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served as the method for the handling and installation of the collec- 

 tion. The details of this are described by Mr. Buchanan in the follow- 

 ing report and need not be itemized here. 



A beginning in labeling and arrangement was made by H. S. Barber, 

 but it was evident at once that definite assistance was required to carry 

 the matter forward. Realizing this need and desiring in every way 

 to hasten the arrangement of the material so that it might be made 

 available as promptly as possible, Mrs. Laura Welsh Casey established 

 a special fund carried in her name under the Smithsonian Institution 

 and made available the necessary money to carry on the work. An 

 agreement was made with the Bureau of Biological Survey, United 

 States Department of Agriculture, whereby Mr. L. L. Buchanan was 

 released for half time employment under this fund for work on the 

 Casey Collection, and the arrangement began on April i, 1926. This 

 cooperative arrangement was continued later with the Bureau of 

 Entomology following Mr. Buchanan's transfer to that service. Cases 

 for storage also were purchased. In addition to all this, Mrs. Casey, 

 with the advice of Dr. W. M. Mann, supplied an excellent microscope 

 of modern type, and arranged for binding many of the reference 

 works in the special library that accompanied the collection. 



That the long task of arranging the collection went forward from 

 this time without delay has been due entirely to the steady interest 

 and encouragement of Mrs. Casey, to whom all thanks are due for 

 furthering this monument to the memory of her distinguished husband. 



In addition to supplying funds for the arrangement of the collec- 

 tion Mrs. Casey has by gift to the Smithsonian Institution established 

 a permanent endowment known as the Thomas Lincoln Casey Fund, 

 the income of which is to be used for maintenance of the Casey Col- 

 lection and for the general promotion of research in Coleoptera. Under 

 this fund there will be published from time to time in the Smithsonian 

 Miscellaneous Collections papers dealing with the Casey Collection 

 and with Coleoptera in general, the present account by Mr. Buchanan 

 initiating this series. All publications appearing under these auspices 

 will be designated as under the Thomas Lincoln Casey Fund. 



In closing it is fitting that I should express to Mr. L. L. Buchanan 

 the thanks of the Smithsonian Institution for the careful and con- 

 scientious manner in which he has carried forward to completion the 

 exacting task of arranging the Casey Collection. The present installa- 

 tion has aroused the admiration of all who have visited the Casey room 

 since this work has been completed. 



Alexander Wetmore, 

 Assisfajif Secretary, Suiithsonian Institution. 



