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Leonard, of Cornell University; Dr. Frank E. Lutz, of the American 

 Museum of Natural History; Dr. W. T. M. Forbes, of Worcester, 

 Mass. ; Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno, of White Plains, N. Y. ; Mr. G. P. 

 Engelhardt, of the Children's Museum, Brooklyn; and Mr. H. G. 

 Barber, of Roselle Park, N. J. Specimens were lent to specialists as 

 follows: Hemiptera and Coleoptera to Mr. Fred Muir, of the Hawaiian 

 Sugar Planters' Experiment Station, Honolulu, H. I. ; Coleoptera to 

 Mr. George C. Champion, of London, England, and Mr. Robert D, 

 Glasgow, of Urbana, 111.; Hemiptera to Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno; 

 Hymenoptera to Mr, P. H. Timberlake, of the Bureau of Entomology, 

 and Mr. H. L. Viereck, of Philadelphia ; Diptera to Dr. O. Krober, of the 

 Naturhistorisches Museum, Hamburg, Germany, Mr. C. W. Johnson, 

 of the Boston Society of Natural History, Dr. E, P. Felt, of Albany, 

 N. Y., Mr. H. E. Smith, of Wellington, Kans., and Prof. J. M. Aldrich, 

 of the University of Idaho ; Odonata to Dr. PhiHp P. Calvert, of the 

 University of Pennsylvania, and Euplexoptera to Dr. Malcolm Burr, 

 of Dover, England. 



MoUusTcs.— The cotA^es of 12 species of Australian mollusks de- 

 scribed by him were presented by Dr. J. C. Verco, of Adelaide, South 

 AustraUa, and the type specimens of several new species of marine 

 shells as weU as other specimens were received as a gift from the late 

 C. W. Gripp, of San Diego, Cal., and from his estate after his death. 

 Other noteworthy contributions consisted of recent and fossil sheUs 

 from Venezuela, received from Dr. Ralph Arnold, of Los Angeles, 

 Cal.; land shells from the Bahama Islands and the Dutch East 

 Indies, and marine sheUs from Panama, received from Mr. John. B. 

 Henderson, of Washington; land, fresh-water and marine shells from 

 Mexico and Texas, received from Mr. Charles R. Orcutt, of San 

 Diego, Cal.; and land and fresh-water shells from Lake Winnipeg 

 and vicinity, received from Mrs. W. W. Hippsley, of Manitoba. 

 Many fine examples of Cypraea from Honolulu were obtained from 

 Mr. I. B. Hardy, of Santa Barbara, Cal., in exchange. 



The reserve collections are reported as accessible and in good 

 order. A beginning has been made toward revising the arrange- 

 ment of the west American coast famia, and for several of the la,rger 

 genera this work has been finished. The extensive additions made 

 to the marine collection from South Africa by Lieut. Col. W. H. 

 Turton have been mainly worked up and will result in an exception- 

 ally fine representation from that region. Over 11,500 lots of speci- 

 mens were registered. For the exhibition collections the synoptical 

 and Acadian faunal series were completed and have been installed, 

 that for the District of Columbia has been made ready, and the 

 series illustrating the Vnginian and Floridian regions are well under 

 way. 



