30 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT OX THE ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



Mr. L. W. Swett has most kindly continued his work upon the 

 collection of Geometridae, which has been enlarged and improved 

 by this service. 



Gifts of desirable specimens have been received from Messrs. 

 J. M. Aldrich, C. P. Alexander, C. F. Batchelder, C. T. Brues 

 (types of Diptera), B. P. Clark, (Sphingidae), J. W. Folsom 

 (types of Collembola), E. D. Harris (Cicindelidae), C. W. Johnson 

 (types of Diptera), J. R. Malloch, W. M. Mann (types of Coleop- 

 tera), A. P. Morse, F. W. Putnam, H. W. Smith (species from 

 Sarawak), Roland Thaxter, W. M. Wheeler (types of ants), and 

 H. F. Wickham. 



Mention should also be made of the series of Arctic insects 

 collected by Messrs. Dixon and Brooks, the gift of Col. J. E. 

 Thayer and Prof. Theodore Lyman, and the collection from 

 Guadeloupe made by Mr. G. K. Noble. 



Routine work, including the identification and rearrangement of 

 portions of the Diptera, Coleoptera, and Orthoptera has been con- 

 tinued; a large number of types have been located, catalogued, 

 and labeled. 



