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ing away. If the egg be too small for the name, a number 

 should bo marked on it with ink corresponding to a memo- 

 randum list. Little precaution is required in packing, 

 beyond arranging in layers with cotton and having the box 

 entirely filled. It is always . better to wrap each egg in a 

 loose coat of cotton before arranging in layers, and thcj 

 eliould be packed in small wooden boxes. 



Cracked eggs should have strips of tissue paper pasted 

 over the line of fracture ; or the crack may be painted over 

 with collodion while the sides are pressed together. 



CKANIOLOGY. 



We now desire, to complete our set of Vermont mam- 

 mals, the skull of the wolf, (Canis lupus,) and catamount, 

 (Felis concolor). If any party will furnish them, we will 

 make fair remuneration. 



CONCHOLOGY. 



I am glad to report an increase in the number of our 

 shells, which will soon be arranged for exhibition. We have 

 now nearly one hundred named species. We trust tho 

 friends of this specialty will not forget that they can send 

 them nicely through the mail, and that we will exchange, 

 giving specimens from other localities, as soon as we can get 

 them named and in order for distribution. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



In^this department many additions have been made, and 

 as there is much^interest in relation to injurious insects at 

 this time, I deem it best to answer in this report, in part at 

 least, the numerous letters I receive ; by a description of 



