lb* REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSP:UM, 1897. 



Lecbe, Stockholm, Sweden, iu return for material already forwarded 

 by the Museum. 



Froui the Museum of Natural History, Geneva, Switzerland, crusta- 

 ceans have been received, and similar material has been sent in return. 



Crabs, representing 72 species, have been received from the Museum 

 of Natural History, Paris, France, Dr. A. Milne-Edwards, director. 

 One hundred and thirty-nine crabs, from the United States, Mexico, 

 Central America, and the West Indies, have been sent in exchange. 



Thirty- two species of crabs have been received from the Eoyal 

 Zoological ]Museum, Berlin, Germany, Prof. Karl Mobius, director, in 

 continuation of exchanges. 



The Eoyal Zoological Museum, Turin, Italy, transmitted decapod and 

 other crustaceans iu continuation of exchanges. 



A collection of crustaceans has been received from the Zoological 

 Institute, Kiel, Germany, Dr. K. Brandt, director, in return for crinoids, 

 holothurians, and crabs recently forwarded by the Museum. 



Thirty-two species of crabs have been received from the Zoological 

 Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark, m return for crustaceans. 



RehnrnthoUxiy. — Parasitic worms have been received in exchange 

 from Dr. M. Kowalewski, Dublany pres Leopol, Galicia, Austria, Prof. 

 A. Eailliet, Alfort, France, and Prof. Dr. F. Zschokke, Basel, Switzer- 

 land. 



Comparative anatomy. — The skeleton of a sea otter has been received 

 from Mr. J. M. Macoun, Geological Museum, Ottawa, Canada, for which 

 a suitable return has been made. 



Paleontology. — A collection of fossils has been sent to Dr. Hermann 

 Credner, Paleontological Institute, Leipsic, Germany, in return for 

 material already received from him. 



A collection of English carboniferous j^elecypods, representing 36 

 species, has been received from Dr. Wheelton Hind, Stoke-upon-Trent, 

 England, for which fossil pelecyi)ods have been sent in return. 



Cambrian fossils have been sent to the Museum of Natural History, 

 Paris, France, Dr. A. Milne-Edwards, director, in exchange for juaterial 

 already received. 



From the Oxford University Museum, Oxford, England, have been 

 received, through Dr. E. S. Goodrich, three casts of Stonefield fossil 

 mammals and a cast of Sphenodon imnctatus^ lor which an eciuivalent 

 has been sent. 



Shells and fofesils have been forwarded to the lioyal Academy of 

 Science and Arts, Barcelona, Spain, Sefior Arturo Bofill, secretary, iu 

 return for Mesozoic fossils. 



Botany. — Through the Department of Agriculture a collection of 

 dried plants has been received from Mr. II. T. Baker, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. 



From Mr. Alex. Batalin, St. Petersburg, Eussia, have been received 

 specimens of dried plants from Brazil and other localities, in return 

 for which botanical snecimens have been sent. 



