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It contains L5, 626 specimens, a splendid series of European Lepidop- 

 tera, particularly rich in the smaller moths. 



Other important accessions may be summarized as follows: From 

 the Philippine Islands, several accessions of insects of all orders, pre- 

 sented by Dr. P. L. Stangl, U. S. Army, and 100 butterflies, presented 

 by Mr. Samuel II. Adams; from Porto Rico, 30 dragon flies, presented 

 by Mr. (i. N. Collins. United States Department of Agriculture; from 

 the Hawaiian Islands. 258 Ilvmenoptera, donated by the committee for 

 investigating the fauna and flora of these islands (through Dr. David 

 Sharpe), 3 lots given by Mr. H. W. Henshaw, together with the large 

 series collected by Mr. William II. Ashmead; from Cuba were 

 received the collections made by Messrs. Palmer and Riley of the 

 Museum; from New Mexico, several lots of insects of all orders, 

 including types of bees, presented by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell; from 

 Utah, 5 vials containing types of Lithobiida>. presented by Mr. Ralph 

 V. Chamberlain; from Paraguay, L,665 butterflies and moths, together 

 with other insects, were purchased; from the Galapagos Islands, 21ii 

 Diptera, presented by Mr. Robert E. Snodgrass; from Venezuela, 174 

 insects, collected by Dr. M. J. Lyon; from South Africa, 63 Diptera, 

 representing -27 species, from C. P. Lounsbury, Government entomol- 

 ogist. Capetown: from the Malay Peninsula and the Natuna Islands, 3 

 lots of insects, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott; from Australia, a col- 

 lection of parasitic Ilvmenoptera. presented by the department of 

 mines and agriculture, Sydney; from Germany, 515 Diptera and 48 

 galls of Hormomyia fagi, presented by Mr. Theo. Pergande. 



In addition should be mentioned the following: Six thousand Mex- 

 ican diptera from Prof. C. H. T. Townsend; a collection of 396 Diptera, 

 comprising 92 species, received in exchange from the Museum fur 

 Naturkunde, Berlin, and 111 Diptera, presented by Mr. C. W. Johnson; 

 4<>o moths, presented by Dr. William Barnes; 15 types of Chambers's 

 TineidaB, presented by the Laville University; 202 moths, presented 

 by Dr. Ottolengui; 5 types and L cotype of species of Noctuidse, pre- 

 sented by Prof. John B. Smith; 50 moths and 4 types, presented by 

 Dr. .lames Fletcher: 100 living cocoons of Monema jlavescens and 100 

 moths, presented by Mr. A. E. Wileman; a collection of Mutillidae 

 and Fornricidee received in exchange from Ernest Andre, esq.. Gray, 

 France; 38 Orthoptera, together with some types and cotypes, pre- 

 sented by W. S. Blatchley through the United States Department of 

 Agriculture; 22 rare Hydrooecia, presented by Mr. Henry Bird; types 

 of Jassidae, presented by Prof. Herbert Osborn, Ohio State University. 



The United State- Fish Commission transferred to the Museum six 

 important collections of marine invertebrates, as follows: 



(h The ophiurans of the "Agassiz" cruise of the Albatross, L891, 

 to the Galapagos Lslands, west coasl of Mexico, etc., and determined 

 l»\ I >rs. Lutken and Mortensen. 



