30 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1963 



The division of marine invertebrates acquired a number of impor- 

 tant collections. Leslie Hubricht of Meridian, Miss., presented his 

 personal collection of 32,327 fresh-Avater invertebrates, containing 

 what is probably the largest and most valuable series of American 

 fresh-water isopod crustaceans ever assembled. A total of 33,177 

 specimens were received from the Fourth Smithsonian-Bredin Carib- 

 bean Expedition, 1960. Through Dr. Harry S. Ladd, the Paleon- 

 tology and Stratigraphy Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey con- 

 tributed 1,079 corals from the Marshall Islands, including 217 type 

 and figured specimens described by Dr. J. W. Wells in his comprehen- 

 sive monograph on Indo-Pacific reef corals. Through Dr. Arthur G. 

 Humes, Boston University donated 852 copepod and isopod crusta- 

 ceans. Approximately 974 isopod and 322 amphipod crustaceans were 

 received from the Beaudette Foundation for Biological Research, 

 through Dr. J. Laurens Barnard. Included in this group are 198 

 paratypes of 4 species of isopods described by Dr. Robert J. Menzies. 



The U.S. Department of Agriculture, through Dr. William H. 

 Anderson, transfen-ed to the division of insects the largest single 

 accession ever received: a collection of Coccidae (scale insects) con- 

 servatively estimated to contain 1 million specimens. Additional im- 

 portant accessions include the Harold E. Box collection of 5,000 Neo- 

 tropical cane-boring moths of the genus Diatraea; a donation of 8,000 

 North American butterflies and moths by Dr. George W. Rawson ; the 

 J. C. Hopfinger collection of butterflies and moths; 6,741 specimens, 

 mostly Coleoptera, from William W. Pinch ; 805 Brazilian insects from 

 Dr. C. M. Biezanko; 6,543 British Columbian insects from C. Garrett; 

 6,612 specimens from N. L. H. Krauss, who has been a devoted con- 

 tributor for many years; and 2,000 specimens from Guatemala from 

 Dr. Thomas H. Farr. 



Noteworthy contributions to the collections by staff members in- 

 clude 900 specimens, mostly European centipedes, from Dr. Raljjh E. 

 CrabiU, Jr. ; 41,110 specimens collected in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, 

 and North America from Dr. Paul J. Spangler ; 400 specimens of but- 

 terflies from the eastern United States from William D. Field ; 1,192 

 miscellaneous insects, chiefly caddisflies, from Dr. Oliver S. Flint, Jr. ; 

 7,826 specimens, mostly Microlepidoptera, from the northwestern 

 United States from Dr. J. F. Gates Clarke; and 285 specimens, chiefly 

 Orthoptera, from Dr. Ashley B. Gumey, U.S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. Others making important donations were Drs. Nell B. 

 Causey, G. E. Ball, W. L. Brown, Richard L. Hoffman, and Bernard 

 Feinstein. 



Botany. — A fine lot of 4,143 herbarium specimens and 480 wood 

 samples from Brazil, presented by Boris A. Krukoff, Smithtown, 

 N.Y., adds appreciably to the national collections. Among them 



