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Museum. It has been carefully catalogued and contains 4572 catalogue num- 
bers. Approximately 550 lots of shells loaned to Dr. Pilsbry by Mr. Bryan 
also have been added to the collections. 
The catalogue of the Thwing collection, containing 38,688 specimens dis- 
tributed over 7062 catalogue numbers, has been completed. 
The collection of the late FE. B. Giffard, presented to the Museum by 
Mr. W. M. Giffard in 1914, contains 4209 specimens distributed over 695 
catalogue numbers, and includes two specimens of special interest. The 
first is a specimen of Ach. stewartil var. producta 31.6 mm. in length, which, 
as far as I know, is the longest specimen of the genus Achatinella that has 
been noted. ‘The second specimen is a simistral individual of Achatinella lo- 
rata (Fr.). As far as I know this is the only sinistral specimen of this spe- 
cies that has ever been collected. 
The Gulick collection, purchased by the late C. M. Cooke in 1905, and 
later given to the Museum by your curator, contains 11,456 specimens dis- 
tributed over 761 catalogue numbers. This is an important addition to our 
collection as it contains paratypes of a majority of Gulick’s species. 
The Cheatham collection, purchased by your curator in 1913 and later 
given to the Museum, contains 7062 specimens distributed over 174 catalogue 
numbers. It is rich in shells found in and about Wahiawa, Oahu. 
It is expected that four other collections will be catalogued during the 
coming year, namely, the George Munro collection from Lanai; the W. H. 
Hoogs collection; the Richard A. Cooke collection; and the C. Montague 
Cooke collection . The first-named collection was purchased by the Museum, 
the others were given by their respective owners. 
These collections added to the material on hand gives the Museum not 
only the largest but probably the most representative collection of Hawaiian 
Pulmonata in existence. 
During the year, 89,194 specimens have been entered in the catalogue 
distributed over 8856 catalogue numbers. More than four-fifths of the speci- 
mens catalogued during the year were fresh material. About sixteen thou- 
sand specimens might properly be classed as fossils. 
Valuable material has been received from the following individuals, to 
whom your curator wishes to express his thanks: Mrs. L. M. Dunbar, Miss 
M. Clough; Messrs. A. F. Judd, D. Thanum, C. F. Mant, A. Gouveia, J. C. 
Bridwell, J. S. Emerson, A. Knudsen, E. H. Bryan, F. Grinnell, J. Gilbert, 
W. S. Rycroft, C. N. Forbes, D. Fleming, G. H. Timberlake, K. Kahoana, 
and Rev. L. L. Loofbourow; Masters Murray and C. M. Cooke III. 
Interesting fossil material has been given by Messrs. G. Munro (from 
Lanai), D. Fleming (from West Maui), and A. Gouveia (from Puuwaawaa, 
Hawaii). Most of this material has been sorted but the larger portion requires 
cleaning before it is ready for cataloguing. 
On an expedition to the island of Molokai (February 4 to 21), in com- 
pany with Mr. A. F. Judd, a conchological survey of the region west and 
north of Puuolelo Hill was carried out nearly to completion . As a result of 
this trip more than five thousand recent specimens and about fifteen thousand 
fossil specimens were added to our collection. There were obtained also a 
number of rare color forms of Partula mighelsiana whcih had not been pre- 
viously recorded. 
A second expedition in company with Mr. A. Lindsay and Master C. M 
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