12 Director's Report for ror7. 
of the Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Orthoptera have been trans- 
fered to the new cabinets from the drawers in Hawaiian Hall where 
they have been for the past several years. They are thus put ina 
more convenient location for reference and study by any of the 
local entomologists. 
‘During the year Mr. Bridwell has added to the collection of 
Hawaiian insects the following specimens collected by him in the 
mountains and other parts of Oahu: Hymenoptera, 570 specimens; 
Diptera, 158; Coleoptera, 975; Orthoptera, 44; Hemiptera, 933; 
Neuroptera, 17; Odonata, 10; Lepidoptera, 543. A total of 3250 
specimens which is more than one-fifth the number of the speci- 
mens already in the collection of Hawaiian insects. This new 
material has not been worked up, but it is readily seen that there 
are many species among them not hitherto in the collection, and 
there are also some new species among them.’’ It should be noted 
that hitherto the Museum has had but sixty-four per cent of the 
number of species listed in the /auna Hawatiensis. This is an 
indication of the importance of having a working curator under 
Mr. Swezey in this department. The number of insects if not of 
species certainly seems to be increasing on these Islands. 
Exhibitions.—Quoting from the report of Mrs. Helen M. 
Helvie, Superintendent of Exhibition Halls, in regard to the rela- 
tion of the Museum to the public: ‘‘The attendance has kept up 
very well in spite of the changes in steamer schedules, and the 
withdrawal of many of the passenger boats between Honolulu and 
the Coast. More local people have visited the Museum, and soldiers 
from the neighboring forts frequently spend an hour or two of their 
spare time in going through the Museum, and enjoying the ex- 
hibits. ‘The attendance of school children has been steadily in- 
creasing. This year we have had forty-five classes with 1290 pupils 
from different schools, public and private; and very genuine inter- 
est in the specimens is always shown.’’ I might add to the report 
my own impressions of some of our soldier visitors, whom I have 
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