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mens belonging to the Society is about fourteen thousand, com- 

 prising about four thousand species. During the past year the 

 following'' valuable donations have been received, namely, five 

 hundred and forty species collected in the vicinity of Boston, pre- 

 sented by John M. Bethune, Esq.; one hundred and sixty speci- 

 mens of British Moths, from a lady in England ; from Dr. T. W. 

 Harris, six hundred and seventy species, from the interior of Eu- 

 rope, especially valuable as having come from the hands of the 

 distinguished entomologists C. J. Schonherr and C. J. Fahraeus ; 

 and about three hundred species from various sources. Great 

 pains have been taken to exclude Dermestes and Anthreni, and 

 to repair the ravages already committed by them. The collec- 

 tion has been arranged and classified principally in accordance 

 with the system of Latreille. 



The department of Ornithology has been increased by nume- 

 rous additions during the past year, and now numbers somewhat 

 over a thousand specimens, which are effectually secured against 

 the ravages of insects. The classification and labelling of the 

 collection are nearly complete, the habitat of each specimen in 

 this department, as well as that of Comparative Anatomy, being 

 indicated by the color of the label. Donations have been receiv- 

 ed, from Messrs. Russell Sturgis, Francis Gassett, J. M. Bethune, 

 and the Curator. 



In the department of Conchology the Cabinet of the Society 

 has received many valuable specimens, chiefly from Dr. A. A. 

 Gould, the Corresponding Secretary. The process of rearrange- 

 ment, rendered necessary by the recent transfer of the collection 

 from the old to the new building, has been nearly completed, 

 and many of the specimens have been labelled. 



The department of Ichthyology has received by donation 

 during the year, from Mrs. Binney, sixteen Massachusetts fishes ; 

 from Dr. D. H. Storer, twenty-two species collected at Porto 

 Cabello, and three belonging to our own waters ; from Mr. H. B. 

 Storer, ten species obtained by him in Northern Europe ; from 

 Dr. Forsyth, a rare fish from California ; from the Curator, three 

 species ; and by purchase twenty-five species from Surinam. 

 The collection contains three hundred and sixty species, com- 

 prised in one hundred and sixty-two genera. They are all in 



