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No. 14794. Balb of Brigenia (not entomological) from Texas, sent by 



Dr. G. P. Hackenberg, Austin, Tex 

 No. L4820. Diapheromera femorata from M assachusetts, sent by Mr. B. 



r. [Jpbam, Smithsonian Institution. 

 No. L4821. Acanthooinus vpeotdbilis From California, sent by Mr. John J. 



Snyder, Mnrphy's, Calaveras County, California. 

 No. L4913. Lagoa operoulata (larva) from North Carolina, sent by Mr. 



N. A. Ramsey, Durham, N. C. 

 No. L4952. LjfgcBUS fasciatus from Illinois, sent by Mr. Ely 0. Pisk, 



Eavana, .Mason County, Illinois. 

 No. 15012, Pleotrodera Boalator from Illinois, sent by Mr. Ely O. Fisk, 



Havana, Mason County, Illinois. 

 No. 15027. Wpeira insuiaris from Illinois, sent by Mrs. E. E. Call, Wil- 



lersburg, 111. 

 No. 15034. Three species of insects from Iowa, sent by Dr. Jl M. Shaffer, 



Keokuk, Iowa. 

 No. 15043. MygcUe sp. from Mount Diablo, Oal., sent by Mr. H. W. Tur- 

 ner, San Francisco, Cal. 

 No. 15002. Epeira insularis from Illinois, sent by Mr. Charles M. Sturges, 



Chicago, 111. 

 No. 15009. Ehyssa lunator from South Carolina, sent by Mr. George T. 



Brown, Belton, S. C. 

 No. 15142. Various insects, mostly aquatic larvae, from Utah, sent by 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. C. 

 No. 15251. Blatta orientalis f (larva) from California, sent by Mr. T. S. 



Price, Borden, Cal. 

 No. 15458. Egg-mass of Clixiocampa sp. from Utah, sent by Mr. J. B. 



Rosborough, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 No. 15523. Achqrutes sp. (Snow Podura) from Maine, sent by Mr. Amos 



Wilder, Augusta, Me. 



Altogether the most valuable collection received during the year is 

 that made by Mr. Turner in Labrador. The material is quite exten- 

 sive, especially in individuals, and has been collected and preserved 

 with great care and judgment. I have, therefore, taken great pains 

 to mount such of the alcoholic material and such of the dry material 

 as would most quickly deteriorate if left as collected, in order that it 

 may be permanently preserved for future study, and I have been par- 

 ticular to attach to every specimen, not only the accession number, but 

 the number used by the collector, so as to facilitate his own work upon 

 the collection. 



The work of the department has consisted, in addition to the ordi- 

 nary Correspondence and determination of material, in the proper care, 

 so far as time would permit, of the material received. But taking ad- 

 vantage of the Government's participation in the New Orleans Exposi- 

 tion, I hat e prepared, as a part of the exhibit from the Department of 

 Agriculture, a collectioD illustrative of economic entomology, employ- 



