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lected in Siam; 109 collected by Gerrit S. Miller, jr., in islands of 

 the West Indies ; and 37 lizards and tree toads by Dr. Paul Bartsch 

 in the island of San Salvador, Bahamas. A number of amphibians 

 from Santa Catharina, Brazil, representing species new to the collec- 

 tion were secured from a dealer. 



Fishes. — In this division also the most important accessions are 

 represented by the Chinese collections, consisting of 686 specimens 

 from the Provinces of Fukien, Kiangsu, and Chekiang, collected by 

 Mr. Sowerby, and 115 specimens from the Province of Szechwan by 

 Rev. D. C. Graham. Gerrit S. Miller brought home a collection of 

 29 fishes from the Lesser Antilles. In exchange 68 specimens of 

 African fresh-water fishes were obtained from the British Museum, 

 London. 



Insects. — Allusion has already been made to the donation by Dr. 

 J. M. Aldrich, associate curator of the division, of his private collec- 

 tion of Diptera. It consists of 44,610 specimens, 4,145 named species 

 and man}^ unnamed, with type material in 534 species. Another fine 

 donation of 10,759 Lepidoptera from Syria was made by B. Preston 

 Clark, honorary collaborator in the division of insects. William 

 Schaus, honorary assistant curator, purchased and donated to the 

 Museum several lots of Lepidoptera from Ceylon and South Africa. 

 The Chinese material was augmented by Rev. D. C. Graham, who 

 donated several thousands of insects collected by himself in western 

 China, many in high altitudes. The United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries transferred to the Museum 2,329 pinned insects from the 

 Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea. More than a thousand specimens of 

 Lepidoptera were received as a gift from Prof. C. F. Baker, Los 

 Banos, Philippine Islands. In exchange 169 specimens of Diptera 

 were obtained from the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark, 

 including type material of 11 species. An encouraging sign that the 

 movement to make the National Museum one of the prime type 

 depositories is making progress is shown by the enlightened action of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture of the 

 State of Pennsylvania, in donating the holotypes of 14 species, para- 

 types of 35, and cotypes of 6. 



Marine invertebrates. — Among the more notable accessions re- 

 ceived is a comprehensive collection of parasitic copepods, including 

 15 types of new species, donated by Dr. C. B. Wilson, Westfield, 

 Mass., being in part the material upon which his recent paper in the 

 Museum " Proceedings " is based. From the State University of 

 Iowa, through Prof. C. C. Nutting, we received 291 Crustacea, 5 

 sponges, 9 alcyonarians, 1 sea anemone, 18 worms, and 2 ascidians, 

 collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition of the University, 

 including representatives of 8 new species. Lieut. H. C. Kellers, 



