114 KEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTURE. 



From tlie DcitMitinciit of AgTiculture, tlirougli tlie Secretary, have 

 been received the following objects: 



Twenty-seven photolithographs illustrating the forest destruction and 

 reforestration in Fi-ance, 2 maps showing the forest distribution, 100 

 small label maps representing the distribution of species, a, section of 

 a tuli]) tree and a. historicsil chart of its growth were deposited. 



ISTumerous collections have been received from the divisions of animal 

 industry, entomology, botany, forestry, and economic ornithology and 

 mammalogy. The following stat<'ment shows the extent of the material 

 contributed. 



Through Dr. V. Hart Mcnriam. fossils from Fort Bridger, VVyo., and 

 fragments of the Jaw and radius of a bear from (jrant County, N. Mex. ; 

 11 specimens of land shells from Texas, rej)resenting 4 vSpecies ; 5 horned 

 toads {Phvynommd brerirosfre)^ collected by Mr. Y. Bailey in Idaho; 

 specimens of Exof/i/ra (irU'tlna from Painted Cave, Bio Grande Bank, 

 Texas, and 9 species of laud and fresh-water shells from the same 

 locality, collected by Mr. William Lloyd ; 2 turtles representing 2 species 

 from Texas (de])osit); a Pacific Pine-snake (Pltuophis catciii/er) from. 

 Marshall, Wash, (deposit); a woman's suit, suit of a umn, boots, pan- 

 taloons, etc., ami a sleeping-bag obtained from the Eskimos of West 

 Greenland; beadwork of the Piegan Imlians of Montana, and pouches 

 of the Montagnais Indians of Canada, collected l)y l)r. F. H. Hoadley 

 (dej)osit); a specimen of Bruennich's Murre (Uria hruennichn) from 

 Throg's Neck, Long Island, (Collected by Mr. A. Ferreira; 5 s]>ecies of 

 land-shells, collected by Mr. William Lloyd, and '.\\ re])tiles a-nd batra- 

 chians from Idaho (deposit). 



Through Prof. C. Y. Biley: SixM'imens of alcoholic insects, chiefly 

 coleo])tera from southern California, collected by INIr. 1). W. (!oquillet, 

 of Los Angeles; 383 species of North American le})idoptera and 02 

 species of European lepido])tera; 54 species of coleoptera, collected in 

 California by Mr. Co(iuillet, some of the species being new to the col- 

 lection; 110 specimens representing 54 spe<'ies of North American cole- 

 optera, many of Mhich ai-e new to the collection, collected by Mr. H. F. 

 Wickham, of loAva City, Iowa; collection of insects, made by Prof. L. 

 Bruner, of Lim-olu, Nebr., consisting of 225 species of coleoptera from 

 the United States; 20 species of coleoptera from Mexico ; 2!> species of 

 liemiptera from Mexico and the United States; 75 species of hymeiiop- 

 tera from the same localities; 4 si)ecies of diptera from the United 

 States; 1 species of ueuroptera from the United States, and 6 specimens 

 of Vanessa calif ornica from Idaho; 25 species of North American cole- 

 optera retained from a eollectifm sent by Prof. A. J.Cooke, of Lansing, 

 Mich., for identitication, and transferred to the Museum by Prof. Riley; 

 425 specimens representing 60 species of lepidoptera, and 2,400 speci- 

 mens representing 375 species of coleoptera, collected in California and 

 Washington by Mr. A. Koebele; 30 species of coleoptera collected by 



