CURATOR'S REPORT. 



Your Curator has much pleasure in stating that during 

 the past year there has been a decided increase in the additions 

 to the Natural History department of the Society's Museum. 

 Last year the total of the number of species was 289, and of 

 specimens 739. The total for the present year shows an 

 increase of 177 species, and 541 specimens. 



The total abstract of the number of species and specimens 

 is as follows : — 



Echinodennata, &'c. . . 

 Acari 



Coleoptera (Beetles) 

 Orthopteia (Grasshoppers. &c 

 Hymenoptera (Bees, ic.) 

 Neuroptera (Dragon Flies, &c 

 Lepidoptera (Moths, &c.) 

 ('occida (Scale Insects) 

 Heniiptera (Plant Bugs, &c. 

 Diptera (Two-winged Flies) 

 Conchology (Shells) 

 Pisces (Fish) 

 Aves (Birds) 



Eggs 



Mammalia (Animals) . . 

 Geology . . 

 Miscellaneous . . 



Total 



Acquired. 



244 



I 



18 



13 



28 



86 



4 

 12 



4 



31 



3 



4 



462 



244 



13 



28 



2 



86 



4 

 12 



4 



34 



3 



5 



466 



590 



7 

 54 

 77 

 54 



7 



308 



28 



43 

 8 



48 

 »3 



1280 



* Includes Kingsley Memorial Collections. 



The additions chiefly consist of Insects of the Orders 

 Coleoptera, Neuroptera, and Hemipiera-Homoptera. But additions 

 have also been made to several other Orders as will be seen 

 on referring to the detailed list. Three additional Life- 

 Histories of Injurious Insects have been prepared, and several 

 are being worked out. 



By kind permission of the Committee many of the Life- 

 Histories of the Farm and Fruit Pests have been used in 

 connection with a series of Lectures on Economic Entomology 



