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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1909. 



Metz, Charles W., Clareiiioiit. Cal. : 

 35 specimens of Lepidoptera (49S43; 

 49924; 50077). 



Meunier, Stanislas, Museum of Nat- 

 ural History, Paris, France: 61 

 grams of the Orgneil, France, me- 

 teorite (50254: exchange). 



Mexican Government (through the 

 Mexican Ministry of Public Instruc- 

 tion and Fine Arts) : Reproduction 

 of the tablet of the Cross from 

 Palenque (49G75). 



Meyer, Frank N., Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C. : Concre- 

 tions, rock, and a fossil shell from 

 the Loess of North China (49353) ; 

 clay, wire, and silk yarn models of 

 insects, reptiles, etc., made in the 

 northern part of China (49359) ; 

 Chinese prints and a banknote; 

 fragments of shells, etc., from China 

 (49472) ; raincoat made from sedges 

 and grasses, and worn by Chinese 

 and Manchurian peasants (4972S). 



Meyrick, Edward, Marlborough, Eng- 

 land : 2 Lepidoptera, cotypes of 

 Mnesarchwa loxoscia and M. para- 

 cosma (49442). 



Michigan, University of, Ann Ai'bor, 

 Mich. : Frogs from Michigan 

 (49G24). 



Miller, B. L., Lehigh University, 

 Bethlehem, Pa.: About 2,000 speci- 

 mens of Eocene bryozoans from Wil- 

 mington, N. C. (49131). 



Miller, Charles W., Shawnee-on- 

 Delaware, Pa. : About 60 specimens 

 of Hymenoptera parasitic on Diptera 

 found in birds' nests (49112) ; 1»') 

 specimens of Nasonia hreviGornia, 

 bred from ProtocaUiphora from the 

 nest of a catbird (49152). 



Miller, Gerrit S., jr., U. S. National 

 Museum : Lizard and a snake from 

 Maryland (50090). 



Miller, Gerrit S., jr., U. S. National 

 Museum. (See under Oldfield 

 Thomas, British Museum (Natural 

 History), Loudon, England.) 



Miller, Mrs. Gerrit S.. jr., Washing- 

 ton, D. C. : Marine shells from Agay, 

 Var, France (50139). 



Miller, Herman C, Washington, D. C. : 

 Specimens of an alligator ant from 

 Brazil, attacked by a fungus (50266). 



Mills, W. P. Company, Sitka, Alaska 

 (through A. G. Shoup, deputy U. S. 

 marshal) : Skin and skull of a gla- 

 cier bear (49441: purchase). 



Millward, Hon. Russell Hastings, 

 Army and Navy Club, Washington, 

 D. C. : Pom-pom shell found near the 

 Town Hall, Ladysmith, Natal, South 

 Africa (49799). 



Minor, F. O.. New Orleans, La.: Speci- 

 men of Tluilcssu lunator (49222). 



Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 

 Mo. : Type specimen of Opuntia phce- 

 acantlia; 2 specimens of cacti, types 

 of Opuntia hulhispina and O. schot- 

 tii; 16 sheets of Opuntia from the 

 southwestern part of the United 

 States; 3 sheets of Opuntia tcnui- 

 spina ; 3 sheets of Cercus, type speci- 

 mens (4S927; 48978; 49035; 49117; 

 49470: loan) ; 2 specimens of ferns 

 from Jamaica (49773: exchange). 



Mitchell, Miss Evelyn G., Washing- 

 ton, D. C. : Lizard from Manassas, 

 Va. (49073). 



Mitchell, Irvine, St. Louis, Mo. : Au- 

 tograph letter of President Grant 

 (49759). 



Mitchell, Hon. J. D., Victoria, Tex.: 

 9 specimens representing 2 species of 

 Bulimulus from Medina County, Tex. 



(50188). 



Mitchell, J. H., Bisbee, Ariz. : 12 

 " jumping beans," containing larvae 

 (if Lepidoptera (49120) ; specimen of 

 plant, Jatropha macrocMsa (50129). 



Moltke, Countess Carl von, Danish 

 Legation, Washington, D. C. : Three 

 pieces of Danish drawn muslin work, 

 probably of the late 17th or early 

 18th century; an old Danish silver 

 tankard and teapot, and a plate, 

 modern Danish, from Copenhagen 

 (49679: loan). 



Monaco, Prof. E., Portici, Naples, 

 Italy : Volcanic ash and sublimation 

 products from Vesuvius (49277 : ex- 

 change). 



