

 ing the paper roll which operates 

 the automat — all five machines in- 

 vented by Mr. J. A. Groebli of New 

 York (58.529). 



Lake, R. E., Las Vegas, Nev. : A speci- 

 men of vanadium-bearing ore and 

 one of oolitic iron (58142). 



Lamb, Dr. D. S., Army Medical Mu- 

 seum, Washington, D. C. : 2 ana- 

 tomical specimens (57230; 58001). 



Lange, R. C, St. Louis, Mo.: 9 Lepi- 

 doptera belonging to the genus Cato- 

 cala (58192: exchange). 



liANSBURGH AND Bro., Washington, 

 D. C. : Collection of 92 small named 

 samples of cotton and silk dress 

 goods (58531: purchase). 



Larkin, Mrs. J. D., Buffalo, N. Y. : 

 Lavender silk dress (skirt and bod- 

 ice) vv^orn at the White House by 

 Abigail Powers, wife of President 

 Millard Fillmore, during her hus- 

 band's administration, 1850-1853 

 (57708: loan). 



Larrieu, E. p. a., Turner, Ariz. : Liz- 

 ard, Coleonyx variegatus, and 2 

 shells, Anodonta californiensis, from 

 Arizona (57404). 



Latimer, Mortimer, Hyattsville, Md. : 

 Cooper's hawk, Accipiter cooperi, 

 from Maryland (57829). 



Lawrence and Company. (See under 

 Pacific Mills.) 



Lawson, J. B., Sevierville, Tenn. : A 

 specimen of metallic iron of doubtful 

 origin (58091). 



Lay, Rev. George William, Raleigh, 

 N. C. : Decorated pottery bowl from 

 a cliff-dwelling near Cortez, Colo. 

 (57612: loan). 



Lea, a. v., Leakey, Tex. : Specimen of 

 phanerogam, Pentstemon mistralis, 

 from Texas (58308). 



