Y68 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



AGKicuLTrKK, Dki'autmknt of — Continued. 



Through Dr. C. Hart Merriaui, chief ol' Division of ( hnithohj.uy and Mammalogy. 

 Fossil turtles and mammals in fragmentary condition from Fort 15ridger, Wyoming, 

 and pieces of the jaw and radius of hear from a cave in (irant County, New Mexico 

 (23344); 11 laud-shells representing 4 species from Texas (23484); 5 horned 

 toads ( Vhrijnosoma brcvirostre iloucjlatt.vi) friuii Idaho (ccdlccted hy Mr. V.Bailey) 

 (23548); two turtles, representing two siiecies (deposit) (23704); Pacilic pine 

 Snake (PituopMs catenifer) from Marshall, Washingtcm (deposit) (23734); Speci- 

 men, in flesh, of Bruennich's Mnrre ( Una hruennichii), from Throg's Neck, Long 

 Island (collected hy Mr. A. Ferriera) (23895); 5 species of land-shells (collected 

 hy Mr. William Lloyd, of Monterey, Mexico) (24074) ; 31 reptiles and hatrachians, 

 representing 11 species from Idaho (deposit) (24213).' 

 Through Prof. C. V. Riley, entomologist: Alcoholic insects, mostly colcoptera from 

 southern California (collected hy Mr. D. W. Co([uillet, of Los Angeles, California) 

 (23916) ; 382 sjtecics of North American lepidoptcra and 62 si>ecies of European 

 lepidoptera (23934); 54 sjiecies of well-mounted coleoptera, some of which are 

 new to the collection (collected liy Mr. Coquillet) (23942); 110 specimens of 

 North American coleoptera, representing 54 species new to the collection (col- 

 lected l>y H. F. Wickham, of Iowa City, Iowa (23964) ; 2!;5 species of coleoptera 

 from the United States, 20 species of coleoptera from Mexico, 29 species of hemip- 

 tera from the United States and Mexico, 75 species of hymenoptera from the 

 same localities; 4 species of diptera from the United States and 6 specimens of 

 Vanessa caJif'orvica from Idaho (collected hy Prof L. Bruner, of Lincoln, Nehr.) 

 (23974) ; 25 species of North American coleoptera, many of whii h are lU'W to the 

 collectitm (24009) ; 425 specimens, representing 60 species of lepidoi)tera, and 2,400 

 speciuu-ns, representing 375 species of coleoptera, collected in California and 

 W^ashingtou hy Mr. A. Koehele, and transferred to the Museum collection ))y 

 Prof. Riley (24017) ; 30 species of colco])tera collected in southern California and 

 transferred to the Museum collection hy I'rof. Riley (24018) ; 30 species collected 

 and transferred in the same manner (24056) ; series of 400 species of coleoi»tera 

 and 130 species of hemiptera (collected hy Prof. Bruner in the United States and 

 Mexico) (24136); collection of tiueid;e containing 900 specimens, representing 

 ahout 430 North American species, and 500 specimens, representing ahoout 140 

 European species (24277). (See under Massachusetts Society for Promotion of 

 Agriculture; Northern Pacific Railroad.) 



AiKKN, Walter (Franklin, N. H.). Two fresh specimens of Golden Trout (Salrelixus 

 ain-eoh(s). 23725. 



Alaska Commekciai, Company (San Francisco, Cal. ), through the Quartermaster 

 Oeneral's Department, U. S. A. Bidarka and outfit from Akontau Island. 23768. 

 (See under Capt. Frank Curling.) 



Aldrich, T. H. (Blocton, Ala.). Ten species of Red Blufl" Eocene fossils, named hy 

 the describer. Otto Meyer (23408) ; collection of Tertiary fossils from the southern 

 United States, illustrating the species described hy Otto Meyer and for the most 

 part identified hy him (23763). 



Alfaro, Senor Anasta.sio. (See under Museo Nacional de Costa Rica.) 



Alleghany Colleglvte Institute (Alderson, W. Va.), through Mr. II. A. Evans. 

 Skull of a lion cub (Felis Iro). 24030. 



Allen, George A. (United States Indian Agent, Colorado River Agency, Parker, 

 Ariz.). Collection of pressed flowers and plants; 5 alcoholic specimens of 

 Hadrurits hii-satux -.md 6 specimens of Trombidinm sp. ; 4 lizards, representing 3 

 species, from the Colorado Indian Reservation; 8 ethnological objects and 5 jiicces 

 of pottery from the Mojave Indians (24160); 4 photographs of Mojave Indians 

 (24199). 



* These are the rt^sultof the biological exi)loratious carried on liy Dr. Merriamand 

 his assistants in Idaho during the suunncr of 1890. A sejtarate report has been 

 prepared and has l»een published in "North American Fauna" No. 5, pj). 109-113. 



