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and the Coleoptera, represented by large suites of speriniens 

 showing the variation and intergradation of the species. (Con- 

 tains man}' type specimens and valuable uniques. Tin* exhi- 

 bition collection is represented hy many thousand specijueus, 

 viz, insects found within 50 miles of New York city; a general 

 collection of beetles; a collection showing insect architecture 

 and mimicrv; an economic collection and collections of butter- 

 flies of the world. 



INVERTEBRATES. An exceedingly valuable collection of corals 

 is temporarily installed in Mineral hall. Other collections of in- 

 vertebrates have been placed in various portions of the building 

 till a suitable exhibition hall has been provided. 



SHELLS. The John Jay (Wolfe memorial) collection with 

 which is incorporated the great William Haines cabinet, the 

 D. Jackson Stew^ard collection, and the Binnev and Bland collec- 

 tion of American land shells; all arranged and displayed with 

 illustrative maps, figures and photographs. 



Botany. The Jesup collection of woods presents a complete 

 series of sections of the trees of North America. These sections 

 are so cut and prepared as to show the adaptability of the 

 various kinds of woods for various uses in the arts, and they 

 are accompanied by illustrations colored by hand, which show 

 the plants in flower and fruit. 



Anthropologij. Contains specially rich ethnologic collections 

 from the North Pacific coast of America and from the Eskimo 

 regions of Greenland, Hudson bay, and Alaska; ethnologic ex- 

 hibits from the United States, Mexico, Eastern Siberia, China, 

 Japan, Polynesia, and Africa; archeologic collections from 

 various parts of the United States and Canada ; a specially im- 

 portant exhibit from Mexico and Central America, of value in 

 the study of symbols and hieroglyphs; also collections of pot- 

 tery and objects of jadeite and copper; large groups of speci- 

 mens illustrating the ancient cultures of the West Indies, Colom- 

 bia. Peru, Bolivia, and Europe; and the Andrew Ellicott Doug- 

 lass collection illustrating the forms of prehistoric implements 

 in the United States and other countries. 



