Summary of the Collection of Insects 

 in the Museum. 



By otto H. Swezey, M.S. 



Tin; Bishop Museum portion of the insects collected by Dr. 

 R. C. L. Perkius has hitherto been stored in the original boxes in 

 which they were returned from England, after having been worked 

 up, but during the years 1908 and 1909 they have mostly been 

 transferred to exhibition drawers of the Museum cases at the 

 north end of the first gallery of Hawaiian Hall, where they 

 are convenient of access to those wishing to see or study them. 

 Additional instalments were received during 1909, and these are 

 as yet retained in store boxes. The Hemiptera have not yet been 

 received, and there are possibly a few yet to come of some of the 

 other orders. Those on hand at present are summarized on the 

 following page. 



A small exhibit of unnamed Japanese insects given by Mr. 

 G. P. Wilder comprises the following: Hymenoptera, 34 speci- 

 mens; Lepidoptera, 259 specimens; Coleoptera, 158 specimens; 

 Hemiptera, 15 specimens. Total, 466 specimens. 



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