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INSTITUTION FOR NATURAL HISTORY 

 BERLIN. - Germany. 



-I his institution was founded in 1879 at Frankfort s. M. 

 by a number of zoologists. The undertaking, an outgrowth 

 of the Exchange Union (a branch of the German Malaco- 

 Zoological Society) directed its chief energies to turning the 

 collections of scientific travelers to advantage. The pressure 

 of increasing business necessitated the removal of the In- 

 stitution to the german capital. Nearly all well-known German 

 explorers entrusted their collections to the Linnaea. We men- 

 tion onl}^ Dr. Rich. Bohm, Dr. G. Fischer, Freiherr von 

 Maltzan, the brothers Drs. Krause, E. Hartert, Dr. Stoll, 

 Clemens Denhardt, and many others. Not only the mu- 

 seums and academies of Germany, but also nearly all the 

 principal institutes of the continent sustain regular intercourse 

 with the Linnaea. Even to many transoceanic countries, par- 

 ticularly the United-States, Canada, Sth. -America, India, Austra- 

 lia etc. larger or smaller collections are often forwarded. 

 Among others we name the following museums and institutes : 

 the Royal Inst, of Natural History at Berlin, the National 

 Museum at Vienna, London, Leyden, Brussels, -Pesth. St. Peters- 

 burg etc. Among our N. -American correspondents we men- 

 tion the museums at Washington, Philadelphia, Madison, Ittaca, 

 Cambridge, Toronto etc. 



Our stock is constantly replenished from various trans- 

 oceanic countries in which collectors are at work in our behalf. 

 The institution likewise sends out scientists into territories 

 whose exploration appears necessary for the furtherance of 

 its aims. In such cases any special requests handed in will, 

 when possible, receive our careful attention. 



