HUNTER: DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY. 11 



1878. — The entomological collection contains more than 5000 species, rep- 

 resenting all the different orders of insects. They are of practical 

 value to the agricultural and horticultural interests of the state, as 

 well as to the students of the University, in the determination of 

 the names and habits of our insect friends and foes. 

 Donations : 



By Geo. P. Gaumer: All the duplicates of his collection of 



Diptera, about 1000 specimens. 

 By Prof. P. H. Snow: 3000 Kansas insects and plants. 

 During August Professor Snow, with Richard Foster and L. L. 

 Dyche, two students in the University, made a trip into Colorado 

 to "Dome Rock," Platte canyon, where they collected insects. 

 1879. — The entomological collections contain more than 6000 species, 

 representing all the different orders of insects. 



Professor Snow, with his family and two student assistants. Miss 

 Annie Mosley and L. L. Dyche, made another trip to Colorado and 

 camped for six weeks near Idaho Springs. They secured a fine col- 

 lection of butterflies and moths. 

 1880. — The entomological collections contain more than 7000 species, 

 representing all the different orders of insects. 

 Donations : 



By Lewis L. Dyche: Collection of Colorado Lepidoptera, about 



1000 specimens. 

 By W. G. Raymond : 148 species of Kansas Coleoptera. 

 Professor Snow and the same party of 1879 went to Santa Fe 

 canon. New Mexico, and in four weeks they collected 237 species 

 and varieties of Coleoptera, many of them new to science and rare, 

 and also many other insects. 

 1881. — The entomological collections contain more than 8000 species, rep- 

 resenting all of the different orders of insects. 

 Donations : 



By J. C. Cooper, Esq., Topeka: Extensive and valuable ento- 

 mological collections made by his son, the late Geo. P. Cooper. 

 Professor Snow, with Prof. H. H. S. Smith of the physics depart- 

 ment, and Professor Snow's son Willie, and L. L. Dyche, made a 

 trip into New Mexico to the Magdalena mountains, collecting insects. 

 1882. — The entomological collections contain more than 10,000 species, 

 representing all of the different orders of insects. 



Professor Snow, his family, and three students of the University, 

 W. W. Russ, Miss Mary Dyche, and L. L. Dyche, spent nine weeks 

 near the Las Vegas Hot Springs, New Mexico. A general collection 

 of insects was made. 

 1883. — The entomological collections of the University contain more than 

 10,000 species. These have been greatly increased during the last 

 few years by the voluntary contributions of the exploring parties in 

 western Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. By means of the ma- 

 terial thus accumulated, a system of exchanges has been established 

 with leading institutions and naturalists in all parts of the United 



