REPORT OF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 65 



]^'rom the Division of Birds tliere were sent to IVIr. Joseph Grinnell, 

 Pasadena, California, 24 specimens of Spimts tnntis, to enable him to 

 determine the forms inhabiting California, 32 specimens of Saljnnctes 

 obsoletus, for nse in determining the identity of a form inhabiting 

 the islands off California, and 22 specimens of llarjwrhyiwhus; to 

 Mr. Witmer Stone, Academy of Natnral Sciences, Philadelphia, 25 

 specimens of CaUdris arenaria, for nse in connection with investiga- 

 tions relating to the molting of birds; to Mr. F. M. Chapman, Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History, New York, 7 specimens of Carpodacus 

 me.ricanus, for use in the determination of a form collected by him in 

 Mexico, 1 specimen of Kirttand's Warbler, and 42 specimens of Seaside 

 Sparrows, for examination with a view to determining the different 

 forms; to Prof. Alfred Newton, Cambridge, England, 1 specimen of 

 Ph(vornis for examination; to Edwin Sheppard, Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12 specimens of ducks and geese 

 in down, to be used in preparing illustrations for a work by Professor 

 Elliott; to Dr. E. A. Mearns, Fort Clark, Texas, 96 Canyon Wrens, for 

 use in a study of these birds, and to Mr. O. W. Knight, Bangor, Maine, 

 8 specimens of Cistothorus stellaris, for examination. 



From the Division of Reptiles and Batrachians, thirty-four specimens 

 of frogs were sent to Mr. Reginald Heber Howe, Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for examination in connection 

 with his forthcoming paper on the Wood Frogs of North America. 



From the Division of Insects the following material has been lent: 

 To Prof. William Beutenmiiller, American Museum of Natural History, 

 New York City, 8 specimens of Sessiidti', for use in a revision of this 

 family; to Mr. John Hartley Durrant, Merton Hall, Thetford, England, 

 7 Tineids, required by Lord Walsingham in his revision of the Tineidie; 

 to Mr. H. C. Fall, Pasadena, California, all the material in the genus 

 Acma'odera, for the purpose of drawing up a synopsis of the species; to 

 William J. Fox, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, material 

 for use in monographing the family ]Mutillida'; to Prof. James S. Hine, 

 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, material in the genus Bittacus, 

 for formulating a synopsis of the species ; to Dr. George D. Hulst, 15 

 Himrod street, Brooklyn, New York, 284 si)ecimens belonging to the 

 family Geometridic, for determination; to Dr. R. Ottolengui, 4 species 

 of Flusia; and to Prof. John B. Smith, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 

 1G8 Noctuidii', for study and identification. 



The following material has been sent out from the division of marine 

 invertebrates: To Dr. F. Meinert, Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, the 

 general collection of Pycnogonida, for the purpose of monographing 

 the group; to Prof. F. H. Herrick, Adelbert College, Cleveland, Ohio, 

 the general collection of Alpheidie, to be used also in monographic 

 work; to Dr. David S. Jordan, Stanford University, California, the 

 compound ascidians collected at the Commander Ishxnds by Doctor Stej- 

 neger, to be transmitted to 1 )r. William E. Ritter, who is making a special 

 NAT MUS 1)8 5 



