REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF INSECTS IN THE U. S. NATIONAL 

 MUSEUM FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE ;10, 1880. 



By C. V. Riley, Honorary Curator. 



Beyond tlie mere preservation of accessions and proper attention to 

 correspondence little original Mnseum work has been attempted, as 

 the curator's services are voluntary, and the only assistance furnished 

 was the temporary employment for a few months of Mr. Albert Koe- 

 bele. Much was, however, done, indirectly, through the Entomologi- 

 cal Division of the Department of Agriculture, as more or less jiure 

 Mnseum work is consectaneous with that of said division. 



In August, 1885, Mr. J. B. Smith, of Brooklyn, N. Y., already favor- 

 ably known by his writings on Lepidoptera and Coleoptera and by 

 his activity as a member of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, was, 

 upon my leconimendation, appointed as Jissistant, and with this ap- 

 pointment assured I formally donated my jirivate collections to the 

 Museum. 



THE KILEY DONATION. 



This is mentioned among the accessions as No. 1G738, and as the cir- 

 cumstances connected with the donation will i^robably be alluded to in 

 the report of the Assistant Director, I give in this connection merely a 

 general statement of its contents and condition, as follows : 



PINNKD MATERIAL. 



Ilymenoptera 



Coleopteiu 



I.cpidoptcra 



Diptera 



Hemiptera 



Ort hoptera 



NfMiroptera 



Aiacliuida and Myripoda 



Insfict aitdiitcctnro 



MiscelliiTieoiiH (not yet arranged). 

 Galls and gall inHects 



Total, pinned. 



Boxes. 



GG 



127 



■'538 



21 



59 



G4 



14 



2 



16 



2S 

 31 



76G 



Speci- 

 jnens. 



24,796 



43, 613 



17, 098 



.^), GIG 



8, 862 



6, 903 



868 



42.^) 



1 , 080 



1,610 



4, 152 



115, 053 



Species. 



2, 650 



6, .558 



2, 308 



fi99 



1,184 



.560 



l(i9 



110 



178 



178 



734 



15, 328 



181 



