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" 13. The collection of Myriopoda of C. H. Bollman. 



" 14. Sects of the neotropical collections of Herbert H. 

 Smith. 



" 15. The collection of Hymenoptera of William J. Fox. 



" 1 6. The collection of Tineina of William Beutenmiiller. 



" 17. The large Japanese collection, in all orders, of Doctor 

 K. Mitsukuri. 



" 1 8. The African collections, in all orders, of Doctor W. L. 

 Abbott, William Astor Chanler, J. F. Brady, the Eclipse 

 expedition of 1889-90 to West Africa, and of several mis- 

 sionaries. 



" 19. The large collection from South California of D. W. 

 Coquillett, in Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, and 

 Orthoptera. 



" 20. The Townend Glover manuscripts and plates. 



" In addition to this material, there are minor collections 

 which have been the result of the work of government ex- 

 peditions, or are gifts from United States Consuls and many 

 private individuals." 



The most beautiful, and in many respects the most im- 

 portant, of the numerous series in the Department of Marine 

 Invertebrates is the collection of corals made by the United 

 States Exploring Expedition, and described by Dana. It 

 includes many types of new forms. The great deep-sea col- 

 lections from the North Atlantic and North Pacific made by 

 the United States Fish Commission deserves notice; as do also 

 the exhaustive collections from the New England coast and 

 the Fishing Banks, and from the west coast of Alaska, re- 

 ceived from the same source. All the collections are very 

 rich in the types of new species and higher groups. 



Among the notable specimens in the Department of Com- 

 parative Anatomy should be mentioned the skulls and partial 



