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years he has collected 250 species of fossil plants from the Dakota 

 sandstone ; 30 invertebrate fossils from the Mentor Beds, of which 

 8 were new to science ; and 300 species of marine and fresh- water 

 shells. 



Mr. B. B, Smyth writes me ^hat the state collections under his 

 charge at Topeka contain the following numbers of species and 

 specimens: 



Species. Specimens. 



Birds, Goss collection 768 1,680 



Birds, state collection 313 412 



Mammals 34 40 



Fishes, Popenoe and Smyth 78 80 



Reptiles, Popenoe and Smyth 33 42 



Insects, Snow and Popenoe 889 3,713 



Herbarium, Smyth 1,860 5,600 



Conchological collection, Quintard 



and Smyth 640 5,250 



Totals 4,310 16,817 



Mr. F. F. CrevecoBur, of Onaga, Kan., reports the following very 

 interesting miscellaneous collection : 



Species. Specimens. 



Birds 150 150 



Mammals 9 11 



Snakes 4 12 



Lizards 4 15 



Frogs 4 6 



Fishes 2 4 



Fossils 46 150 



Plants 350 500 



Archaeology 2 3 



Birds' eggs 54 300 



Crustacea 15 30 



Arachnida 21 50 



Neuroptera 38 70 



Of thoptera 47 90 



Diptera 137 275 



Hemiptera 383 750 



Hymenoptera 506 1,000 



Lepidoptera 630 1,260 



Coleoptera 4,100 9,450 



Totals 6,502 14,126 



Prof. Theo. H. Scheffer, of the State Agricultural College, Man- 

 .hattan, one of our authorities on spiders, reports 160 species in our 

 state, 4 or 8 species of daddy-long-legs, and 1 species of scorpion. 



Our most inveterate collector of vertebrate fossils is Mr. Chas. H. 

 Sternberg, of Lawrence. His more than thirty years of experience 

 in digging and restoring skeletons is probably unequaled in the 

 United States. 



