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collection and seven from the Thwing collection. The new series 

 showed several interesting variations in form, sculpture and color 

 which have never been noted. Of Lcptachatina fossilis the Museum 

 did not possess a specimen. This species was only known from 

 the single type specimen in the Academy of Natural .Science in 

 Philadelphia. 



"During the year the Curator has started four series of card 

 catalogues and has worked on them intermittently as time per- 

 mitted. The first is a bibliographical catalogue arranged by 

 authors, with lists of the new 7 species described under each title. 

 The second is a catalogue of the specific names of Hawaiian non- 

 marine shells arranged alphabetically with a complete (if possible) 

 list of references to each of the species. The third, arranged un- 

 der each genus according to the catalogue numbers, is a series of 

 notes on the specific characters of all the shells under each cata- 

 logue number. The fourth is a catalogue of the different localities 

 with lists of the species reported from each, and list of the Museum 

 catalogue numbers of shells found in each. The first and second 

 catalogues are complete (so far as the Curator knows) from 1789 

 to 1843. 



"During the year Mr. Andrew Garrett's drawings, notes, lists 

 and letters have been labeled, indexed and arranged as far as pos- 

 sible. During the year Dr. Pilsbry has published two parts of his 

 Manual of Conchology, dealing with our Amastrinae. Types of 

 several of his new species which were loaned to him by this Museum 

 have been returned to our collection." 



Casting and Modeling. Mr. J. W. Thompson has con- 

 tinued his work on the grand collection of Hawaiian fish casts, but 

 has, especially lately, turned his skill to making casts of rare speci- 

 mens in the Museum for exchange with other museums for similar 

 casts of their treasures which cannot otherwise be obtained. Mr. 

 Thompson's skill in painting these casts makes the result almost 



undistinguishable by sight from the original. I have never seen 



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