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chase of desirable collections, and rather than see them lost to Wash- 

 ington, have in some instances purchased such individually. 



List of Accessions, 1883. 



No. 12236. Lucilia macellaria (screw-worm fly), sent by Mr. Jos6 C. 



Zeledou, San Jose, Costa Rica. 

 No. 12501. Many insects for determination from New Orleans, sent by 



Capt. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A., Jackson Barracks, Louisiana. 

 No. 12535. Dynastes tityus $ , from Mr. Fred. Vander Tower, Paris, Tex. 

 No. 12598. Dynastes tityus $ , from W. H. Ogdin, Parkersburg, W. Va. 

 No. 12651. Egg- sac of Cyrtarachne cornigera, from Mr. Leon Taylor, 



Chino, San Bernardino County, California. 

 No. 12680. Tarentula carolinemis, sent by Mr. H. Tobias, Cuthbert, 



Randolph County, Georgia. 

 No. 13080. Some Californian insects of various orders, sent by Mr. R. 



E. C. Stearns, Berkeley, Cal. 

 No. 13098. Phileurus truncatus, Anisomorpha buprestoides, Microcentrus 



retinervis, from William J. Taylor, Allapaha, Ga. 

 No. 13107. Belostoma americanum, sent by Mr. William Stine, Elmore, 



Ohio. 

 No. 13114. Larvae of Eristalis sp., from Mr. James Bell, Gainesville, Fla. 

 No. 13048. Collection of insects for names from Louisiana, sent by Capt. 



R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A., Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, La. 

 No. 13139. Spectrum femoratum, Midas clavatus, Tarentula carolinensis, 



from Mr. Robert Ridgway, U. S. National Museum. 

 No. 13164. Small collection of insects from Alaska, collected by Charles 



L. McKay, U. S. S. C, Hushagak, Alaska. 

 No. 13184. Telea polyphemus, sent by Miss Rosecrans, 304 Louisiana 



avenue, Washington, D. C. 

 No. 13234. Four species of Coleoptera from Oregon, sent by Mr. Aure- 



lius Todd, Coquille, Coos County, Oregon. 

 No. 13236. Collection of alcoholic specimens from Louisiana, sent by 



Capt. R. W. Shufeldt, TJ. S. A., Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, La. 

 No. 13240. Calosoma laqueatum, sent by Mr. Aurelius Todd, Coquille, 



Coos County, Oregon. 

 No. 13251. Pupa of Papilio asterias, from H. R. Bostwick, Atchison, 



Kans. 

 No. 13257. ? Muscid from breast of a woman, sent by T. E. Peters, 



Abbyville, Ya. 

 No. 13269. Dynastes tityus, sent by F. J. Packwood, New Smyrna, Fla. 

 No. 13322. Julus marginatum, discharged by a colored man, sent by T. S. 



Jones, Tolersville, Louisa County, Virginia. 

 No. 13330. Gantharis nuttalli, Epicauta maculata, sent by Prof. F. S. Will- 

 iams, Northville, Dak. 

 No. 13331. Telea polyphemus, sent by Mr. J. B. Wiggins, Waverly, N.Y. 

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