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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  194 
  3 
  

  

  Two 
  rare 
  forms 
  of 
  West 
  Indian 
  snakes 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  reptiles 
  and 
  amphibians 
  — 
  Darlingtonia 
  haetiana, 
  from 
  Haiti, 
  

   and 
  Typhlops 
  ricliardii, 
  from 
  St. 
  Thomas. 
  

  

  Two 
  large 
  collections 
  of 
  fishes 
  were 
  received, 
  one 
  by 
  transfer 
  from 
  

   the 
  Fish 
  and 
  Wildlife 
  Service, 
  comprising 
  more 
  than 
  50,000 
  speci- 
  

   mens, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  nearly 
  35,000 
  specimens 
  brought 
  from 
  Venezuela 
  

   by 
  the 
  curator 
  of 
  fishes. 
  Rare 
  forms 
  accessioned 
  include 
  Ochmacan- 
  

   thus 
  rein 
  hard 
  t.i 
  and 
  Urinophilus 
  ery 
  thrums 
  from 
  South 
  America. 
  To 
  

   the 
  type 
  series 
  were 
  added 
  cotypes 
  of 
  Cynopotamus 
  biserialis 
  and 
  

   paratypes 
  of 
  Notolepidomyzon 
  intermedins. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  accession, 
  comprising 
  4,300 
  miscellaneous 
  insects, 
  the 
  bal- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  the 
  private 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  George 
  P. 
  Engelhardt, 
  was 
  

   received 
  by 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  insects, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Engelhardt's 
  

   extensive 
  and 
  valuable 
  entomological 
  library. 
  As 
  in 
  former 
  years, 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  and 
  Plant 
  Quarantine 
  and 
  its 
  Division 
  of 
  

   Foreign 
  Plant 
  Quarantines, 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  

   of 
  insects, 
  this 
  year 
  the 
  total 
  being 
  approximately 
  46,000 
  specimens. 
  

   Six 
  specimens 
  of 
  Cycloscosmia 
  truncata, 
  the 
  third 
  known 
  occurrence 
  

   of 
  this 
  trap-door 
  spider 
  since 
  it 
  was 
  discovered 
  a 
  century 
  ago, 
  came 
  

   as 
  a 
  gift. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  type 
  collection 
  of 
  marine 
  invertebrates 
  were 
  added 
  the 
  

   cotype 
  of 
  Derocheilocaris 
  typicus, 
  upon 
  which 
  a 
  new 
  genus, 
  new 
  

   family, 
  and 
  new 
  order 
  of 
  crustaceans 
  were 
  based, 
  and 
  numerous 
  

   allotypes, 
  holotypes, 
  and 
  paratypes 
  of 
  crayfishes, 
  worms, 
  ostracods, 
  

   and 
  amphibians. 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  approximately 
  700 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   miscellaneous 
  invertebrates 
  from 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  was 
  received 
  

   by 
  transfer. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  mollusk 
  collections 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  com- 
  

   prising 
  approximately 
  10,000 
  specimens, 
  was 
  bequeathed 
  to 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Frank 
  C. 
  Baker, 
  together 
  with 
  17 
  bound 
  volumes 
  of 
  

   his 
  own 
  published 
  writings. 
  Of 
  special 
  interest 
  was 
  a 
  donation 
  of 
  

   1,500 
  shells, 
  50 
  corals, 
  and 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  echinoderms 
  from 
  New 
  

   Caledonia, 
  the 
  first 
  material 
  of 
  consequence 
  received 
  in 
  many 
  years 
  

   from 
  this 
  now 
  important 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  Twelve 
  of 
  the 
  seventeen 
  accessions 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  helminths 
  

   contained 
  type 
  material 
  : 
  Types 
  of 
  Opecoelina 
  pharynmagna, 
  Proto- 
  

   strongylus 
  agerteri, 
  P. 
  frosti, 
  Protogynella 
  blarinae, 
  and 
  Diorchis 
  

   reynoldsi; 
  cotypes 
  of 
  Parallinioshius 
  tadaridae 
  and 
  Euparyphium 
  

   ochoterenai; 
  paratypes, 
  holotypes, 
  and 
  allotypes 
  of 
  Halocercus 
  kirbyi, 
  

   Corynosoma 
  obtuscens, 
  and 
  species 
  of 
  Acanthocephala 
  ; 
  slides 
  bearing 
  

   cotype 
  specimens 
  of 
  Hymenolepis 
  parvisaccata; 
  and 
  additional 
  slides 
  

   representing 
  four 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Several 
  large 
  collections 
  of 
  plants, 
  mostly 
  from 
  Mexico, 
  Central 
  

   America, 
  and 
  South 
  America, 
  were 
  received 
  as 
  gifts 
  or 
  in 
  exchange. 
  

  

  