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A. Cockerell ; "Staphylinidse from Florida in the Collection of 

 the American Museum of Natural History, with Descriptions 

 of New Genera and Species," by Howard Notman; "Tipulidae 

 Collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition," by 

 Charles P. Alexander; "Neuroptera, Panorpata, and Trichop- 

 tera Collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition, 

 with Lists of the Species Known from the Belgian Congo," 

 by Nathan Banks; "African Stone-flies and May-flies Col- 

 lected by the American Museum Congo Expedition," by James 

 G. Needham; "Lepidoptera of the Congo, Being a Systematic 

 List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by The American 

 Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, Together 

 with Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Spe- 

 cies," by W. J. Holland; Dr. Lutz has also published several 

 articles on insects, one in cooperation with Mr. Watson, in 

 popular magazines. 



Papers in press are : "Budding in Compound Ascidians and 

 Other Invertebrates, and Its Bearing on the Question of the 

 Early Ancestry of the Vertebrates," by Willard G. Van Name ; 

 "Ascidians of the West Indian Region and Southeastern 

 United States," by Willard G. Van Name ; and a very complete 

 treatise on Congo ants, by Professor Wheeler and collabo- 

 rators. 



Among the important accessions of the past year are the 

 following: About 12,000 insects, spiders, etc., collected by 

 Dr. Frank E. Lutz, in Wyoming and neighboring 

 states; 2,500 insects, spiders, etc., a gift from 

 Mrs. F. E. Lutz; a large collection of invertebrates, chiefly 

 insects, collected by Mr. Frank E. Watson in Jamaica; 234 

 mounted and identified rotifers, protozoa and other inverte- 

 brates, 95 mounted and identified algae, a Stephenson binocular 

 microscope outfit and a rotifer slide cabinet, all the gifts of 

 Mr. Frank J. Myers ; a valuable collection of pearl shells and 

 pearlaceous growths, presented by Mr. George W. Korper; 

 269 ascidians received in exchange from the United States 

 National Museum; and a collection of shells, including para- 

 types, received in exchange from Mr. A. A. Hinkley. 



