Director'^ s Report for igi6. 13 



"Your Curator wishes to thank the following persons for their 

 gifts during the past year: Dr. H. A. Pilsbry, Messrs. L. A. Thurs- 

 ton, D. Thaanum, I. Spalding, J. M. Ostergaard, A. F. Judd, A. 

 and J. Gouviea, R. and W. Mist, F. Girdler, Master Charles M. 

 Cooke, III, and Miss Caroline A. Cooke." 



Kiitoinolog"y. In the Entomological Department Mr. J. C. 

 Bridwell somewhat late in the autumn was appointed Assistant to 

 Mr. O. H. Swezey, Honorary Curator of the department, to aid in 

 the arrangement of the Helms collection, but unfortunately an 

 accident disabled him so that little was accomplished except the 

 ordering of necessary implements and supplies : with the new year 

 it is hoped that much good work will be done. 



report of the honorary curator. 



The Director, 



Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. 



Dear Sir: — -The work in Entomology at the Museum for the 

 calendar yean 916 was chiefly with the extensive Helms collection 

 of Australian insects acquired the previous year. The work of 

 cleaning, repinning. and repairing specimens, preliminary to tran- 

 sfering them to the Museum cabinets, was continued as rapidly as 

 possible in the limited time at the disposal of your Honorary Curator. 

 At length it was found that this would be too great a task and would 

 be prolonged indefinitely and prevent any progress in work with 

 the collection of Hawaiian insects for quite a time unless assistance 

 was arranged for. 



The Museum was fortunate enough to secure the services of 

 J. C. Bridwell for this purpose, he having gained a considerable 

 familiarity with the Australian insect fauna by several months in 

 Queensland and New South Wales, both in studying collections 

 in museums and in collecting in the field. Unfortunateh' his ap- 

 pointment began so late as September i, and yet more unfortu- 

 natel}^ he was soon laid up in the hospital for several weeks with 

 blood poisoning in one leg, from a wound by a date-thorn in the 

 knee. Further delay was occasioned by the tardy arrival of ma- 

 terial for lining the insect cabinet drawers, but eventualh- the work 

 was gotten well under way and substantial progress made in the 



transference of the collection to the Museum cabinets. It is ex- 



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