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anomurans and published a paper on new albuneids. Miss M. J. 

 Rathbun's monograph of the fresh-water crabs (Potamonidse) was 

 completed and is in course of publication in the Archives of the 

 Paris Museum of Natural History. She also continued work on 

 the Hawaiian crabs. Her report on the decapod crustaceans of the 

 northwest coast of North America (190 pp.) was published in the 

 Harriman Alaska Expedition series. A report on isopod crustaceans 

 of this region by Dr. Harriet Richardson was included in the same 

 volume. Doctor Richardson published two other papers on isopods 

 during the year. 



Dr. C. W. Stiles, custodian of the helminthological collection, 

 completed his investigation of the hookworm disease in the Southern 

 States, and undertook an investigation of the "spotted fever." He 

 published two papers relating to parasites, and, in cooperation with 

 Dr. Albert Hassall, the fourth, fifth, and sixth parts of an index 

 catalogue of medical and veterinary zoology. 



The titles of papers published by Dr. F. V. Coville, honorary 

 curator of the national herbarium, are given in the Bibliography (Ap- 

 pendix III of this Report). Dr. J. N. Rose continued the study of the 

 Crassulacese, and expects soon to publish a monograph of that family 

 conjointly with Dr. N. L. Britton. One preliminary paper on the 

 family by these authors appeared during the year, in which eleven 

 new genera and a large number of new species were described. 

 Doctor Rose also published a description of a new species of Begonia. 

 He was invited to join Doctor Britton in a work on the cactuses of 

 North America, the investigations for which will occup} r some four or 

 five years. Mr. W. R. Maxon gave some time to the study of the 

 ferns of the Philippine Islands. 



PERSONNEL. 



Dr. Edward L. Greene was appointed honorary associate in bot- 

 aivy June 1, 1904. 



The Head Curator was appointed representative of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and National Museum for the Lewis and Clark Exposition, 

 Portland, Oregon, 1905. 



Dr. Leonhard Stejneger acted as Head Curator of the Department 

 from January to May, 1904. He was also appointed representative 

 of the National Museum at the Sixth Zoological Congress, Berne, 

 Switzerland. Mr. G. S. Miller, jr., was also designated as a delegate 

 to this congress. 



Mr. F. A. Lucas, curator of the division of comparative anatomy, 

 severed his connection with the staff of the Museum on June 30, 1904. 



Dr. J. E. Benedict, assistant curator, was designated to act tempo- 

 rarily as chief of exhibits, on May 17, 1904. 



