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REPORT ON THE ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



By Nathan Banks. 



During the past year gifts of specimens have been received from 

 Messrs. C. F. Baker, W. S. Brooks, A. N. Caudell, T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, C. W. Johnson, C. H. Kennedy, C. S. Ludlow, James 

 McDunnough, J. D. Sornborger, W. M. Wheeler, and E. B. 

 Williamson. 



Several lots of Brazilian Neuroptera, mostly small species, were 

 purchased from Mr. H. S. Parish. 



Much of the time was spent in identifying Neuroptera and 

 Fossorial Hymenoptera, and collections were named for the 

 Boston Society of Natural History, the State Entomologist of 

 Pennsylvania, the North Carolina Department of Entomology, 

 Messrs. George Barber, A. P. Morse, and E. M. Walker. 



Material from the Rhodesian Museum and the California 

 Academy of Sciences was partly named. 



Several hundred types have been located, verified, and num- 

 bered. Species-labels have been written and attached to many 

 thousand specimens. About 8,000 insects have been pinned. 



The collection has been inspected twice, and very little infesta- 

 tion seen at either time. 



Visitors to study the collection, outside of many visits from 

 local entomologists, were Messrs. M. W. Blackmail, R. W. Daw- 

 son, W. T. Davis, A. Emerson, H. C. Fall, M. D. Leonard, E. H. 

 Strickland, R. Webber, and F. X. Williams. 



