332 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



EEPOET OF DIRECTOE OF MUSEUM. 



The state of the collections coutaiuecl in the museum has 

 not been materially changed during the past year except in 

 the departments which are in charge of working curators. 

 In these departments there has been marked progress, both 

 in the line of original investigation and in the increased size 

 of the collections. 



As it is necessary to store most of the collections until 

 the new building is completed, full justice cannot be done 

 in the departments of which reports are here appended, and 

 and in other branches it has sufficed that the material on 

 hand has been given a general oversight, and that proper 

 care was bestowed upon acquisitions. 



In the entomological department the accessions number 

 1,989 classified as follows : 



Coleoptera, 1013 ; Hemiptera, 111; Orthoptera, 12 ; Dip- 

 tera, 15 ; Hymeuoptera, 137 ; Neuroptera, 32 ; Lepidoptera, 

 255 ; Arachnida, 21 ; making a cotal of 23,907 specimens in 

 the collection. 



The acquisitions from various donors are as follows : 



Attwood, Melville, San Francisco, Cal. : 6 points for testing 

 hardness of minerals. 



Bliss, 3Irs. D. L., Carson City, Nev. : 1 specimen beetle 

 (Ceramhycidce). 



Bryant, Walter E., San Francisco, Cal.: 1 specimen fish 

 (Paralichthys) from Oakland market. 



(kqyp, C. S., San Francisco, Cal.: 1 young alligator. 



Cobbledick, James, Oakland, Cal. : 2 specimens Amhlys- 

 toma tenehrosum. 



Durdeii, H. S., San Francisco, Cal.: 9 specimens wood. 



Fair, James G., San Francisco, Cal.: 1 specimen calca- 

 reous tufa from Monterey Co. 



Ferrer, Dr. Henry, San Francisco, Cal.: 30 volcanic spec- 

 imens from Hawaiian Islands. 



