38 MUSEUM OP COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. [Jan. 



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broods, constitute an important feature in the entomological 

 collections of the Museum. It is intended to place very soon 

 upon the shelves of the Insect room a large number of bottles 

 containing specimens, illustrating the early stages of the 

 different orders of insects. 



In exchange, there have been sent to the Lyceum of Natural 

 History of Williams College, 81 species, 99 specimens of diurnal 

 Lepidoptera, from North America and Europe. Of American 

 Lepidoptera sent to Henry Edwards, Melbourne, Australia, 

 there are 101 species, 165 specimens. Also to J. Akhurst, 3 

 species, 4 specimens of Coleoptera from Africa. 



There have been sent for examination to P. R. Uhler, Balti- 

 more, all the collection of pinned Hemiptera, comprising 230, 

 specimens from New England and the Middle States, and 

 those collected on the Saskatchewan River and Lake Winnepeg, 

 by Mr. Scudder. 89 species, 153 specimens of Chilognaths 

 have been sent to H. C. Wood, Jr. ; and there have been 

 received from the Smithsonian Institution, the types of species 

 of Chilopoda described by the same gentleman. 



I subjoin a table, giving the names of all those persons who 

 have increased the collection of Insects, with the localities and 

 number of specimens, and approximate number of species. 

 Other details, as to the date of capture, the date of reception, 

 and the condition of the specimens themselves, are entered at 

 length in the Museum book. 



Insects received from October 20, 1862, to October 20, 1863. 



Ackerman, Professor. 2 species, 2 specimens Arachnida, from Port- 

 au-Prince, Hayti. 



Agassiz, Professor L. 1 species, 2 specimens, Diptera ; 1 species, 

 3 specimens, Neuroptera, from Wareham, Mass. Total, 2 species, five 

 specimens. 



Allen, J. A., Springfield, Mass., Student in the Zoological Depart- 

 ment of the Scientific School. 7 species, 96 specimens Arachnida, 

 from Springfield, Mass.; 1 species, 1 specimen Diptera; 1 species, 15 

 specimens Arachnida, from Cambridge, Mass. ; 1 species, 20 specimens 

 Hemiptera, (Lice,) no locality. Total, 10 species, 132 specimens. 



Barnard, J. M., Esq., Boston. 3 species, 3 specimens Coleoptera ; 

 2 species, 2 specimens Orthoptera; 1 species, 1 specimen Myriapoda, 

 from China. Total, 6 species, 6 specimens. 



