58 Donations — Entomology. 



By Purchase. 



The Finsch Collection, consisting of a large number of objects illustrating the 

 culture of the tribes of Melanesia and Micronesia ; casts of faces and 

 samples of hair of the natives ; a detailed catalogue and many draw- 

 ings and full descriptions of the specimens, by Dr. O. Finsch. 



Ninety-five stone implements from New York State. An ethnological collec- 

 tion from the Gulf of Carpentaria. Ethnological specimens from the 

 Goajira Indians. A large carved mammiform stone from the Island 

 of Dominica. Ethnological specimens from North American Indians. 

 Large pottery vessels from New York. Two suits of Japanese armor. 

 A collection of ancient Tarascan pottery from near Ixtlan, Mexico. 

 Several small collections of pottery, jade objects, ornaments, sculp- 

 tures, and stone implements from various localities in Mexico. 



DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



By Donation. 



Very Rev. E. A. HOFFMAN, New York City. 



2250 Mexican, Central and South American butterflies. 

 DIXON G. HUGHES, through South American Exploration Co. 



A collection of butterflies from Colombia. 

 ALFRED G. EVANS, through South American Exploration Co. 



A collection of butterflies from Colombia. 

 E. A. PRATT, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England. 



Two long-horn beetles from Colombia. 

 WM. R. STARRETT, New York City, through South American Exploration 

 Co. 



3 ants' nests, from Colombia. 

 DEVEREAUX TOLER, New York City, through South American Explora- 

 tion Co. 



A collection of butterflies from Colombia. 

 L. H. JOUTEL, New York City. 



2 Saperda puncticollis ; 1 nest of hornet ( Vespa crabrd). 

 B. CLEMENCON, Hoboken, N. J. 



Eggs of Japanese silk-worm moths. 

 EDWARD DAMBACHER, New Jersey. 



Borings of carpenter bee. 

 J. MYERS, Hackensack, New Jersey. 



Combs of honey bee. 

 BENJAMIN LANDER, Nyack, N. J. 



Larvae of 17-year locust. 

 J. H. BATTY, Gravesend, Long Island, N. Y. 



Collection of butterflies from Colombia, S. A. 



By Purchase. 



2 nests of hornet {Vespa crabro); 8 Omus ambigutis, from California; 150 

 specimens of Catocala ; 40 Texan and Mexican butterflies ; 1 aberra- 

 tion of Pyrameis huntera ;. a collection of beetles, from Colorado, 

 Texas, and Arizona. 



