MUSEUM NEWS NOTES 19 



I , there was a special meeting for physicians at which addresses 

 were made by Dr. Lawrence Flick of Philadelphia, Dr. W. A. 

 Evans of Chicago, Dr. A. Jacobi of New York and Dr. Vincent 

 F. Bowditch of Boston. On Friday evening, December 8, a 

 meeting expressly for the teachers of the public schools was held 

 with the cooperation of the Board of Education of the city 

 of New York, at which the principal address was delivered by 

 Dr. S. A. Knopf of New York. 



From here the exposition was transferred to Boston, and from 

 there it is to go to Philadelphia, Chicago and other large cities 

 throughout the coimtry for the enlightenment of the people in 

 the present wide-spread campaign against tuberculosis. 



MUSEUM NEWS NOTES. 



HE Department of Entomology has received as a 

 gift from William Schaus, Esq., formerly of New 

 York City, a valuable collection of moths embrac- 

 ing some 26,000 specimens, mainly from Mexico, 

 Central America and South America. This col- 

 lection is the result of about three years of assiduous search, 

 much of which was done under the personal direction of Mr. 

 Schaus, who is a tireless traveler and an enthusiastic entomolo- 

 gist. Four years ago the Museum received from the same 

 gentleman a collection of 5000 butterflies, including many rare 

 specimens from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. 



The Department of Ethnology has received as a gift from 

 George S. Bowdoin, Esq., a member of the Board of Trustees, a 

 valuable collection illustrating the fast- disappearing culture of 

 some of the tribes of Central Africa. The collection includes 

 implements of warfare, idols, fetiches and masks, clothing, 

 baskets and musical instruments, household utensils of bamboo, 

 pottery and brass, bracelets, necklaces and household adorn- 

 ments of beads, shells and brass. A large gold bead weighing 

 three ounces and seven carved ivory tusks from Ashantee are 

 worthy of particular mention. 



