Director's Aiuiual Report. ii 



"A portion of the genera Lcptachatiua ^ iXcsopjipa, Lyropupa 

 and Amastra are similarly worked out. About 10,000 lots remain 

 to be worked up if we exclude the genus Achatinella, which con- 

 tains from one-third to one-half the catalogue numbers of our col- 

 lection. During the j^ear the material of the Thwing collection, 

 except Laminella and Achatinella, which probably contain nine- 

 tenths of this valuable colle(5lion, has been catalogued and dis- 

 tributed in proper order. The catalogued material contains about 

 750 numbers and has something over 4000 specimens. Also the 

 Gulick collecftion, presented to the Museum by the Curator, has 

 been arranged according to genera, but has not been catalogued, 

 owing to lack of time. To properly catalogue, arrange and label 

 these two valuable coUecflions will take probably a year, at least, 

 of undivided time. During the year 1607 catalogue numbers, 

 containing 18,682 shells, have been added to the colledlions ; of 

 these 12,649 specimens were collecfted in the field by the Curator. 



"Two notable finds were made during the year: the first, a 

 small colledlion of land and marine shells, probabl}^ presented to 

 the Hawaiian Government, was found in one of the cases. These 

 shells were undoubtedly labeled b}- Dr. Newcomb, as experts in 

 handwriting have compared the labels with letters written by Dr. 

 Newcomb to Andrew Garrett, which letters are in the Museum. 

 This colledlion contains a number of Dr. Newcomb's species. 

 The second find was in a large coUecftion of more than 30,000 

 specimens of land and marine shells presented to the Museum by 

 Mr. W. Mclnerny. This colledlion was made by Mr. H. M. 

 Whitney, and given to Mr. Mclnerny by Miss Kelley. In this col- 

 ledlion was found a large series of the very rare Carclia cochlea Pfr., 

 and another series of Leptachatina fossilis Cooke, besides several 

 fossil specimens of two or three new species of Leptachatina and 

 Helicina, and a large series of Achatinella from Manoa and Tan- 

 talus, and specimens of several species of Carclia. Of Carclia 



cochlea the Museum had but eight specimens, one from the Ancey 



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