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No. 14794. Bulb of Erigeiiia [}w{ onfomological) from Texas, sent by 



Dr. G. I^. Ilackenberg, Austin, Tex. 

 I?o. 14820. IHapheromera femorata Iroin Massachusetts, sent by Mr. E. 



P. Uphain, Smithsouiau Institution. 

 No. 14821. Acanthoeinus spectohili.s from California, sent by Mr. John J. 



Snyder, Murphy's, Cahiveras County, California. 

 No. 14913. Lagoa 02)erculata (larva) from North Carolina, sent by Mr. 



N. A. Ramsey, Durham, N. C. 

 No. 11952. JA/f/teus /((sciatti.s from Illinois, sent by Mr. Ely C. Fisk, 



Havana, Mason County, Illinois. 

 No. ir)()12. Plectrodei'd scalafor from Illinois, sent by Mr. Ely C. Fisk, 



Havana, Mason County, Illinois. 

 No, 15027. Epeira msularis from Illinois, sent by Mrs. K. E. Call, Wil- 



lersburg, HI. 

 No. 15034. Three species of insects from Iowa, sent by Dr. J. M. Shaffer, 



Keokuk, Iowa. 

 No. 15043. Mijgale sp. from Mount Diablo, Cal., sent by Mr. H. W. Tur- 

 ner, San Francisco, Cal. 

 No. 15062. Epeira insularis from Illinois, sent by Mr. Charles M. Stnrges, 



Chicago, 111. 

 No. 15069. Bhyssa lunator from South Carolina, sent by Mr. George T. 



Brown, Beltou, S. C. 

 No. 15142. Various insects, mostly aquatic larvte, from Utah, sent by 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. 0. 

 No. 15251. Blatta orientalis ? (larva) from California, sent by Mr, T. S. 



Price, Borden, Cal. 

 No. 15458. Egg-mass of Glinocampa sp. from Utah, sent by Mr. J. B. 



Rosborough, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 No. 15523. Achorutefi sp. (Snow Podura) from Maine, sent by Mr. Amos 



Wilder, Augusta, Me. 



Altogether the most valuable collection received during the year is 

 that made by Mr. Turner in Labrador. The material is quite exten- 

 sive, especially in individuals, and has Ixmmi collected and preserved 

 with great care and judgment. 1 have, therefore, taken great pains 

 to mount such of the alcoholic material and such of the dry material 

 as would most quickly «leteriorate if left as collected, in order that it 

 may be permanently preserved for future study, and I have been par- 

 ticular to attach to every specimen, not only the accession number, but 

 the number used by the collector, so as to facilitate his own work upon 

 the collection. 



The work of the department has consisted, in addition to the ordi- 

 nary correspondence and determination of material, in the proper care, 

 so far as time would permit, of the material received. But taking ad- 

 vantage of the Government's participation in the New Orleans Exposi- 

 tion, 1 have prepared, as a part of the exhibit from the Department of 

 Agriculture, a collection illustrative of economic entomology, employ- 



