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Reptiles and Amphibians. — In addition to numerous specimens 

 from the French Congo, and New South "Wales, collected by the ex- 

 peditions mentioned elsewhere, the most interesting- and important 

 addition was that of the long lost Cychtra ricordU, a large ground 

 iguana from Santo Domingo, rediscovered by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 

 Another interesting addition was that of a very rare North American 

 snake, Phyllorhynchus browni, from Arizona, which with eight other 

 snakes was presented by Mr. G. Hofer of Tucson, Arizona. 



Fishes. — The Bureau of Fisheries transferred 1,556 specimens 

 from various localities. In addition to these it also transmitted 30 

 specimens of fishes collected by Dr. N. Gist Gee, at Soochow, China, 

 which form the basis of a paper by Messrs. H. W. Fowler and B. A. 

 Bean, which is now in press. A very interesting collection of South 

 American fishes collected in western Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru 

 by Dr. C. H. Eigenmann, of the University of Indiana, Bloomington, 

 Indiana, was obtained in exchange. 



Insects. — Any large collection of insects is sure to contain im- 

 portant additions to our series, especially if made in some extra- 

 limital locality. It will therefore suffice to enumerate the largest 

 accessions which were as follows: 5,000 Lepidoptera of the Hawaiian 

 Islands and 500 Hesperidae from South America, gift of Mr. B. 

 Preston Clark, Boston, Massachusetts (through William Schaus) ; 

 2,000 Heterocera (moths), including about GO types, and 150 Rhopa- 

 locera (butterflies), gift of Dr. William Barnes, Decatur, Illinois; 

 6,000 insects of various orders, gift of Mr. William H. Mann, through 

 Bureau of Entomology, collected in Honduras; 5,770 specimens of 

 miscellaneous insects, gift of Mr. E. A. Schwarz, collected in South- 

 ern Florida; 4,000 specimens Diptera of Costa Rica, purchased; 725 

 specimens insects of northern Australia, mostly named, gift of Dr. 

 J. F. Illingworth, Meringa near Cairns, North Queensland; 100 

 specimens Arctiidae (moths) from South Africa, all new to the col- 

 lection, by exchange from Mr. A. Janse, Pretoria; 100 specimens 

 oriental Papilionidae (butterflies) new to the collection, gift of 

 Prof. Edward T. Owen, Madison, Wisconsin (through William 

 Schaus) ; 1,050 specimens insects of Central Mexico, sent for deter- 

 mination and retention by the Mexican Department of Agriculture 

 (through the Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture) ; 

 3,425 specimens miscellaneous insects, transferred from the Bureau 

 of Entomology, Department of Agriculture; 3,505 specimens mis- 

 cellaneous insects, transferred from the Bureau of the Biological 

 Survey, Department of Agriculture. 



Marine Invertebrates. — The collection of Hawaiian marine shells 

 donated by Mr. D. Thaanum, Hilo, Hawaii, estimated to contain over 

 5,000 specimens, deserves particular mention. According to the 

 curator's report it has long been known as the best existing collec- 



