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Del. ; Dr. Carl L. Hubbs, Scripps Institution of Oceanography ; Dr. 

 T. Abe, University of Tokyo, Japan ; Dr. F. H. Talbot, South African 

 Museum ; and Jeanette D. D'Aubrey, Oceanographic Research Insti- 

 tute, Durban, Natal, South Africa. Valuable specimens were also re- 

 ceived from Mac Entel, Sumac Tropical Fish Hatchery, Miami, Fla. 



The addition of 27,003 Antarctic specimens to the division of marine 

 invertebrates, collected by Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, was of special im- 

 portance. Dr. Schmitt, research associate of the division, participated 

 in the U.S. Antarctic Research Progi'am aboard the USS Staten Island 

 and made these collections during the Palmer Peninsula-South Shet- 

 lands Survey in 1963. Many existing gaps in the national collections 

 of the fauna of these regions have now been filled. Acquisition of the 

 A. Weir Bell collection of Oligochaeta, comprising about 900 slides of 

 sections of these worms, a catalog, and a library of separates of scien- 

 tific articles dealing with the oligochaetes, was a significant event 

 during the year. This important collection was obtained from Dr. 

 R. A. Boolootian, Department of Zoology, University of California, 

 Los Angeles. A collection of 2,216 specimens of polychaete worms 

 from the Bering Sea was received from Dr. Donald J. Reish, Long 

 Beach State College, Long Beach, Calif. 



In the division of mollusks, 69,288 specimens were added during the 

 year, including 334 specimens from previously recorded accessions, 

 the largest annual increment since 1953-54. This large increase is due 

 mainly to three large accessions : The personal collection of Arnon L. 

 Mehring consisting of approximately 23,800 specimens; a collection 

 of 17,300 specimens mainly from Okinawa, Ryulryus, purchased 

 through the Chamberlain Fund ; and 7,600 specimens gathered by Dr. 

 Harold A. Rehder in Tahiti utilizing funds provided by Gen. Frank R. 

 Schwengel in memory of his wife, Jeanne S. Schwengel. Other large 

 accessions include an exchange with the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 of Philadelphia of 1,350 specimens, and a gift of 1,480 specimens from 

 Duncan Emrich of Washington, D.C. Holotypes were received from 

 the Institute of Marine Science, University of Miami, through Dr. 

 F. M. Bayer; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Laboratory, Pas- 

 cagoula. Miss., through Harvey R. Bullis, Jr. ; and from Richard E. 

 Petit. A total of 843 specimens including a number of holotypes were 

 added to the helminthological collection during the year. The largest 

 accession, consisting of 339 lots collected in Panama in 1931-34, was 

 presented by Dr. A. O. Foster. 



Entomology. — The division of Coleoptera received a total of 49,528 

 specimens in 66 accessions. Major contributions include the follow- 

 ing: 730 beetles from Nepal and Pakistan from Dr. J. Maldonado 

 Capriles, University of Puerto Rico; 1,000 North American gromid 

 beetles from John D. Glaser, Baltimore, Md. ; 5,500 beetles from Cen- 



