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to illustrate orders and families. Many of these specimens have 

 been acquired by purchase, a few have been collected for the 

 College, and there are valuable donations from J. Barnston, 

 Esq., and others. In Articulates we have the Couper collection 

 of 2400 specimens of Canadian insects, the Coleoptera of which, 

 numbering nearly YOO species, ha/e been catalogued by Le 

 Conte ; a miscellaneous collection of insects arranged by Mr, 

 D'Urban to illustrate the orders and families ; and a collection of 

 British Hymenoptera presented by the same gentleman. In 

 Arachnida, Crustacea, and Annelida, the collection is still incom- 

 plete, though there are a number of valuable specimens, collected 

 by the Principal, or contributed by Mr. R. J. Fowler and other 

 friends. In MoUusks the basis of the collection consists of speci- 

 mens presented by H. Chapman, Esq. ; the valuable collection of 

 South Sea shells presented by Sir Wm. Dennison ; 100 species of 

 fresh-water shells acquired from Mr. Anthony, and duplicates from 

 the Principal's collection. There are also a valuable collection of 

 Norway shells presented by R. McAndrew, Esq., the commence- 

 ment of a local Canadian collection, some rare and specially in- 

 teresting species obtained by purchase, and donations from several 

 friends. The collection of Radiates consists of specimens pro- 

 cured by the Principal, with donations from the Smithsonian In- 

 stitute, Mrs. J. Redpath, Miss Carey, Rev. C. G. Carpenter, Mr. 

 Fowler, Mr. Packard, and other friends. It is more full in 

 Echinoderms than in any other class, and is still very incomplete 

 in corals and their allies. 



4. Botany. — The principal part of this collection is the Holmes 

 Herbarium of 500 Canadian plants, exclusive of the grasses and 

 carices, which though named and revised by Col. Munro, have 

 not yet been catalogued. There is also a collection of sixty speci- 



'mens of Canadian woods collected by the late Dr. Barnston; a 

 collection of Canadian woods presented by D. Davidson, Esq. ; a 

 collection of Australian woods presented by Sir Wm. Dennison, 

 and collections of mosses, lichens, fungi and algae. The whole of 

 these are now very conveniently arranged in a separate room. 

 Only the commencement of a collection of exotic plants has as 

 yet been made. 



5. Ethnology^ &c. — In this department there are a number of 

 Indian relics from Montreal, presented by the Principal, several 

 valuable casts of antiques presented by Mr. Blackwell, and a num- 

 ber of miscellaneous objects. It is not intended however to de- 



