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tematic position, its rarity, and its anomalous geographic distribu- 

 tion, is of the greatest importance in herpetology. A considerable 

 number of frogs and lizards were collected by Dr. Hugh M. Smith 

 in Uruguay, from which country we also received additional speci- 

 mens from Dr. F. Felippone. A small collection of snakes, made 

 by Marcelino Madera, in Ecuador, was obtained through the Bio- 

 logical Survey. 



Fishes. — Besides the 259 specimens collected by Mr. Sowerby in 

 China, 29 others from the same country were obtained in exchange 

 from the National Southeastern University, Nanking, China, through 

 Dr. C. Ping. Dr. Hugh M, Smith's collection from South America 

 contained 166 specimens and 10 were received from Dr. F. Felippone, 

 from Uruguay. An interesting set of larval eels, both of the Euro- 

 pean and American species, was obtained from Dr. Jobs. Schmidt, 

 Carlsberg Laboratorium, Copenhagen, Denmark. The Bureau of 

 Fisheries transferred to the collection 130 specimens collected by 

 the schooner Grampus^ including types of two subspecies. 



Insects. — Also in this division the Chinese material received dur- 

 ing the year is given place as of the first importance, namely, the 

 insects collected by Rev. D. C. Graham in Sze-chuen, China. Valu- 

 able and important collections have been received from a number of 

 generous donors, such as 3,860 rare and beautiful butterflies from 

 William Schaus, Honorary Assistant 'Curator in the Division of 

 Insects; 1,800 exotic beetles purchased in Europe and presented to 

 the Museum by J. A. Hyslop, Insect Pest Survey, Department of 

 Agriculture, 1,152 butterflies donated by B. Preston Clark, Honorary 

 Collaborator in the Division; Prof. C. F. Baker, Los Banos, P. I., 

 made gifts during the year totaling 1,315 specimens of moths; mos- 

 quitoes from the Panama Canal Zone, numbering 1,485 specimens, 

 were presented by J. B. Shropshire, Ancon, C. Z., and 1,688 speci- 

 mens of Hymenoptera by Robert M. Fonts, Washington, D. C. 

 From the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, British Museum (Natural 

 History), a gift of 179 beetles was received, and from AVilliam 

 Beutenmueller, Highwood, N. J., 194 adults and 4 galls, representing 

 34 species, 26 of which are types. Two interesting gifts of butter- 

 flies, 300 by Mrs. E. AV. Rorer, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 115 from Co- 

 lombia by Frank Trauger, Philadelphia, may be mentioned, as well 

 as 240 miscellaneous insects by Pittier, father and son, Venezuela. 

 Dr. J. M. Aldrich, while on a vacation in the Aclirondacks, collected 

 2,100 specimens. A number of important accessions were secured 

 in exchange, thus 527 Orthoptera, from the National Museum of 

 Natural History in Stockholm; 542 Hymenoptera from Dr. Rein- 

 hold Meyer, Germany, and 493 gall flies from Dr. A. C. Kinsey, 

 University of Indiana. It was also possible to add some very im- 

 portant desiderata by purchase in Europe. 



