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from Dr. W. IT. Valwuy, Cleveland, Ohio, and a valuable series of 

 Yenoziielan Ciciiidellidae and Scarabaeidae from Mr. Edw. A. Klages, 

 of Crafton, Pennsylvania. An important exchange was made with the 

 American Entomological Society, whereby the Museum received 95 

 species of Mexican and Central American Hymenoptera, including 

 many cotypes. Thirty-four cotypes of Coleoptera were presented by 

 Prof. H. C. Fall, of Pasadena, California. 



The Division of Marine Invertebrates obtained through exchange 

 with the Museum of Natural History, Paris, France, about 60 species 

 of fresh-water crabs. A series of Japanese crustaceans, including 

 many interesting specimens collected by Dr. David S. Jordan and Mr. 

 J. O. Snyder, was presented by the Leland Stanford Junior University. 

 A number of crustaceans from the Maldive Islands, collected by Mr. 

 Alexander Agassiz in 1901 and 1902, was received from the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and similar mate- 

 rial from Costa Rica and Cocos Island was acquired through exchange 

 with the National Museum of Costa Rica. Among other accessions 

 of special interest may be mentioned four lots of isopod crustaceans, 

 including types obtained by the Harriman expedition, received from 

 Prof. Trevor Kincaid, Seattle, Washington; 23 specimens of echino- 

 derms and crustaceans from Great Britain and from various localities 

 in the East, contributed by Mr. H. W. Parritt, of London, England; a 

 quantity of foraminifera from Great Britain and the Seychelles Islands, 

 presented by Mr. H. Sidebottom, Cheshire, England, and a collection 

 of parasites of fishes, transmitted b}^ Prof. Edwin Linton, of Washing- 

 ton, Pennsylvania. A very interesting series of European parasites, 

 comprising trematodes, cestodes, and nematodes, was deposited in 

 the Museum by the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of 

 Agriculture. 



To the osteological collection were added a skeleton of the giant 

 salamander, Sieholdiajajxmica^ presented by the Imperial Museum of 

 Tokyo; three skeletons of Harris's cormorant, Naniypterum harrlsi^ 

 purchased from Mr. R. H. Beck, of Berryessa, California, and a skele- 

 ton of musk ox from Ellesmere Land, representing a species new to 

 the Museum, from Mr. J. S. Warmbath, of Washington, District of 

 Columbia. 



The National Herbarium has been' enriched by a collection of about 

 1,400 plants from the Phibppine Archipelago, contributed by the Phil- 

 ippine Bureau of Agriculture, and by another collection from the same 

 locality received from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, England. 

 Mr. William R. Maxon, of the Museum staff, obtained a large collec- 

 tion of ferns and other plants during a collecting trip of about two 

 months' duration in Jamaica. Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. Army, pre- 

 sented a large series of plants collected in the Yellowstone National 

 Park, and Capt. John Donnell Smith, of Baltimore, Maryland, who 

 3as made extensive contributions to th- Herbarium, continued hi 



