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species which were wantinc;, and Mr. Scribner has continued his 

 labors upon our grasses, which he is critically studying and 

 mounting. 



Mr. Chas. F. Parker, the Academy's Curator-in-charge, has 

 been of the most essential service to the Conservator in carrying 

 out the work of poisoning all new additions, a large proportion of 

 which he has also mounted ; and his contributions to the N. 

 American Herbarium have tilled many gaps, and added choicer 

 specimens of species already represented. 



Respectfully submitted. 



John H. Redpield, 



Cons.ervatoi\ 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. 



The Entomological Section during the j^ear has been enabled 

 to perform an amount of work that is quite gratifying to its 

 members. In this work it has been generously aided by the Amer- 

 ican Entomological Society, which has allowed it a fair share of 

 its own limited income. The cabinets have been remodeled, and 

 several new cases added thereto. Tliese have been paid for by 

 the Society. 



By the increase in cabinet room thus obtained the Section has 

 found space to add to the collection, 175 species, comprising 300 

 specimens or more, of which 60 species entirely new to the collec- 

 tion have already been arranged. A complete rearrangement of all 

 the species is now being made by Mr. Howard Parker. The 

 aforementioned new specimens ai'e such as have been added so far 

 as this rearrangement has progressed, viz., from the Cicindellidje 

 to Anisodactylus of the Carabidse, inclusive. 



During the year the Section held its regular monthly meetings, 

 excepting in August and September, tiie usual vacation period. 

 At these meetings communications, both written and verbal were 

 made. These have been published in the Proceedings of the 

 Section, of which 28 pages have thus far appeared. In addition 

 to these pages of entomological matter the American Entomolog- 

 ical' Society has published 212 pages of its Transactions; these 

 make a total of 240 pages of printed matter during the year. 



