66 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



coUcction.s of insects from New Mexico, containing- numv typos and 

 cotj'pcs. Mr. D. W. Coquillett, Custodian of Diptera, presented a 

 valuable collection comprising 2,214 specimens of American Diptera. 

 Two accessions of insects of the Philippine^ Islands were received 

 from Dr. Paul L. Stangl, and one from Maj. M. I^. liobb. Mr. W. P. 

 Hay presented 500 Mexican Lepidoptera. A collection of Homoptera 

 wasprefsentedby Prof. Elmer D. Ball, including- types of man}' species 

 described by him. T3'pes and cotj'pes of new species were also pre- 

 sented by Prof. E. B. Williamson, Prof. H. Bird, Prof. Ralph V. 

 Chamberlin, and j\Ir. H. H. Ncwcomb. The deposit of these types is 

 a matter of great satisfaction to the Museum, and much to the interest 

 of entomologists. 



At the close of the year arrangements were entered into for the ])ur- 

 chase of 4.000 finely prepared Costa Riean insects, in which the Musiuim 

 collections are deficient. This was the only purchase during the year. 

 Several excellent collections werc^- procured ))y exchange, the princi- 

 pal of ^vhich were 744 European Diptera from Prof. M. Bezzi, and a 

 series of exotic Termitida, including many types, obtained from Dr. 

 Felippo Silvestri. 



Marine lnvertehr(ite)<. — Besides the collections from the U. S. Fish 

 Commission and Stanford University, already referred to (p. 6:-)), men- 

 tion should he made of the crustaceans from caves in Kentuck}' and 

 Tenness(M', including types of two ])lind species, which were presented 

 b}' Mr. W. P. Hay; crustaceans from Alaska, presented b}' Mr. R, C. 

 McCiregor, of the U. S. Coast Sui'vey steamer PatJiJindcr; samples of 

 vVtlantic Ocean bottom, from the Bureau of Equipment, II. S. Nav}', 

 and a collection of miscellaneous marine invertebrates from Ellesmere 

 Land, presented by Mr. Robert Stein. 



One large purchase was made dui'ing the year, consisting of tXJ 

 boxes of corals colhu-ted l)y l^rof. A. B. Steere and Prof. Dean C. 

 Worcester in the Philippine Islands. This collection contained a 

 great variety of valuable study matei'ial. 



Plants. — The accession lots added to the herl)ariuni for the year 

 were 342 in niunber. In 189!t-f000 Dr. Charhvs Mohr, of Ashe^■ille, 

 North Carolina, })resented to the Smithsonian Institution his collection 

 of cryptogamic plants, compi'ising about 8,000 specimens, and at the 

 same time IxMiueathed to the Institution his extensive herbarium of 

 flowering plants. Dr. Mohr di(>d Jul}' IT, 1901, and on August 28, 

 1001, the flowering plants, comprising about 18,500 specimens, were 

 received from his (executors. This valuable l)equest is of nuicli impor- 

 tance to the National Herl)arium, as it consists chiefly of plants of the 

 Southern States, which were not widl represented previously. Dr. 

 J. N. Rose, Assistant ('urator, collected about 8.000 plants in Mex- 

 ico, chiefly on Mount Orizaba and Mount Popocatepi^tl. Dr. E. A. 

 Mearns, U. S. Army, presented 748 plants from Rhode Island. A 



