REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 67 



Pliiliidelpliia, Pa., and Dr. Walter Faxou, of the Museum of Comi)arative 

 Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., have also identified collections, for whicli 

 courtesies the Museum extends its most grateful acknowledgments. 

 Tlie facilities of the laboratory of this department have, as usual, been 

 placed at tlie disposal of specialists desiring to avail themselves of the 

 privilege. 



The titles of eleven papers by Mr. Benedict, Miss Kathbun, Dr. Wal- 

 ter Faxon, Mr. Lawrence M. Lam be, and others, based wholly or in 

 part on Museum material, were published during the year. Five of 

 these appeared in the Proceedings of the National ^Museum. They are 

 all mentioned by title in the Bibliography (Appendix iv). Thirteen 

 new genera, 69 new species, and one new subspecies are described in 

 these papers. Their names will be found in the supplements to the 

 Bibliography (Appendix iv). 



The number of entries made in the catalogues of the department dur- 

 ing the year was 1,803. These were assigned to the several books, as 

 follows : 



Last entry Last entry j 

 in 1894. I in 1895." I ^°*^'''*^®^- 



Crusiaceana 18411 18811 ! 400 



Worms ■ ' 4970 4971 1 



Brjozoans and Ascidians ; 2887 2888 1 



Echinoderms and Coelenterates | 17908 18149 241 



Sponges and Protozoans ' 6320 7486 1,160 



Total '' 1,803 



HELMINTHOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 



For several years material suitable for such a collection has been 

 slowly accumulating, but no attemi)t has been made until recently to 

 provide for its systematic preservation and classification. In this work 

 the Museum now enjoys the cooperation of Dr. 0. W. Stiles, of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry in the Department of Agriculture, who 

 received a formal appointment on March 17, 1804. It is a source of 

 much gratification that Dr. Stiles has found it possible to assume the 

 duties of custodian of this collection, and the 3Iuseum recognizes with 

 pleasure the addition of another friendly bond between the scientific 

 staff of the Department of Agriculture and that of the INIuseum. 



lender date of January 9, 1894, Dr. Stiles wrote as follows regarding 

 the formation of a section of helminthology : 



In order to collect and jireserve the types of American species of parasites, 

 and in order to obtain a collection of the typical specimens of jiarasites of this 

 and other countries, I think it would be extremely desirable if the V. S. National 

 Museum would establish a department of medical zoology or helminthology. As I 

 knoAV that you would favor such a step, 1 would respectfully submit the following 

 proposition, in case the Museum does not see its way clear or does not think it 

 possible to appoint a full curator to take; charge of this subject: 



I will tender my services as curator without pay, or as honorary curator of 

 helminthology or of medical zoology, and will agree to deposit my private collection 



