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The total amount of floor space occupied by the department is approxi- 

 mately 12,000 square feet. 



Scope. Maintained primarily for university instruction and 

 research. 



Attendance. The exhibition rooms are open free to the public 

 on week-days. 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Museum of Invertebrate Zoology. 



Staff. This museum is in charge of the staff of the department of 

 entomology and general invertebrate zoology as follows: Professor, 

 John Henry. Comstock; Assistant professors, A. D. MacGillivray 

 (entomology and invertebrate zoology), W. A. Riley (entomology), 

 J. G. Needham (limnology and general biology), G. W. Herrick 

 (economic entomology), C. R. Crosby (entomological investigations). 



Collections. A synoptic series of about iooo specimens of 

 invertebrates, the complete series of glass models of invertebrates 

 made by Blaschka, and the papier-mache models of Auzoux. The 

 insect collections have been extensively developed as an adjunct to 

 the work of instruction, and are especially rich in biological and illus- 

 trative material. In addition to many exotic species, they contain 

 specimens of a large part of the more common species of the United 

 States. These have been determined by specialists, and are accessible 

 for comparison. It is estimated that the insect collection comprises 

 115,000 specimens. 



Financial Support. The museum has no separate funds and is 

 dependent for maintenance and increase upon the general appropria- 

 tion for the department. 



Building. The exhibition collections of the museum occupy 

 1250 square feet of floor space in the main building of the College of 

 Agriculture; the extensive study collections, however, are contained in 

 cabinets in the laboratories. 



Scope. Maintained primarily for university instruction and 

 research. The study collections are accessible to students. 



Attendance. The exhibition collections are open free to the 

 public on week-days. 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. 

 (McGraw Hall.) 



Staff. The museum has no special staff; the head of the depart- 

 ment of neurology and vertebrate zoology, Dr. Burt G. Wilder, acts 

 as curator, with the assistance of other members of the staff of in- 

 struction, as occasion may require. 



