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REPORT OF NATIONAL, MUSEUM, 1922. 



AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT 

 OF — Continued. 

 Bureau of Biological Survey — Con. 

 mollusks from Minnesota (G7502, 

 67936) ; skin and skeleton of a 

 porpoise from Alaska (67521) ; 

 38 plants from Alaska and Can- 

 ada (68007) ; 33 alcoholic speci- 

 mens and skeletons of birds, 12 

 nests, and 129 eggs (67779) ; 

 (through Bureau of Entomol- 

 ogy) 494 specimens, represent- 

 ing 111 species, of insects of 

 various orders (67S06) ; 8 speci- 

 mens, 7 species, of Pleistocene 

 mollusks collected by Charles 

 Sheldon on Johnston Mountain 

 in the Sierra Seri near the coast 

 of Senora, directly opposite 

 Tiburon Island, at an elevation 

 of about 5.000 feet ; also a plant 

 collected by Mr. Sheldon on 

 Tiburon Island (67S55. 67911) ; 

 1,075 specimens of miscellaneous 

 named insects (6S152) ; 344 

 plants (6S24S) ; 179 frogs, snap- 

 ping turtle, and mollusks col- 

 lected in Minnesota by Franklin 

 P. Metcalf and W. F. Kubichek 

 (6S250) ; 2 specimens of willow 

 withes used by the Indians in 

 the tributaries of the Upper 

 Tanana River, Alaska, for bind- 

 ing together wooden fence rails 

 for turning migratory caribou 

 that they may more readily be 

 killed (68407) ; 1,532 mammals 

 transferred by the Biological 

 Survey between July 1, 1921, 

 and June 30, 1922 (6S444). 

 Bureau of Chemistry (through Dr. 

 Frederick B. Power) : 127 speci- 

 mens of essential oils and re- 

 lated substances (67567) ; 5 

 specimens of original chemical 

 substances, consisting of n-oc- 

 toyl vanillyl amide, 5-2-4-lead 

 arsenate Pb 5 (PbOH)2(As04)4, 

 mono lead orthoarsenate 

 PbH4(AsO-4)2, tri-lead orthoar- 

 senate Pb3(As0 4 )2, lead metar- 

 senate Pb(AsO ;! )2. These spe- 

 cimens constitute the first ex- 



AGRICULTURE, D E P A R T M E N T 

 OF — Continued. 



Bureau of Chemistry — Continued. 

 amples of original chemical 

 substances to be included in 

 the Loeb Collection of Chemi- 

 cal Types (67682) ; a portion 

 of the original material of two 

 new chemical compounds pre- 

 pared by Max Phillips in the 

 color investigation laboratory 

 at Arlington Farm, Va. (68429). 



Bureau of Entomology (through 

 James Zetek. Ancon, Canal 

 Zone) : 133 mosquitoes (67013) ; 

 2 specimens of planarians 

 (fiat worms) found on the 

 ground at the base of a coco- 

 nut palm at San Juan, P. R., 

 by G. N. Walcott (67082) ; 

 28 specimens of Mexican fly re- 

 ceived from Dr. A, L. Herrera, 

 Mexico, Mexico (67386) ; 6 

 land shells from San Antonio, 

 Tex. (67541) ; 7 specimens of 

 isopod crustaceans collected by 

 E. E. Blanchard, of Buenos 

 Aires (67943); 25 Helicid 

 mollusks from Santo Domingo 

 and Porto Rico (6S137) ; 6 mol- 

 lusks from Ontario, Calif. 

 (68369) ; a collection of mis- 

 cellaneous insects (6206 speci- 

 mens) received at various 

 times during the fiscal year 

 July 1, 1921, to June 30, 1922 

 (68472). 



(See also under Agriculture, 

 Department of, Bureau of Bio- 

 logical Survey, Dr. Paul Marchal 

 and Shonosuke Nakayama.) 



Federal Horticultural Board: 7 

 specimens, 4 species, of isopods 

 (66826) ; mollusk from Tan- 

 amo, Cuba (66S27) ; snail found 

 in bananas from Port Antonio, 

 Jamaica ; slug from Port An- 

 tonio ; land shell and two sow- 

 bugs from Port Antonio; and a 

 lizard found in a cargo of ba- 

 nanas from Port Antonio, Ja- 

 maica, collected at Baltimore, 

 Md., by Inspector Charles E. 



