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  ANNUAL, 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  For 
  assistance 
  and 
  courtesies 
  extended 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Hoy 
  while 
  in 
  Aus- 
  

   tralia 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  wishes 
  to 
  make 
  grateful 
  acknowl- 
  

   edgment 
  to 
  the 
  authorities 
  of 
  the 
  Australian 
  Museum, 
  Sydney; 
  the 
  

   Queensland 
  Museum, 
  Brisbane 
  ; 
  the 
  South 
  Australian 
  Museum, 
  Ade- 
  

   laide; 
  the 
  West 
  Australian 
  Museum 
  and 
  Art 
  Gallery, 
  Perth; 
  and 
  

   the 
  Tasmanian 
  Museum 
  and 
  Art 
  Gallery, 
  Hobart 
  ; 
  also 
  and 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  Hedley 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  Anderson, 
  of 
  Sydney 
  ; 
  

   Harry 
  Burrell, 
  Esq., 
  of 
  Kensington, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales; 
  and 
  Capt. 
  

   S. 
  W. 
  White 
  of 
  Fulham, 
  South 
  Australia. 
  

  

  BIOLOGICAL 
  EXPLORATION 
  IN 
  THE 
  DOMINICAN 
  REPUBLIC. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Abbott, 
  whose 
  generosity 
  in 
  years 
  past 
  has 
  enabled 
  the 
  

   Institution 
  to 
  take 
  advantage 
  of 
  many 
  opportunities 
  in 
  biological 
  and 
  

   other 
  explorations, 
  himself 
  visited 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  Dominican 
  

   Republic, 
  working 
  in 
  both 
  the 
  Samana 
  Peninsula 
  and 
  the 
  region 
  

   lying 
  between 
  Sanchez 
  (at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Samana 
  Bay) 
  and 
  Puerto 
  

   Plata, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  coast. 
  Having 
  visited 
  this 
  region 
  before, 
  he 
  was 
  

   able 
  to 
  select 
  new 
  and 
  interesting 
  localities 
  for 
  collecting. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Abbott's 
  work 
  included 
  botanical, 
  zoological, 
  and 
  ethnologi- 
  

   cal 
  collecting, 
  and 
  the 
  specimens 
  sent 
  in 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  will 
  

   go 
  far 
  toward 
  completing 
  the 
  various 
  series 
  representing 
  this 
  region. 
  

   Some 
  4,000 
  plants 
  were 
  collected, 
  of 
  which 
  about 
  20 
  per 
  cent 
  were 
  

   ferns. 
  The 
  ethnological 
  material, 
  including 
  aboriginal 
  Indian 
  pot- 
  

   tery 
  and 
  idols, 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  interest 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  

   in 
  the 
  annual 
  pamphlet 
  on 
  the 
  explorations 
  and 
  field 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   Institution. 
  

  

  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  EXPEDITION 
  TO 
  ALA8KA. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Aldrich, 
  associate 
  curator 
  of 
  insects 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  spent 
  several 
  weeks 
  during 
  the 
  field 
  season 
  collecting 
  in- 
  

   sects 
  in 
  Alaska. 
  The 
  Government 
  railroad 
  from 
  the 
  southern 
  coast 
  

   to 
  Fairbanks, 
  now 
  nearing 
  completion, 
  offered 
  an 
  opportunity 
  for 
  

   travel 
  not 
  heretofore 
  existing, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  felt 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  important 
  

   to 
  know 
  more 
  about 
  the 
  insect 
  fauna 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  region 
  in 
  view 
  

   of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  population 
  will 
  undoubtedly 
  increase 
  with 
  the 
  

   completion 
  of 
  the 
  railroad. 
  Regarding 
  his 
  work, 
  Doctor 
  Aldrich 
  

  

  The 
  expedition 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  accession 
  of 
  about 
  10,000 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   Alaska 
  insects, 
  nearly 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  interior 
  region. 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  

   been 
  studied 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  they 
  indicate 
  three 
  somewhat 
  distinct 
  

   faunal 
  regions 
  in 
  the 
  territory 
  covered. 
  

  

  First, 
  the 
  maritime 
  fauna 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  living 
  upon 
  the 
  sea- 
  

   shore 
  and 
  depending 
  upon 
  the 
  ocean 
  for 
  necessary 
  conditions 
  of 
  existence. 
  

   Insects 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  extend 
  down 
  the 
  coast, 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  

  

  