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amount of material in all orders, and in 19th. The large collection from South 



manv unusual directions surpasses any col- California of D. W. Coquillett, in Coleop- 



lection in the couiUrv. Among others the tera, Hvmenoptern, Lepidoptera and Or- 



following are of especial interest: — thoptera. 



1st. The large collection, in all orders, of 20th. The Tou-nend Glover manuscripts 



the late Dr. C. V. Riley. and plates. 



2d. All of the material gathered during In addition to this material, there are 



the past 18 years by correspondents, field minor collections which have been the 



agents, and the office staff of the Division of result of the work of government expedi- 



Entomology, U. S. Department of Agri- tions, or are gifts from United States consuls 



culture. and inany private individuals. 



3d. The greater part of the collection of This enormous mass of material is being 



the late Asa Fitch. cared for by the active and honorary force 



4th. The large collection, in all orders, of of the Department, and the perpetuity of the 



the late G. W. Belfrage. collection is assured. The National Museum 



5th. The collections in Lepidoptera and building is fire-proof, and this, together with 



Coleoptera made by Dr. John B. Smith down the fact that it is a national institution, ren- 



to 1S89, together with the types of the Noc- ders the Department of Insects perhaps the 



tuidae since described by Dr. Smith. best place in this country for the permanent 



6th. The collection of Lepidoptera of the deposit of types by working specialists in 



late O. Meske. entomology, and for the ultimate resting- 



7th. The collection of Lepidoptera of place of large collections made by individuals. 



G. Beyer. The policy of the Museum at large, with 



Sth. The collection of Coleoptera of M. L. regard to the use of its collections by stu- 



Linell. dents, is a broad and liberal one. Students 



9th. The bulk of the collection, in all are welcome in all departments, and every 



orders, of the late H. K. Morrison. facility is given to systematists of recog- 



loth. The collection of Diptera of the late nized standing. 

 Edward Burgess. 



nth. The type collection of Syrphidae 



made by Dr. S. W. Williston. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. 



I2th. The collection of Ixodidae of the 



late Dr. George Marx. 11 Oct. 1895. The iSSth meeting of the 



13th. The collection of Myriopoda of the Club was held at 156 Brattle St., Mr. A. G. 



late C. H. BoUman. Mayer in the chair. Mr. W. L. W. Field 



14th. Sets of the neo-tropical collections was chosen Secretary pro tem. 



of Herbert Smith. Mr. S. H. Scudder stated that he had 



15th. The collection of Hymenoptera of recently examined a small collection of but- 



\Vm. J. Fox. terflies taken by Mr. Jewell W. Sornborger 



i6th. The collection of Tineina of Wm. on the Labrador coast at Lat. 59° North, 



BeutenmilUer. being beyond the Moravian settlements and 



17th. The large Japanese collection, in all therefore further north than any point fi'om 



orders, of Dr K. Mitsukuri. which collections ordinarily come. Although 



iSth. The African collections, in all orders, the collection contained only thirteen speci- 



of Dr. W. S. Abbott, Wm. Astor Chanler, mens, eleven species were represented, as 



y. F. Brady, the last " Eclipse" expedition to follows : Bettthis frei/n, clariclea and tri- 



West Africa, and of several missionaries. clan's; Oeiieis oeno^ jntta and folyxcnes; 



