12 Diri-ilor's Report for rgi~. 



of the Lepidoptera, H\inenoptera and Orllioptera have been trans- 

 fered to the new cabinets from the drawers in Hawaiian Hall where 

 they have been for the past several years. They are thus put in a 

 more convenient location for reference and study by any of the 

 local entomologists. 



"During the \ear Mr. Hridwell has added to the collection of 

 Hawaiian insects the following specimens collected by him in the 

 mountains and other parts of Oahu: Hymenoptera, 570 specimens: 

 Diptera, 15S: Coleoptera, 975; Orthoptera, 44; Hemiptera, 933; 

 Neuroptera. 17; Odonata, 10; Lepidoptera, 543. A total of 3250 

 specimens which is more than one-fifth the number of the speci- 

 mens already in the collection of Hawaiian insects. This new 

 material has not been worked up, but it is readily seen that there 

 are many species among them not hitherto in the collection, and 

 there are also some new species among them." It should be noted 

 that hitherto the IMuseum has had but sixty-four per cent of the 

 number of species listed in the Fauna Ha-waiiensis. This is an 

 indication of the importance of having a working curator under 

 Mr. Swezey in this department. The number of insects if not of 

 species certainly seems to be increasing on these Islands. 



Bxhibitions. — Quoting from the report of Mrs. Helen M. 

 Helvie, Superintendent of Exhibition Halls, in regard to the rela- 

 tion of the Museum to the public: "The attendance has kept up 

 very well in spite of the changes in steamer schedules, and the 

 withdrawal of many of the passenger boats between Honolulu and 

 the Coast. More local people have visited the Museum, and soldiers 

 from the neighboring forts frequenth' spend an hour or two of their 

 spare time in going through the Museum, and enjoying the ex- 

 hibits. The attendance of school children has been steadiK- in- 

 creasing. This year we have had forty-five classes with 1 290 pupils 

 from different schools, public and private; and very genuine inter- 

 est in the specimens is always shown." I might add to the report 

 my own impressions of some of our soldier visitors, whom I have 



