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value for the study of that difficult group of salamanders. A good 

 collection of reptiles and amphibians from Kansas was contributed 

 by H. K. Gloyd. 



Fishes. — Of special importance was the fine collection of fishes 

 obtained by the Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition off Puerto 

 Rico, containing many remarkable deep-sea forms, among them a 

 new genus and species of Triacanthidae, the second one of the family 

 to be recorded from the New World. Another collection of great 

 interest is a lot of G7 specimens presented by Dr. George S. Myers, 

 assistant curator of fishes, consisting mostly of type specimens of 

 West African and South American fresh-water fishes described by 

 the donor and others. Holotypes of 2 species, cotypes of 8, and 

 paratypes of 13 are included. Altogether this accession brings to the 

 Museum 26 species, 13 genera, and 1 family hitherto not represented 

 in its collections. From the United States Bureau of Fisheries a fine 

 series of 1,177 fishes from the Catawba and Tuckasegee Rivers, 

 N.C., including the type of a new darter, and another lot consisting 

 of 3 type specimens from the Gulf of Mexico, were received by 

 transfer. C. R. Aschemeier obtained 1,959 fresh-water fishes in 

 Florida, partly collected for the Museum, partly as a gift. The 

 British Museum presented two paratypes of Notobranchius kiyawertsis. 

 Two paratypes of a new smelt were a gift from Dr. L. P. Schultz, of 

 the University of Washington. A specimen of Gempylus serpens, a 

 species new to the Museum, was presented by Eastham Guild, 

 Papeete, Tahiti. From Dr. D. C. Grahamx came a collection of 

 fishes from Szechwan, China. 



Insects. — The outstanding accession of the year was the Edward 

 T. Owen collection of Lepidoptera, comprising about 40,000 beauti- 

 fully preserved specimens and including many species new to the 

 Museum, The collection represents the life work of Professor Owen 

 and was received from the executor of his estate. Frank Johnson, of 

 New York City, made several gifts of rare species of Lepidoptera of 

 great value, numbering in all 1,030 specimens, of species not previ- 

 ously in the Museum or poorly represented. Two important dona- 

 tions of Microlepidoptera, including about 600 specunens each, were 

 obtained from the British Museum and Edward Meyrick. M. W. 

 Stirling, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, brought back 

 from his South American trip 350 Lepidoptera from Peru. The 

 collection of the late Prof. P. R. Lowry, Durham, N.H., comprising 

 908 slides of insects, mostly plant lice, was donated by his widow. 

 By exchange with O. Ringdahl, Haelsingborg, Sweden, 273 named 

 Diptera of the family Anthomyiidae, in which he is a distinguished 

 specialist, were obtained, an accession furnishing a large representation 

 of the northern European fauna. Two lots of miscellaneous insects, 

 comprising about 3,800 specimens, came from Indo-China, an im- 



