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collected at an important locality in North Carolina and also visited 
the Marine Laboratory at the University of North Carolina, Morehead 
City, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Laboratory at Beaufort, 
N.C. 
With the aid of a grant from the National Science Foundation, Dr. 
J. F. Gates Clarke, curator of insects, made a trip to South America 
between December 29, 1958, and March 24, 1959, the major purpose of 
which was to obtain material of Microlepidoptera in localities not 
otherwise represented in the collections of the Smithsonian Institu- 
tion. Dr. Clarke traveled widely in Colombia, making headquarters 
at Bogota, Cali, Popayan, Pasto, and Barranquilla. In Peru Dr. 
Clarke centered his work in Lima and Cusco, from which cities he was 
able to reach interesting collecting territory. <A brief stop was made 
in the area of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and then he proceeded to Argen- 
tina, making his principal headquarters at Tucumin. While at 
Tucumin Dr. Clarke prepared the valuable Monrés collection of 
chrysomelid beetles for shipment to the National Museum. This 
collection adds greatly to the value of the holdings of South American 
insects in the Smithsonian Institution. He spent the latter part of his 
visit in Chile, collecting in the southern part of the country in areas 
reached from Punta Arenas, Puerto Varas, Peulla, and Petrohue. 
Dr. Clarke collected about 15,000 specimens of insects of all groups, 
but particularly of the Microlepidoptera, which will serve as the 
major basis of his proposed revision of the South American species 
of this large and important group. 
Between May 9 and June 4, 1959, Oscar L. Cartwright, associate 
curator of insects, engaged in field research in Florida to collect Scara- 
baeidae, especially species of Onthophagus and Ataenius, genera he is 
at present revising. The trip traversed peninsular Florida as far 
south as Big Pine Key. Of the 2,356 insects collected, few have yet 
been identified to species, but there are among them new records for 
Florida and the United States and quite possibly some undescribed 
species. 
Dr. Ralph E. Crabill, Jr., associate curator of insects, spent the 
period July 14-18, 1958, in Cambridge, Mass., carrying on studies at 
the Museum of Comparative Zoology in connection with several re- 
search projects in chilopod systematics. 
Dr. Frederick M. Bayer, associate curator of marine invertebrates, 
visited Europe between July 17 and August 25, 1958, to attend the 
15th International Congress of Zoology in London and to visit several 
European museums for the purpose of evaluating the significance of 
their collections of octocorals to future studies and to examine speci- 
mens. Following the congress he visited museums in Leiden, Amster- 
dam, and Copenhagen, as well as the British Museum (Natural His- 
