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cruise. Some of the principal smaller accessions were as follows: 

 From the Museum of Natural History, Paris, France, 7 cotypes of 

 species of crabs, chiefly of the family Potamonidse described by Miss 

 M. J. Rathbun, and cotypes of Cambarus digueti Bouvier, from Guana- 

 juato, Mexico; from the Zoological Museum at Copenhagen, Den- 

 mark, 4 species of Sphaeromidse, a cotype of Uca oerstedi Rathbun, 

 and a series of specimens, showing the different stages of growth of 

 Sergestes atlanticus Milne Edwards; from the Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology of Harvard University, 4 species of isopods new to the 

 collections, 2 being cotypes of species described by Dr. Harriet Rich- 

 ardson; from Prof. A. E. Verrill, of Yale University, fragments of the 

 type specimens of 5 species of corals described by him; from the 

 University of Pennsylvania, types of Tanais robustus II. F.Moore; 

 from the Carnegie Museum, cotypes of Cambarus monongalensis 

 Ortmann; from Prof. James II. Stoller, of Union College, 2 species of 

 isopods new to the collection; from Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. Army, 

 specimens from the Philippine Islands; from Dr. W. L. Abbott, 

 specimens from the Malay Peninsula; from the U. S. Biological 

 Survey, crustaceans from Mexico and Texas. 



To the helminthological collection were added 857 specimens, the 

 most important accession consisting of a series of parasites from 

 Egypt, sent by Prof. Arthur Looss, of the Medical School at Cairo. 



The past year has been especially noteworthy as regards the in- 

 crease of the collection in the division of plants, the additions having 

 been very much greater than in any previous year in the history of 

 the Museum, embracing 750 accessions and 143,690 specimens. The 

 greater part of this increase was due to the acquisition of the very 

 valuable herbarium of Capt. John Donnell Smith, of Baltimore, which 

 alone contained 100,889 specimens from different regions, but chiefly 

 from tropical America. This large ami important collection, the 

 work of many years in assembling, was most generously donated to 

 the Smithsonian Institution by Captain Smith and now forms a part 

 of the national collections. In connection with the plants, Captain 

 Smith also presented his botanical library of about 1,600 volumes, as 

 noted elsewhere. The next important contribution was by transfer 

 from the U. S. Department of Agriculture of 13,965 specimens, 

 8,963 of these constituting the herbarium of the Bureau of Forestry. 

 These specimens came from many parts of the United States including 

 Alaska, and from Greenland, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Europe, 

 and India. The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries transmitted several hun- 

 dred plants obtained in Alaska, Indiana, and Tennessee. The other 

 accessions contained representatives of the flora of many different 

 countries, more especially of the United States, but their number and 

 variety preclude an adequate account of them in this connection. 



