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‘Your Curator wishes to thank the following persons for their 
gifts during the past year: Dr. H. A. Pilsbry, Messrs. L. A. Thurs- 
ton, D. Thaanum, I. Spalding, J. M. Ostergaard, A. F. Judd, A. 
and J. Gouviea, R. and W. Mist, F. Girdler, Master Charles M. 
Cooke, III, and Miss Caroline A. Cooke.”’ 
Entomology. Inthe Entomological Department Mr. J. C. 
Bridwell somewhat late in the autumn was appointed Assistant to 
Mr. O. H. Swezey, Honorary Curator of the department, to aid in 
the arrangement of the Helms collection, but unfortunately an 
accident disabled him so that little was accomplished except the 
ordering of necessary implements and supplies: with the new year 
it is hoped that much good work will be done. 
REPORT OF THE HONORARY CURATOR. 
THE DIRECTOR, 
Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. 
DEAR S1rR:—The work in Entomology at the Museum for the 
calendar yearr 916 was chiefly with the extensive Helms collection 
of Australian insects acquired the previous year. The work of 
cleaning, repinning, and repairing specimens, preliminary to tran- 
sfering them to the Museum cabinets, was continued as rapidly as 
possible in the limited time at the disposal of your Honorary Curator. 
At length it was found that this would be too great a task and would 
be prolonged indefinitely and prevent any progress in work with 
the collection of Hawaiian insects for quite a time unless assistance 
was arranged for. 
The Museum was fortunate enough to secure the services of 
J. C. Bridwell for this purpose, he having gained a considerable 
familiarity with the Australian insect fauna by several months in 
Queensland and New South Wales, both in studying collections 
in museums and in collecting in the field. Unfortunately his ap- 
pointment began so late as September 1, and yet more unfortu- 
nately he was soon laid up in the hospital for several weeks with 
blood poisoning in one leg, from a wound by a date-thorn in the 
knee. Further delay was occasioned by the tardy arrival of ma- 
terial for lining the insect cabinet drawers, but eventually the work 
was gotten well under way and substantial progress made in the 
transference of the collection to the Museum cabinets. It is ex- 
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