REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF INSECTS 

 TN THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, m\. 



By C. Y. IfiLKY, IToiiDiftry Ciiralcn 



During the past fiscal year no important changes have been made in 



the exhibit collections of the Department, but the reserve collections 



in the laboratory have been steadily improved to facilitate the access, 



and increase the attractiveness and utility to students. 



Many important accessions have been received dnring \\\e yenr, of 



which the following are worthy of mention : 



About 63 species of insects of nil orders collected in Aiij-ola and 8t. Thome, Africa, 

 from H. Chatelain, 219 Four nnd a half stieet, AVashin^ton, D. C. (Ace. 23400.) 



A laroe collection of African insects of all orders from Dr. \V. L. Abbott, 1926 Chest- 

 nut street, Philadelj.hia, Pa. These were collected mostly between Mombasa 

 and Killima-Njaro, but many oa the Seychelles Islands and on Madagascar. Of 

 special interest is a set of l>eautiful leaf insects from the Seychelles (Ace. 

 23656, 24008. ) 



Types of North American Geophilidfe mounted on eight microscopic slides, from O. 

 F. Cook and G. F. Collins, Syracuse, N. Y. (Acc"238!54.) 



Forty species of North American Coleoptera, new to collection, from Charles Palm, 

 East Sixty-fourth street, New York. (Exchanoe.) (Ace. 23853.) 



North American Noctuida^ iuclnding types of ten new species from Prof. .F. B. Smith, 

 New Brunswick, N. .1. (Ace. 239,33.) 



Collection of Lepidoptera, containing 382 North American and 62 Euro].ean siM'cies, 

 from the. curator. (Ace. 23934.) 



Fifty-fimr species of N(n-th American ( ole..pt..ra, new to eollecti.m, from tli.' cura- 

 tor. (Ace. 23964.) 



Tlirough the curator, 355 species of nmunted insects of varies orders from the United 

 States and Mexico, collected by L. Bruner, Lincoln, Nebr. (Ace. 23974.) 



One hundred and sixty-seven species of South African insects, mostly Coleoptera, 

 from .1. H. Brady, Capo Town. (Ace. 23982.) 



Sixty species and 425 specimens of Lepidoptera, and 375 species, 2,400 specimens of 

 Coleoptera, collected in the States of Washington and California by A. Koebele, 

 and transferred to the National Museum by the curator. (Ace. 24017.) 



A series of 400 species of Coleoptera and 130 species of Hemiptera, collected by L. 

 Bruner iu Western United States and Mexico, and transferred to the National 

 Museum by the curator. (Ace. 34136.) 



Twenty microscopic slides fi(mi Prof. J. B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. .T., illustrat- 

 ing his essay on the mouth-parts of Diptera. (Ace. 24135.) 



A collection of Tineida' con*^aining 430 species in 900 specimens of North America and 

 140 species in 500 specimens of Europe. This collection was purchased from 

 William Beuteumiiller, of New York, by the Agricultural Department, and depos- 

 ited in the Museum. It contains the original types of all the species described 

 by Mr. Bentenmiiller. (Ace. 24277.) 



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