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insects up to the proper standard of completeness. Additional 

 collections of North American Butterflies and Moths, Beetles 

 and insects of various other orders, would be of great help and 

 importance to the department, and it is hoped that this may be 

 taken into consideration by friends of the Museum, and the defi- 

 ciency remedied. 



Accessions to the Department of Entomology. 



THROUGH .MUSEUM EXPEDITIONS. 



About 2500 specimens of insects of various orders from New York City 

 and vicinity. 



BY DONATION. 



Mrs. MARGERITHA SCHUYLER ELLIOT, Brooklyn, New York. 



About 6600 Butterflies and Moths, and about 400 insects of various 

 orders, collected by the late Dr. S. L. Elliot. 

 OSCAR THORN, New York City. 



1 specimen of Hickory destroyed by the Cyllene picta. 

 TUDER JENKS, Bryn Mawr, Yonkers, N. Y. 



20 specimens of insects. 

 N. W. NOCK, Mappsville, Va. 



1 Mole Cricket. 

 G. B. SENNETT. 



A few Butterflies from Texas. 

 A. WOODWARD, New York City. 



About 200 specimens of insects from Mass. 



IRVIN CADMUS. 



1 Living Bird Spider from Baracoa, W. I. 



JAMES ANGUS, West Farms, New York City. 

 10 specimens of Lepidoptera. 



DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY. 



Work done upon the Collections. — In the last Annual 

 Report it was stated that Dr. Frederick Starr had been engaged to 

 arrange, label and catalogue the several collections in this depart- 

 ment. He has been at work during the greater part of the year. 

 The collections have all been carefully examined. The duplicate 

 material has been laid aside, and the remainder has been provided 

 with permanent numbers. The special catalogues of the collec- 

 tions, some seventeen in number, have been transcribed into large 

 volumes, three of which are nearly filled. By this numbering 

 and recording the collection is insured against loss and confusion 

 when it shall be transferred to the new building. A system of 

 card labels has been adopted. These are well printed in bold 

 type. Some of them are already in the cases with specimens, but 

 most of them will not be used until the collections are located in 

 new cases. To increase the interest of the specimens, and to 

 make them more readily understood, a number of pen and ink 



