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marine invertebrates 420 species; about 45,000 species repre- 

 sented by types or paratypes. 



Botany. 120,000 specimens representing 22,500 species. A fine 

 series autograi)hically labeled by the older American botanists. 



Ethnology uud anthropology. 6750 specimens. Collections 

 representing the aboriginal tribes of North and South America, 

 Africa and Asia and considerable collections from Egypt. 



The museum publishes a series of octavo Annals and quarto 

 Memoirs. Endowment, |1,000,000. 



Dickinson college, Carlisle. No report. 



Geneva college museum, Beaverfalls. 

 Small general collection. 



Haverford college museum, Haverford. H. S. Pratt, professor of 

 biology, in charge. 



Lithology. A small collection of rocks. 



Zoology. 1075 native and foreign birds; 422 varieties of bird3 

 eggs; 4000 European beetles. 



Botany. A collection of native and foreign plants. 



Lafayette college, Easton. Frederick B. Peck, professor of 

 geology and mmeralogy, in charge. 



Paleontology. A good vv^orking collection. 



Mineralogy. 1000 specimens representative of the chief Amer- 

 ican and European localities. Minerals from Franklin Fur- 

 nace N. J. for exchange. 



Zoology. Fairly good representation of systematic zoology, 

 together with a series of study collections for the use of 

 students. 



The museum was burned in 1898. New collections are now 

 being made. 



Botany. A large herbarium of the Pennsylvania flora, repre- 

 senting seven eighths of the North American species; many 

 European, African, Indian, and Australian plants. 



Lebanon Valley college, Annville. No report. 



Lehigh university. South Bethlehem. See Addenda, p. 222. 



Muhlenberg college, Allentowm. W. E. Whitehouse in charge. 

 Paleontology. 600 specimens, representing the fauna of the 

 various geologic periods. 



