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The Exotics of the Belfrage collection were also purchased by the 

 Department of Agriculture and turned over to the Museum. Since that 

 time there has been acquired the Lepidoptera collection of Mr. O. Meske, 

 in its day one of the best and most complete, my own collections in Co- 

 leoptera antl Lepidoptera, rich in both orders and typical in some fami- 

 lies of each, and the remnants of the Morrison Collection, principally 

 Coleo[)tera. 



Tl'e sources of income in addition, have been from the continuous 

 breeding and collections of the Entomological Division of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and its agents, the deposit of types described in 

 Museum jtulilications and the ordinary accessions from Government ex- 

 peditions and Smithsonian correspondents. 



To review special orders — we are most rich in Lepidoptera, both 

 Macn.)S and Micros, without reaching the level of the best individual col- 

 lections in either branch. In the American series however, we have a 

 very large proportion of unique and typical material. 



In Coleoptera our material is richer than in any individual collection 

 save those especially enumerated in the first part of this paper. 



In the Diptera we have an exceedingly rich, if somewhat unarranged 

 material. In Syrphidce we have nearly all of Dr. Williston's types and 

 an almost if not quite complete representadon of described species. 



In Boinbyliidce. we have many of Mr. Coquillett's types, and fully 

 twice as many species as are enumerated in Osten-Sacken's Catalogue. In 

 many other families the collection is proportionately rich. 



In Hynienoptera we have a very large material, much of it well de- 

 termined. The numerous parasitic forms bred in the Department work 

 have all passed through Mr. Howard's hands and are accurately determ- 

 ined, the Cyiiipids have been arranged by Mr. Ashmead, and in Apidce 

 our material is especially rich. 



Specialists in all these orders will find much that is new and rare in 

 our collections. 



In Orthoptera our collections are especially rich and well determ- 

 ined ; Thomas, Riley and Bruner having been over parts or all of it. 

 Mr. Bruner has been of late in connection with Prof. Riley accumuladng 

 material for a monograph of the Acrididcc and this material will also go 

 to the Museum. 



In Hettiipiera our collection is good, without being remarkable in 

 any particular: it has been w^orked over by Prof. Osborn, and parts of it 

 by Prof. Uhler. 



In Neuroptera, our collection is undeniably poor, except perhaps in 

 early stages, though probably next in importance to that at Cambridge 

 as the order is so very generally neglected by collectors. 



