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were found two new species and several rare ones. In a small collec- 

 tion of Mexican fresh-water crabs received from the U. S. Biological 

 Survey, one new species was discovered. Specimens of an undescribed 

 species of isopod crustacean, and of Branchipus, were presented by 

 Mr. George E. Morris, of Waltham, Massachusetts. Through exchange 

 with the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 

 five specimens (four species) of crabs from the Hawaiian Islands, all 

 new to the Museum collection and two new to science, were obtained. 

 By purchase from Emile Deschamps, San Jose, California, the Museum 

 procured miscellaneous invertebrates from Shanghai,' a locality scarcely 

 at all represented in our collections. 



In*, <is. — The accessions of insects numbered 377, comprising 58,953 

 specimens, as compared with 250 accessions, comprising 37,684 speci- 

 mens, last year, a gratifying increase both in number and in quality of 

 material. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz added to the donations of previous years a col- 

 lection of 6,300 Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, etc., from Texas. Prof. 

 T. D. A. Cockerell presented a large collection of insects from Colo- 

 rado and 325 specimens from New Mexico. Mr. C. F. Baker, of 

 Claremont, California, presented a large collection of Diptera. The 

 members of the Washington Biologists' Field Club who are interested 

 in entomolog}" collected and presented to the Museum about 3,400 

 miscellaneous insects from the grounds of the club at Plummers 

 Island, Maryland. A valuable collection of Lepidoptera from British 

 Columbia was presented by Mr. E. M. Anderson, of the Provincial 

 Museum, Victoria. Two large collections of British Columbia insects, 

 comprising in all about 40,000 specimens, were collected lyy Messrs. 

 Dyar, Currie, and Caudell. 



A miscellaneous collection of Peruvian insects was presented by 

 Mrs. M. J. Pusey, of Callao, Peru, and Mr. Edward A. Klages 

 donated a collection of Venezuelan beetles. Two excellent series of 

 Japanese Hymenoptera were the gift of Prof. S. Matsamura, of Sap- 

 poro. Two collections from India deserve notice here — a series of 

 Hymenoptera presented lyy Maj. C. G. Nurse, and a series of spiders 

 presented by Prof. N. Jambunathan. Sir George Hampson, of the 

 British Museum, presented a collection of Norwegian Lepidoptera. 



Four lots of Philippine insects were donated by the Rev. W. A. 

 Stanton, of Manila. Another Philippine collection of importance was 

 received as a gift from Mr. R. C. McGregor, Of the Philippine 

 Museum, Manila. 



The Washington Agricultural College presented, through Prof. C. 

 V. Piper, a large collection of Diptera, containing t} 7 pes of Tipulidse 

 described by Mr. Doane. A collection of Diptera containing types 

 of Poridae was presented by Mr. C. T. Brues, of Paris, Texas. Twelve 



