144 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Professor A. E. Ortiniann has assumed his position as Curator of 

 Invertebrate Zoology at the Carnegie Museum. He reported for duty 

 on the first day of July. He is at present engaged in making an in- 

 ventory of the collections contained in the Museum belonging to his 

 section of labor. 



]\Ir. D. R. Sumstine continues this summer the work he began last 

 year for the Museum in collecting the fungi of western Pennsylvania. 

 He reports the discovery of several species hitherto new to science and 

 undescribed. 



Mr. Henry Klacjes, of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, is temporarily 

 engaged as an assistant in the section of entomology. He is working 

 upon the South American coleoptera, a great many boxes of which 

 required to be mounted for study. 



Mr. W. Norman ISIiller during the summer vacation is assisting 

 Mr. J. A. Shafer in poisoning and mounting the specimens recently 

 secured for the herbarium. Mr. Miller is a student at the University 

 of Pennsylvania. 



