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ble as tbose received in 1894-95. The most important accessions were 

 as follows : 



Collection of Aracbnida of Dr. George Marx, on deposit from Mrs. Minnie Marx. 



Collection of Insects of all orders from Texas, made by Messrs. E. A. Schwarz and 

 C. H. T. Towusend, and presented by tbe Department of Agricnltnre. 



Microhymeuoptcra from Grenada, West Indies (eighty-tbree species including fifty- 

 five types), presented by the British committee for zoological exploration of the West 

 Indies. 



Types of tbirty-eight species of North American Empida>, presented by D. W. 

 Coqnillett. 



North American Melanopli (twenty-one species, including seventeen types), from 

 Dr. S. H. Scudder, Cambridge, Mass. (Gift.) 



North American Noctuida' (seventeen species including fifteen types), from Prof. 

 J. B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J. (Gift.) 



Collection of parasitic Hymenoptera of Ceylon, from E. Ernest Green, Punduloya, 

 Ceylon. (Gift.) 



Collection of Coleoptera from Egypt and Europe, consisting of about three hun- 

 dred species in three thousand exami)les, presented by Dr. A. Fcneys, Hclouan, 

 Egypt. 



Collection of Cynipida> from Colorado, including types, from Prof. C. P. Gillette, 

 Fort Collins, Colo. (Exchange.) 



Types of six species of Cramhidte, from Prof. C. H. Fernald, Amherst, Mass. 

 (Gift.) 



Seventy-four species of North American Lepidoptera, from Dr. W. Barnes, Deca- 

 tur, 111. (Exchange.) 



Fifty-five species of Brazilian Lepidoptera, from the Department of Agriculture, 

 collected by J. G. Foetterle, Petropolis, Brazil. (Gift.) 



Miscellaneous lots of insects from Madagascar and Kashmir, presented l)y Dr. 

 W. L. Abbott, Bombay, India. 



Forty-three species of Coleoptera and Ortboptera, mostly exotics, from Henry G. 

 Klages, Jeannette, Pa. (Exchange.) 



North American Dinrnals (ten species), from Maj. H. .J. Ehves, Colesborne, 

 Gloucestershire, England. (Exchange.) 



North American Diurnals (eleven species), from Dr. Henry Skinner, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. (Exchange.) 



Collection of insects from the Commander Islands, collected by Dr. L. Stejneger, 

 United States National Museum. 



Large series of North American insects, from the Department of Agriculture, col- 

 lected by correspondents. (Gift.) 



Types of early stages of Odonata, from James G. Needham, Knox College, Gales- 

 burg, 111. (Gift.) 



New species of Diptera from Mammoth Cave, presented by Dr. R. Ellsworth Call, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Sixty-five species of P]nglish Diptera, from E, Bruuetti, London, England. (Ex- 

 change.) 



The biological collections in Lepidoptera have been completely re- 

 arranged in cabinet drawers, and the collection of Melanopli, lent by Dr. 

 Scudder, and the African Lepidoptera, lent by Dr. Holland, were 

 installed. A rearrangement of the North American Coleoptera has 

 been commenced, the families Scaraba^idte and Cerambycida' having 

 already been finished. The recent accessions of Hymenoptera and 

 Lepidoptera have been incorporated in the collections. A portion of 



