REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 11 
MAMMALS. 
The collection of mammals is receiving attention. Many of 
them are arranged in groups, with old and young. These groups 
have additional value in instructing the public with their life- 
histories to some extent. They also serve to stimulate more 
interest in this group of animals. We have added during the 
past year several fine groups. ‘That of the beaver is especially 
noteworthy. It has the stump from which the beaver cut the 
tree and the chips. 
INSECTS. 
We have one of the most interesting collections of insects from 
New Jersey that may be found. We have added only a few 
specimens the past year, but the collections are quite complete. 
We have brought from the New England States examples of the 
most destructive moths, those of the Gipsy and Brown-tail. The 
public may be able to detect and destroy them when they make 
their appearance, as seems inevitable. 
MOSQUITO EXHIBIT. 
Some additions have been made to the exhibit “How to get rid 
of the Mosquitoes.” ‘This has been studied by many persons 
from all over the country. 
Nothing new has been added to the School Exhibit. In fact, 
the largest part of this had to be packed away to give way for 
the new addition being built to the State House, and cannot now 
be seen. We do not know when we shall again be able to place it 
before the public, as no provision is being made in the new 
rooms for it. This is a very important part of our Museum, and 
should be provided for in some way at an early day. New Jersey 
has the most complete display of this kind in the United States, 
as we have the work of the schools shown at the Philadelphia 
Centennial Exposition in 1876, that of New Orleans in 1884- 
1885, the Columbia Exposition at Chicago in 1893, the Pan- 
