Annual Report.] 174 [May 1, 



As this section has a greater number of working members 

 than any other, it has recently petitioned for a separate apart- 

 ment; the labor is now carried on, at much inconvenience, in 

 the office-room of the Custodian. The insect-cabinets are 

 also scattered through various iinfinished rooms in diflerent 

 parts of the building : as all of these rooms are to be fitted 

 vip at once, no place will remain in which the cabinets can 

 be deposited. It has been suggested that one of the high- 

 studded working rooms might be divided into two ; this 

 would secure the collection from the danger of further re- 

 moval, and provide all necessary light and room. 



During the year, Messrs. Sanborn and Smith have j^re- 

 sented us with forty-five Coleoptera, of thirty difierent spe- 

 cies, especially selected to fill breaks in our series. The 

 Society is much indebted to these gentlemen for their con- 

 tinued labors in this department, and for the neatness and 

 satisfactory character of their work. We are also indebted 

 to Mr. Samuel Hubbard of San Francisco, for a collection of 

 nearly two hundred Coleoptera from Lower California, and 

 to the foUoAving persons for miscellaneous donations : Drs. 

 S. A. Bemis, H. Bryant, A. C. Garratt, S. Kneeland, A. S. 

 Packard, Jr., Capt. W. T. M. Ball, and Messrs. F. W. An- 

 drews, T. T. Bouve, W. T. Brigham, Edw. Burgess, A. Chap- 

 man, II. Davis, R. C. Greenleaf, Benj. D. Hill, Jr., Luther 

 Hills, John Maury, H. H. Ronne, F. G. Sanborn, S. H. Scud- 

 der, C. A. Stearns, C. K. Stevens and C. Stodder. 



Our small collection of Crustacea and Annelids has not 

 materially increased. A number of specimens from Maine 

 and Labrador have been labelled and placed on exhibition, 

 and the collection is in good order. The only additions are 

 due to the kindness of Rev. Edw. Johnson and Messrs. F. 

 W. Andrews, R. C. Greenleaf, F. G. Sanborn and C. A. 

 Stearns. 



The Conchological depai'tment, which the active interest 

 of Gould, Binney and Couthouy had formerly placed in ad- 

 vance of all our other collections, has been once more en- 

 riched by the bequest of Miss Pratt. Her collection was 

 one of the finest private general collections in the country, 



