report <>n the department of biology. 71 



(2) Japanese Crustacea collected by the Albatross, L900. These 

 comprise specimens dredged in various depths as well as those col- 

 lected along shore by Dr. II. F. Moore, naturalist of the Albatross. 



(3) Corals from the Albatross South Sea expedition, L899-1900; to 

 he studied and reported upon by Mr. T. Wayland Vanghan. 



(4) Corals collected in Porto Rican waters by the Fish Hawk, L899. 

 Determined by Mr. Vaughan and results to be published in bulletin 

 of the United States Fish Commission. 



(5) Large collection of crayfishes collected in West Virginia, L899, 

 by a field party of the Fish Commission. Determined by Mr. \V. P. 

 Hay. 



((i) Arctic crustaceans and echinoderms collected by the Princeton 

 University expedition, L899. These specie- were named when received. 



Other collections of lower invertebrates which should be mentioned 

 in this place are the types of the oligochete worms (Enchytrseidse) 

 collected by the Harriman Alaska expedition and presented through 

 Dr. C. Hart Merriam; the types of Cambarus gallinus presented by 

 Prof. Theodore D. A. Cockerell; a collection of marine and fresh- 

 water crustaceans from the Hawaiian Islands, presented by Mi - . II. W. 

 Henshaw; Philippine corals and sponges, received in exchange from 

 Father -Jose Algue; specimens of ocean bottom obtained in connection 

 with the Pacific cable survey made by the U. S. S. Nero, and trans- 

 mitted by the Hydrographic Office, U. S. Navy. 



A very important accession of the year was the Willey lichen her- 

 barium, comprising L0,000 specimens from all parts of the world. 

 constituting the entire private collection of the late Henry Willey, a 

 well-known specialist in this group of plants. The collection was 

 purchased by the Museum from the estate. 



Other important accessions of plants, which were chiefly from the 

 Southern United States and Mexico, are as follows: From West Vir- 

 ginia. -b;s specimens, collected by Mr. E. L. Morris and received through 

 the United States Fish Commission; from North Carolina, 200 speci- 

 mens, collected by Mr. C. L. Pollard, of the Museum; from Alabama, 

 Georgia, and Tennessee. L,600 plants, collected by Messrs. Pollard and 

 Maxon, of the Museum staff; from Louisiana. L44 specimens, presented 

 by Mr. ('. R, Ball. United States Department of Agriculture; from 

 Oregon, 5,400 plants, collected by Mr. E. P. Sheldon and received 

 through the United States Department of Agriculture; from Utah, 

 L26 specimens, received in exchange; from Alaska, 17-1 specimens, 

 presented by Mrs. -I. B. Flett, and 248 specimens received in exchange 

 from the New York Botanical Garden; also loo specimens of arbo- 

 rescent plants, from various localities in the United Stales, presented 

 by Prof. ('. S. Sargent; and 887 specimens from various localities in 

 the United States and Mexico and Central America, received in 

 exchange from the Gray Herbarium. 



a Tin- Is the first species of crayfish known from New Mexici 



