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REPORT ON THE ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



By Samuel Henshaw. 



For acceptable gifts to the collections of the Department the 

 Museum has to thank Mrs. Ethel Adams, Miss C. G. Soule, 

 Messrs. Alexander Agassiz, G. M. Allen, A. L. Babcock, W. A. 

 Baldwin, Outram Bangs, Frederick Blanchard, R. S. Breed, 

 William Brewster, Henry Brooks, August Busck, R. V, Chamber- 

 lain, T. D. A. Cockerell, Walter Deane, J. H. Emerton, H. C. 

 Fall, W. G. Farlow, C. E. Faxon, Samuel Garman, Roland Hay- 

 ward, J. S. Hine, Ralph Hoffmann, R. H. Howe, Jr., J. G. Jack, 

 L. H. Joutel, C. W. Leng, E. L. Mark, A. L. Melander, A. P. Morse, 

 J. T. Nichols, A. S. Packard, G. H. Parker, W. M. Scott, S. H. 

 Scudder, E. J. Smith, J. B. Smith, J. D. Sornborger, Roland 

 Thaxter, P. R. Uhler, A. E. Verrill, H. P. Walcott, C. P. Whitney, 

 E. B. Williamson, and W. McM. Wood worth. 



The more noteworthy accessions are : 1st, a considerable 

 number of insects, principally Lepidoptera from Labrador {pur- 

 chase) ; 2d, the Maldive and Ceylonese insects and spiders, one 

 of the results of the latest expedition of Mr. Agassiz ; 3d, Dr. 

 Roland Thaxter's choice collection of Heterocera, chiefly noctuid 

 and bombycine ; and 4th, an extensive series of the early stages 

 of Rhopalocera given by one of the most constant and liberal con- 

 tributors to the Departmental collections, Mr. S. H. Scudder. 

 Mr. Scudder's gift includes the material used as the basis for his 

 classic " Butterflies of New England." Baron Osten Sacken, in 

 returning some entomological correspondence loaned him several 

 years ago, has generously added many letters of Loew written be- 

 tween 1877 and 1879, together with a number of his own letters 

 that were returned to him after the death of Loew. This corre- 

 spondence has a direct and important value in relation to the 

 collections of Diptera. 



Four new cases and 200 new boxes have been received and 

 utilized. 



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