X.-REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF IN- 

 SECTS IN THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR 1884. 



Bj C. v. K'niv. Honorary Curator 



The following lisi of accessions, arranged according to accession 

 numbers, will indicate in a precise manner the character of the addi- 

 tions to the collection: 



No. 13724. Large collection of insects of various orders collected in 



Labrador, sent by Mr. L. M. Turner, Washington, D. C. 

 No. 13840. Collection of various insects from Norfolk Island, sent by 



Mr. P. Herbert Metcalfe, Norfolk Island. 

 No. 13916. Various species of insects from Washington Territory, sent 



by dipt. Charles Bendire, Fort Klamath, Wash. 

 No. 13917. Various species from California, sent by Mr. Charles H. 



Townsend, Baird, Shasta County, California. 

 No. 1397-J. Achorutes sp. (Snow Podura) from New Jersey, sent by Mr. 



John J. Willis, Westfield, N. J. 

 No. 14004. White-grub fungus (Cordyccps raveneli) from Arkansas, sent 



by Mr. G. H. Horn, Liberty Springs, Van Bnren County, Arkansas. 

 No. 14053. Tare h( a I <( hentzii and Scolopendra heros from Kansas, sent 



by the Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. C. 

 No. 14058. Periplaneta americana found on board of a whale ship, sent 



by Mr. Daniel Kelleher, New Bedford, Mass. 

 No. 14065. Ephemerid larva from Texas, sent by Mr. C. C. Bearden, 



Bedford, Tex. 

 No. 14150. Various insects and insect larvae from Paramaribo, Surinam, 



sent by Mr. C. J. Hering, Paramaribo, Surinam. 

 No. 14166. Clover-hay Worm (Asopia costalis) from Virginia, sent by 



Mr. R. H. Downman, Warrenton, Va. 

 No. 14204. Bag- worm (Thyridopteryx sp.) from Arkansas, sent by Mr. 



Michael T. Omally, Hot Springs, Ark. 

 No. 14269. Periplaneta americana from Saint Mary's River, Florida, sent 



by U. S. Fish Commission steamer Fish Hawk. 

 No. 14298. Achorute* sp. (Snow Podnra) from Colorado, sent by Mr. H. 



C. Lay, jr., Tellnride, Colo. 

 No. 14325. Box of Coleoptera for determination, sent by Mr. E. Wilkin- 

 son, jr., Mansfield, Ohio. (Returned to sender at his request). 



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