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dition. It is a store house of surprises to the Specialist. Mr. Edwards' 

 work has been in Lepidoplera, and the collection will be again referred 

 to under that order. 



So far as 1 am aware there is not another individual general collec- 

 tion of an)- extent, though there are several which will be hereafter referred 

 to — collections of Specialists who also collect without studying, other 

 orders. 



The Coleoptera have perhaps the greatest number of admirers among 

 the Entomologists, and collections are therefore most numerous and ex- 

 tensive. They are also best named, the literature is most complete, and 

 the student has most encouragement to persevere. 



The collection of Dr. Horn of Philadelphia, ranks easily as the best 

 in the United States. Not only does it contain very nearly all of the types 

 of the Doctor's numerous species, but it contains also many types of Dr. 

 Leconte, and an almost complete series of species compared with Dr. 

 Leconte's types. 



Dr. Horn believes in small, tight, shallow wooden boxes, with a 

 cork lining ; one side only filled with Insects. These boxes are set on 

 their sides, in rows, in plain shelved cabinets. The collection is acces- 

 sible to any one who shows a sufficiently intelligent interest, and Dr. 

 Horn is extremely liberal in his dealings with other students, readily 

 loaning series to a monographer of special groups as soon as he has 

 shown his ability to deal with it. 



Close to thi> collection in txtent is that of ViX. Hy. Ulke of Wash- 

 ington. In beauty of specimens and length of series, showing the range 

 of geographical variation, the collection is perhaps without a peer. A very 

 large proportion of the species were named by Drs. Leconte and Horn, 

 and Mr. Ulke's collection is therefore as a rule very reliably determined. 

 Mr. Ulke is always ready to show his treasures to whomever may visit him, 

 and he has done perhaps as much as any one other man in accumulating 

 material for monographic work, and in naming for and aiding beginners. 



The collection of Messrs. Hubbard and Schwarz is unexcelled for 

 its wealth of material in the families containing small species — Clavicornia, 

 Serricornia and some families ai Rhynchophora. Both of these gentlemen 

 are excellent collectfirs — perhaps unequalled in this country — and an in- 

 timate knowledge of the habits of species, with extreme patience in work- 

 ing out the minute forms have made their collection a valuable one. 



Both of these gentlemen have collected extensively in Florida and 

 Michigan, while separately they have collected in many other parts of the 

 United States — notably on the part of Mr. Schwarz, semi-tropical Florida, 

 Colorado, Lake Superior, and the region about Washington, his present 

 home. 



