REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF INSECTS. 



C. V. ElLEY, Honorary Curator. 



LIST OP ACCESSIONS. 

 Ace. num'ber. 

 15563. Bags of Thyridojjteryx. Texas. From L. E. Tuttle, box 494, Washington, D. C. 



Eer (jived January 8. 

 15573.* Larg collectionof Coleoptera audLepidoptera. Sikkim, East India. From C. 



H. A. Dall, Calcutta, India. Eeceived January 7. This is one of the col- 



lectv>n8 made and mounted by the natives of Sikkim. Contains many hun- 



dret specimens, especially Lepidoptera, in pretty fair condition, though the 



boxf were badly infested with Anfhrenus and Tritolium when received at 



the fuseum. 

 15006. Tische, % heliopsisella, Chamb. (Tineid moth). Mexico. From Alfred Dug^s, 



Gua ajuata, Mexico. Eeceived January 17. 

 15688. Varioiis alcoholic specimens (Diptera., Homoptera). Alaska. From Lieut. 



Geo] ;;'e M. Stoney, U. S. N., U. S. S. Ounalaska, Mare Island, Cal. Ee- 

 ceived February 2. Specimens in very bad condition, having been kept in 



dirty alcohol for many months; not worth keeping. 

 15878. Bynasies tityus. Tennessee. From James W. Eogan, Eogersvillo, Teun. Ee- 



ceivi d April 3. 

 15888. Seolopetidra sp. Napa County, California. From H. W. Turner, Lake County, 



Geori^ia. Eeceived April 7. 

 15918. Various insects. West Indian region. From U. S. Fish Commission steamer 



Albarross. Eeceived April 14. The collection contains about 300 specimens, 



the number of species being estimated at about 50, representing various orders 



of iut-ects proper and Arachnida. 

 15963. Belostovia americanum. Electric-light station. Hell Gate, New York. FromD. 



W. Vox, Astoria, N. Y. Eeceived April 24. 

 16016. Murgatitia liisirioniea. Eogersville, Tenn. From James W. Eogan, Eogers- 



villc, Tenn. Eeceived May 7. 

 16027. Pieris napi. Alaska. Dr. W. H. Dall, U. S. National Museum. Eeceived 



Maj 11. 

 16088. Leucan Ha acrcea (larva). Paris, Tex. Murphy Brothers, Paris, Tex. Ee- 



ceivi 1 May 26. 

 16116. Anisor.ntrpliaiuprestoides ; Mantis Carolina ; Nephela plumipes. Pilot Town, Fla. 



From C. C. Nutting, Carlinville, 111. Eeceived June 3. 

 16174. Eurijcrmn rantalis (larva). Elk County, Kansas. From T. J. Holcombe, 



Malooe, Elk County, Kansas. Eeceived June 22. 

 16202. Dorypliora 10-lineata (larva and imago) ; Epitrix irevis (imago). Tennessee. 



From Dr. C. M. Wilcox, Shell Creek, Carter County, Tennessee. Eeceived 



June 29. 



"Accession of great importance. 



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