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progress has been made in naming and arranging the insects. 

 Many of the moths, comi^rising the families Zygfenidge, Bom- 

 bycidae, and PhalffinidjTe, have been most neatly labelled and 

 arranged in boxes by Mr. F. G. Sanborn, who has devoted 

 much time during the past winter to this work. Several 

 families of the Hymenoptera have been labelled by Dr. Pack- 

 ard, and many of the IchneumonidaB by Mr. E. T. Cresson, 

 Curator of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, to 

 whom the duplicates of the collection have been entrusted 

 for that purpose. The mss. names bestowed on numerous 

 species by Dr. Harris, have been thus in many cases retained 

 and credited to him. Mr. E. Norton has returned labelled, 

 several additional species of TenthredidoB, and also a small 

 collection of Ichneumonidse loaned from the collection. 



The alcoholic collection has been put in safety, and the 

 boxes containing dry specimens placed out of danger from 

 the ravages of insects by being deposited in a large tight 

 case, exposed to the strongest fumes of benzine. 



There have been added over six hundred specimens, of 

 which the principal donors are Drs. H. Bryant, S. A. Bemis, 

 C. F. Hildreth, A. A. Gould, C. T. Jackson, S. Kneeland, Jr., 

 C. F. Winslow, Messrs. A. R. Grote, Samuel Hubbard, S, H. 

 Scudder and Prof J. L. Smith. 



The collection of Crustacea has been increased by four 

 hundred and forty specimens. Of these fifty species, com- 

 prising about three hundred and forty specimens, represent 

 the crustacean fauna of Labrador ; and twenty-five species, 

 eighty specimens, that of Maine. The donors are Drs. B. S. 

 Shaw, A. A. Gould, A. S. Packard, Jr., and Messrs. E. R. 

 Mayo, Samuel Hubbard, C. Stodder, and Capt. E. Smith. 



The Dei:)artment of Worms having been united with that 

 of Crustacea, they have been rearranged, placed in new bot- 

 tles, and are about to be catalogued. The entire collection 

 consists of fifty-five species, comprising thirty species, one 

 hundred and fifteen specimens, from the coast of Labrador; 

 and fourteen species, sixty-five specimens, from Maine, ob- 

 tained by the Curator. The donors this year are Messrs. F. 

 G. Sanborn, C. C. Sheafe and Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr. 



