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EEPORT OF :N"ATI0NAL MUSEUM, 1921. 



AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT 

 OF — Continued. 

 Bureau of Biological Survey — Con. 

 taceans, 14 fishes, 6 amphibians, 

 2 specimens of Aegla laevis, and 

 7 reptiles, from Argentina and 

 Paraguay, all collected by Dr. 

 Alexander Wetmore (65232, 

 65982) ; 88 bunches, 75 sprays, 

 and 12 heads of Birds of Para- 

 dise (65312) ; 2 turtles, 18 

 snakes, 4 lizards, 25 amphibians, 

 and 49 batrachians from various 

 localities in the United States 

 (65594, 65713) ; 46 plants from 

 Wisconsin, collected by H. H. T. 

 Jackson and H. H. Sheldon 

 (65659) ; 23 eggs, 2 nests and 1 

 skeleton of birds (65710) ; nest 

 and 2 eggs of Megaqulscalu^ 

 major major (65881) ; 3 plants, 

 Selaginella and cacti, 10 speci- 

 mens of cacti, and a specimen of 

 Mammillaria, all collected in 

 Arizona, by Mr. Vernon Bailey 

 (65918, 66190, 66406, 66221, 

 66336) ; also 37 specimens, 2 

 species, of freshwater moUusks 

 from North Dakota, collected by 

 Mr. Bailey (66090) ; 44 speci- 

 mens, 10 species, of land shells 

 from Dijon, France, collected by 

 Mr. E. A. Goldman (66089) ; 

 4 . plants from Washington 

 (66135) ; (through Bureau of 

 Entomology) 116 specimens of 

 Coleoptera, 60 species ; 231 speci- 

 mens of Hemiptera, 22 species; 

 87 specimens of Lepidoptera, 12 

 species, 153 specimens of Dip- 

 tera, 23 species, and 236 speci- 

 mens of Hymenoptera, 20 species 

 (66252) ; 23 reptiles and batra- 

 chians, 6 mollusks, and 1 cactus 

 collected by Dr. Alexander Wet- 

 more in South America, and 9 

 frogs collected by Mr. Francis 

 Harper and Mr. H. M. Laing in 

 Alberta, Canada (66263) ; 260 

 alcoholic birds, 210 skeletons, 

 skulls, etc., and 82 birds eggs, 

 also 7 fishes from South America 

 (66331, 66403, 66675) ; 10 speci- 



AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT 

 OF — Continued. 



Bureau of Biological Survey — Con. 

 mens, 3 species, of freshwater 

 mollusks, from Athabaska Delta, 

 Alberta, Canada, and 13 speci- 

 mens, 1 species, of freshwater 

 mollusks from Carlisle, La. 

 (66377) ; 81 beetles from Brazil, 

 collected by Messrs. E. G. Holt 

 and J. C. Vasquez (66395) ; 24 

 alcoholic specimens of birds 

 from Canada; and 52 skeletons 

 and skulls, and 4 eggs from 

 Argentina (66596) ; 61 skeletons 

 and parts of birds, 36 alcoholic 

 specimens of birds, 10 eggs and 

 2 nests, from Argentina, Mon- 

 tana, etc. (66645) ; (through 

 C. R. Risinger and W. E. Mus- 

 grave) : Cotton seed and a little 

 fiber found by C. R. Risinger in 

 a cliff dwelling about 15 miles 

 north and a little east of Cotton- 

 wood, Ariz. (66691) ; 1,142 plants 

 (66722) ; 1,622 mammals trans- 

 ferred by the Biological Survey 

 between July 1, 1920, and June 

 30, 1921, inclusive (66774), 



Bureau of Chemistry: 8 specimens 

 of starches and 2 specimens of 

 dextrin (65794). 



Bureau of Entomology: 1,311 speci- 

 mens of miscellaneous Hymenop- 

 tera (65214) ; 4 specimens of 

 fresh-water isopods, Caecidotea 

 species, collected in a well at 

 Dallas, Tex., by Mr. F. C. Bishopp 

 (65229) ; an earthworm taken 

 from earth about the base of a 

 palm purchased from a local 

 florist by Col. Charles A. Wil- 

 liams, United States Army (re- 

 tired) (65645) ; 140 miscella- 

 neous insects from Auch, Gers, 

 France, collected by Dr. L. O. 

 Howard (65670) ; 25 specimens, 

 all type material, including type 

 and allotype, of a remarkable 

 hemipteron constituting a new 

 subfamily, collected at Santiago 

 de las Vegas, Cuba, by Dr. Mario 

 Calvina (65770) ; miscellaneous 



