﻿2,6 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  fossil 
  ants 
  has 
  been 
  collected 
  by 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell 
  at 
  Boulder, 
  Colorado. 
  

  

  The 
  Curator 
  has 
  published 
  six 
  papers 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   and 
  other 
  experts 
  have 
  published 
  eight 
  papers 
  based 
  on 
  

   material 
  in 
  our 
  collections, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  fourteen 
  con- 
  

   tributions 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  department 
  during 
  

   the 
  year. 
  

  

  LIVING 
  MOLLUSCAN 
  SHELLS. 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Mineralogy 
  and 
  Conchology. 
  — 
  Atten- 
  

   tion 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  cataloguing 
  the 
  shell 
  collections. 
  

   Doubleday, 
  Page 
  & 
  Company, 
  through 
  their 
  representatives, 
  

   have 
  made 
  extensive 
  use 
  of 
  these 
  collections 
  for 
  study 
  and 
  

   illustration, 
  the 
  data 
  secured 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  their 
  forthcoming 
  

   book 
  on 
  shells. 
  

  

  INSECTS. 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Entomology. 
  — 
  The 
  mere 
  mounting 
  and 
  

   labeling 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  material 
  received 
  in 
  this 
  department 
  has 
  

   consumed 
  considerable 
  time. 
  In 
  all 
  9,225 
  specimens 
  have 
  

   been 
  treated 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  In 
  addition 
  3,500 
  specimens 
  have 
  

   been 
  numbered 
  and 
  catalogued. 
  The 
  material 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  

   Curator 
  in 
  the 
  Black 
  Mountains 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  during 
  

   1906, 
  has 
  been 
  assorted 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  it 
  identified. 
  

   Certain 
  of 
  the 
  exhibition 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  rearranged, 
  

   and 
  all 
  have 
  been 
  thoroughly 
  cleaned. 
  An 
  observation 
  hive, 
  

   containing 
  a 
  swarm 
  of 
  Carnolinian 
  bees, 
  has 
  attracted 
  much 
  

   attention 
  in 
  the 
  exhibition 
  hall. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  noteworthy 
  acquisition 
  was 
  an 
  extremely 
  valu- 
  

   able 
  collection 
  of 
  Central 
  American 
  beetles, 
  comprising 
  more 
  

   than 
  4,000 
  specimens 
  and 
  representing 
  1,679 
  species, 
  presented 
  

   to 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  D. 
  Godman, 
  the 
  well-known 
  scientist 
  

   and 
  editor 
  of 
  Biologia 
  Centrali- 
  Americana. 
  The 
  collection 
  is 
  

   of 
  unusual 
  importance, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  upon 
  which 
  

   these 
  publications 
  are 
  based. 
  

  

  Twelve 
  papers, 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  insects 
  in 
  our 
  collection, 
  

   have 
  been 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Curator 
  or 
  other 
  entomologists. 
  

  

  