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catalogued; 6,000 Coleoptera and 500 Lepidoptera were 

 mounted. The Schauss Collection of Moths was provisionally 

 arranged, and many species of insects identified for collectors 

 and for those asking- for the assistance of the department. 



The material obtained during a five weeks' visit to the 

 Black Mountains numbers fully 7,000 specimens. The ex- 

 pense of this expedition was defrayed by the A^ery Reverend 

 Eugene A. Hoffman, D.D., LL.D. 



The following publications have been issued by the De- 

 partment: "The Butterflies of the Vicinity of New York 

 City"; "Descriptive Catalogue of the Noctuidse found within 

 Fifty Miles of New York City"; "The Earlier Stages of Some 

 Moths "; " Descriptions of some Larvae of the Genus Catocala." 



The death of the Very Reverend Eugene A. Hoffman re- 

 moved a warm friend of the Museum, and a substantial sup- 

 port from the Department of Entomology. Only a few weeks 

 before his decease, he commissioned the Director to visit 

 Reading, Pennsylvania, to examine a large collection of Lepi- 

 doptera, and if really worth the price set upon it ($20,000) to 

 purchase and bring it back to the Museum. The collection 

 was examined, but in view of the price set upon it and the 

 large collections already in our possession, the Director did 

 not encourage its purchase. 



Library. — The development of this department of the Mu- 

 seum has necessitated certain administrative changes. Dr. 

 Woodward has been appointed Curator of Maps and Charts, 

 and Professor Ralph W. Tower, formerly of Brown University, 

 has been appointed Curator of Books and Publications. Pro- 

 fessor Tower took office early in December. 



As in the past, the library has been in constant use by mem- 

 bers of the scientific staff, by scientists, students and others. 



Some most valuable additions have been received from 

 Professor H. F. Osborn, the Duke of Loubat, Gen. Egbert L. 

 Viele, Gen. J. Watts de Peyster, Frederick A. Constable, 

 Mrs. M. Schuyler Elliot, Mrs. C. V. Riley, Hon. William 

 Astor Chanler, the New York State Department of Public 

 Instruction, the Indiana State Library, and the Government 



