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ing-, nearly all of which Avas the woik of the curator. For want of time, 

 owing' to tlie press of work and abseiu-eof suffi(!ient clerical assistance, 

 the number of species identitied for students has not been recorded. 

 In 1891-'92 the number amounted to over 3,000 species, for each of 

 Avhich a label had to be written. During- the past year the nuuiber 

 sent for identilication was considerably less. 



DEPARTMENT OF INSECTS. 



In this department, under Prof. C. V. Riley, hon<miry curator, consid- 

 erable time has been devoted to the preparation of exhibits for the 

 World's Columbian Exposition. In this work the Museum has cooper- 

 ated with the Division of Entomology in the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. The exhibit, while devoted Iarg:ely to the science of entomology 

 economically considered, also contained much material of purely educa- 

 tional or scientific value. The systematic collection of Xorth American 

 families and the collection of insects injurious to forestry were rear- 

 ranged. A large amount of material has been identified for correspond- 

 ents, and many students have been aided in their work by means of 

 loans and exchanges. 



Among the most important accessions were: 



From Prof. A. L. Montandou, Bucharest, Roumania, 374 species, iiichuliag 2,332 

 specimens, mostly exotic hemiptera not previously represented in our collection, 

 and especially valuable as being identified by this well-known specialist. 



Coleoptera, representing the saline fauna of Great Salt Lake Hasin, Utah, 30 species 

 from H. G. Hubbard, Detroit, Mich., and E. A. Schwarz, Washington, D. C. 



A collection of East African insects of all orders (more than 300), from William 

 AstorChanler, Ilameye-on-Tana, East Africa. Donated on condition of having them 

 studied and afterwards divided with the Imperial Museum in Vienna, Austria. 



A collection of miscellaneous insects (66 species), from Kashmir, from Dr W L 

 Abbott. 



A collection of European JluscidiB (98 species), illustrating Brauer aud liergen- 

 stamm's classification of this group, from the Imperial Museum of Vienna, Austria, 

 through Dr. F. Brauer. 



North American Noctuidso (63 species), from Prof. J. H. Smith, New Brunswick, 

 N. J., mostly types of new species described by him either in the Museum Bulletins 

 or in the journals especially devoted to North American entomology. 



A collection of insects, mostly Coleoptera (25)6 specimens), collected in Mexico by 

 J. T. Mason, Jalapa, Mexico, from the curator. 



