REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM. 215 



Department of Insects. 

 0. V. KiLEY, Honorary Curator. 



Accession No. 



10807. Alaus myops, sent by John Dennett, Mobile, Ala 



10854. LimnopMlus sp,, sent by J. Sharp I^ixon, Chambersburg, Pa. 



11110. Three boxes with Coleoptera; one bottle with miscellaneous in- 

 sects in alcohol ; sent by 0. J. Heriug from Surinam. 



11113. Six boxes with Mexican Coleoptera, with list of names, from Prof. 

 Eugenio Dnges, Guanajuato, Mexico. 



11098. Various hymenopterous insects, from W. A. Williamson, Toronto, 

 Canada. 



11229. Eggs of lacewing fly, from Joseph Schanno, Yakima, Wash. 



11267. Specimens never received, but were doubtless a species of black- 

 fly, from M. H. Thomson, Pecan Point, Ark. 



11325. Dynasies tityus, sent by Geo. H. McKinney, Stanford, Ky. 



11439. Smerinthus modestus, from L. Belding, Stockton, Cal. 



11577. Lucanus elaphus^ sent by J. H. Turner, Jonesville, Tex. 



IIGOO. Papilio turnns and Danais arcliippus, from T. S. Wilcox, Boise 

 Barracks, Idaho. 



IIGGI. Scorpio allenii, from T. S. Wilcox, Boise Barracks, Idaho. 



11G87. Galeodes sp., from E. C. Bradstreet, Greeley, Colo. 



1178G. Bynastcs tityus, from Messrs. Hall M. Caldwell and Andrew D. 

 Cowles, Statesville, X. C. 



J 1798. Chrysalis of a uoctuid moth, from J. S. F. Batchen, Chicago, III. 



11841. Callidryas suhiile, from Thos. S. Doran, Montgomery, Ala. 



11843. Bhyssa lunafor, from F. O. Miner & Co., New Orleans, La. 



11848. Papilio rutiius, from C. A. Williams, Fort Lapwai, Idaho. 



11850. Larva oi Eacles imperiales, from W. W. Karr, Washington, D.C. 



11871. Larva of Oiketicus sp., Irom J. C. Wells, Grenada, W. T. 



11877. (Jithtronia rcf/aHs, from J. F. Lewis, Quinnimont, W. Va. 



1191G. Eighteen boxes with i)ii)ned Lepidoptera. Source not indicated. 



11931. Lucilia macellaria, from Dr. Fred. Hambert, Alton, 111. 



119G0. Pupa of Papilio troilus, from the U. S. Signal Ofiflcer, Fort Myer, 

 Virginia. 



119G0 [bis]. Belostoma grande, from C. T. Davis, Nevada, Mo. 



11988. Larva oi Empretia stiniulea, from James W. Rogan, Rogersville, 

 Teuu. 



120G3. Gasterocantha cancer. Source not indicated. 



Without accession number, a very interesting collection, by Mr. L. M. 



Turner, from the Aleutian Islands, and a series of miscellaneous speci- 

 mens lately collected during the winter at New Orleans, La., by Dr. R. 



W. Shufeldt. 

 Most of the s{)ecimens above enumerated were received in such poor 



condition as to be untit for preservation. It will also be noticed that 



most of them are quite common species. The chief contribution is that 



