216 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1958 
The Freer Gallery of Art issued 1 publication, and a reprint of 
1 pamphlet. 
There were distributed 530,662 copies of publications and miscel- 
laneous items. Publications: 14 Contributions of Knowledge, 30,752 
Miscellaneous Collections, 8,709 Annual Reports and 19,418 pamphlet 
copies of Report separates, 1,060 War Background Studies, 40,857 
special publications, 152 reports of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, 
54,317 publications of the National Museum, 28,131 publications of 
the Bureau of American Ethnology, 21,635 publications of the Na- 
tional Collection of Fine Arts, 589 publications of the Freer Gallery 
of Art, 12,897 publications of the Astrophysical Observatory, 5,012 
reports of the American Historical Association, and 2,006 publica- 
tions not issued by the Smithsonian Institution. Miscellaneous 
items: 13 sets of North American Wildflowers and 1 Pitcher Plant 
volume, 46,039 guide books, 16,933 picture pamphlets, 172,114 post- 
cards and postcard folders, 16,796 color slides, 52,138 information 
leaflets, 57 New Museum of History and Technology pamphlets. 
There were also distributed 208 statuettes, 10 Viewmaster reels, and 
10 filmstrips and 5 filmstrip records. 
The 1958 allotment from Government funds of $158,500 for print- 
ing and binding was entirely obligated at the close of the year. 
SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 
In this series, under the immediate editorship of Ruth B. MacManus, 
there were issued title page and table of contents of volumes 131 and 
134, 4 papers in volume 134, 8 papers in volume 135, and whole volume 
133, as follows: 
Volume 131 
Title page and table of contents. (Publ. 4810.) [January] 1958. 
Volume 1383 
Araucanian child life and its cultural background, by Sister M. Inez Hilger. 
439 pp., 90 pls., 10 figs. (Publ. 4297.) December 10, 1957. ($7.00.) 
Volume 184 
No. 9. The birds of Isla Coiba, by Alexander Wetmore. 105 pp., 4 pls., 15 figs. 
(Publ. 4295.) July 8,1957. ($1.80.) 
No. 10. The medical and veterinary importance of cockroaches, by Louis M. Roth 
and Edwin R. Willis. i147 pp, 7 pls. (Publ. 4299.) December 19, 1957. 
($1.25. ) 
No. 11. Anatomy and taxonomy of the mature naiads of the genus Plathemis 
(Odonata: Libellulidae), by Harvey R. Levine. 28 pp., 25 figs. (Publ. 4301.) 
September 25,1957. (30 cents.) 
No. 12. Permian brachiopods from central Oregon, by G. Arthur Cooper. 79 pp., 
12 pls., 2 figs. (Publ. 4302.) December 9, 1957. ($1.30) 
Title page and table of contents. (Publ. 4311.) [February] 1958. 
