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5 species, 31 specimens Orthoptera; 1 species, 1 specimen Neuroptera; 

 3 species, 14 specimens Arachnida; 4 species, 6 specimens Myriapoda, 

 from Beaufort, N. C. Total, 75 species, 480 specimens. 



Thaxter, Mrs. L. L., Newton. 1 specimen Coleoptera, from 

 Newton. 



Torrey, R., Esq. 2 species, 6 specimens Orthoptera ; 3 species, 4 

 specimens Arachnida ; 1 species, 2 specimens Myriapoda, from the * 

 Pelew Islands. Total, 6 species, 12 specimens. 



Verrill, A. E., Graduate in the Zoological Department of the 

 Scientific School. 1 species of Bombus, with the nest and young, 100 

 specimens ; 1 species of Vespa, with the nest and young, about 350 

 specimens ; 1 species of Polistes, with the nest and young, 37 specimens ; 

 8° species, 14 specimens Hymenoptera ; 32 species, 60 specimens 

 Lepidoptera; 4 species, 5 specimens Diptera ; 25 species, 36 speci- 

 mens Coleoptera; 16 species, 323 specimens Hemiptera; 8 species, 54 

 specimens Orthoptera; 12 species, 45 specimens Neuroptera; 1 species, 

 14 specimens Myriapoda, from Cambridge; 3 species, 16 specimens 

 Hymenoptera; 80 species, 91 specimens Lepidoptera; 14 species, 17 

 specimens, Diptera ; 61 species, 75 specimens Coleoptera ; 10 species, 

 18 specimens Hemiptera; 2 species, 7 specimens Orthoptera; 16 

 species, 27 specimens Neuroptera ; 1 species, 5 specimens Arachnida, , 

 from Norway, Me. Total, 308 species, 1,298 specimens. 



Miscellaneous. Insects of all orders, with no localities given — 24 

 species, 264 specimens. 



By Exchange. 



Akhurst, J., Esq. 5 species, 9 specimens, Hemiptera, from Manilla 

 and Africa ; 1 species, 1 specimen Arachnida, from New York. 



Salem Normal School. Duplicates of the collection of W. W. 

 Goodhue, Madagascar. 2 speeies, 11 specimens Lepidoptera; 3 species, 

 3 specimens Orthoptera ; 1 species, 1 specimen Arachnida ; 1 species, 

 1 specimen Myriapoda. Total, 7 species, 16 specimens. 



Purchased with the Gray Fund. 

 Cooke, Caleb. 39 species, 160 specimens Hymenoptera; 98 

 species, 267 specimens Lepidoptera; 9 species, 65 specimens Diptera; 

 88 species, 543 specimens Coleoptera; 19 species, 209 specimens 

 Hemiptera; 24 species, 332 specimens Orthoptera; 18 species, 106 

 specimens Neuroptera; 150 specimens Arachnida; 150 specimens 

 Myriapoda, from Zanzibar, Africa. 1 species, 1 specimen Hymenoptera ; 

 23 species, 36 specimens Lepidoptera; 13 species, 31 specimens Cole- 

 optera ; 2 species, 2 specimens Hemiptera ; 6 species, 25 specimens 



