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LIST OF ACCESSIONS 



AGRICULTURE, DEPT. OF— Contd. 



Bureau of Biological Surrey — 

 Continued, 

 islands of the Hawaiian group 

 and on Johnson and Wake Is- 

 lands (71420) ; (through Dr. C. 

 R. Ball) 25 specimens of wil- 

 lows (71473) ; (through Vernon 

 Bailey) 5 plants from Texas 

 and 41 plants from New Mexico 

 (71474, 71849) ; 10 ferns col- 

 lected in New Mexico by Mr. 

 Bailey (71879) ; 445 skeletons 

 and skulls of birds, 14 birds in 

 alcohol, and 12 eggs, mostly 

 from Guatemala (71851) ; 3 

 geckos and 3 turtle shells, 11 

 skeletons and skulls of fishes, 

 246 birds (80 in alcohol, 157 

 skeletons and parts of skele- 

 tons, and 9 skulls) (71884) ; 

 971 mammals (71960) ; frog 

 from Charleston, S. C. (71948). 



(See also under Commerce, De- 

 partment of, Bureau of Fish- 

 eries, Fouke Fur Co., A. Hol- 

 lander & Son (Inc.), and Vande- 

 weghe Fur Co.). 



Bureau of Chemistry : A series of 

 specimens and chemical appa- 

 ratus prepared for the Pasteur 

 Centennial Exhibit in New York 

 City in 1923 (71436). 



Bureau of Entomology : A collec- 

 tion of miscellaneous insects, 22 

 bats, 2 snakes, 3 frogs with 

 eggs and newly hatched young 

 of 1 species, and 2 fishes collected 

 in Panama by R. C. Shannon 

 in 1923 (71021) ; 3 slugs from 

 Riverside, Calif. (71046) ; 6 

 mollusks collected by J. P. 

 Botts at Dothan, Ala. (71314) ; 

 (through A. J. Flebut, Lind- 

 say, Calif.) 3 slugs taken from 

 Valentia oranges from Cali- 

 fornia (70425) ; silk cocoons 

 and 3 skeins of reeled silk from 

 silkworms raised by Senor Bri- 

 ceno Gabaldon at Merida, Vene- 

 zuela (71465) ; 3 moths and 1 

 pierced cocoon of oak silk- 

 worms or Chinese Tussah, and 

 3 moths and 3 pierced cocoons 



AGRICULTURE, DEPT. OF— Contd. 



Bureau of Entomology — Contd. 

 of the Mulberry silkworms pre- 

 pared by the Chefoo Silk Com- 

 mission (71466) ; 5 mollusks 

 from Waggaman, La. (71489) ; 

 (through Gypsy Moth Labora- 

 tory, Melrose Highlands, Mass.) 

 22 specimens of chalcid-flies be- 

 longing to the family Encyrtidae, 

 representing 19 species, identi- 

 fied by R. Garcia Mercet, 10 

 species being new to the Museum 

 collections (71491) ; (through 

 G. N. Wolcott, San Juan, Porto 

 Rico) fly (71525) ; land mol- 

 lusks from Quincy, Fla. (71660) ; 

 about 200 specimens of mollusks 

 from Luray, Va., collected by 

 T. J. Price (71897) ; 5 speci- 

 mens of isopods collected by A. 

 B. Champlain near Harrisburg, 

 Pa. (71952) ; 5,744 miscellane- 

 ous insects (71963) ; (through 

 Office of Truck Crop Insect In- 

 vestigations) 1,675 miscellane- 

 ous pinned insects, mostly Cole- 

 optera, Hymenoptera, and Lepi- 

 doptera (70865) ; (through 

 James Zetek, Ancon, Canal 

 Zone) 8 specimens of " top " 

 minnows, and 5 shrimps from 

 Colon, collected by Mr. Zetek 

 (70959). 



Federal Horticultural Board: 8 

 specimens of isopods collected 

 by Harry Sargent at Portland, 

 Oreg. (70293) ; 6 isopods taken 

 in lily, narcissus, hyacinth, and 

 tulip bulbs from Germany 

 (70298) ; 3 isopods taken from 

 soil about roots of fruit tree 

 stock from Orleans, France 

 (70314) ; 8 specimens, 5 species, 

 of land and fresh-water mol- 

 lusks taken from soil around a 

 potted fern from Fowey, Eng- 

 land, at Philadelphia, Pa. 

 (70333) ; scorpion from Cuba 

 (70336) ; mollusks from Port 

 Antonio, Jamaica (70343) ; 

 larva of a neuropteroid insect 

 (70382) ; mollusk taken on an 

 orchid from the vicinity of Bo- 



