MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 29 



REPORT ON THE ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



By Samuel Henshaw. 



Acknowledgments of gifts of specimens are due Miss Helen W. 

 Leach, Miss Clara Osterberg, Messrs. A. Agassiz, A. L. Babcock, 

 Outram Bangs, Frederick Blanchard, J. W. Blankinship, F. C. 

 Bowditch, Charles Bullard, H. K. Burrison, P. P. Calvert, W. E. 

 Castle, J. R. Chadwick, C. B. Cory, W. W. Dodge, W. G. Farlow, 

 Walter Faxon, W. F. Fiske, J. W. Folsom, G. L. Goodale, Roland 

 Hayward, G. H. Horn, J. G. Jack, R. T. Jackson, D. S. Jordan, 

 A. H. Kirkland, E. L. Mark, A. G. Mayer, C. J. Maynard, A. P. 

 Morse, J. G. Needham, F. W. Putnam, Wirt Robinson, S. H. Scud- 

 der, and W. McM. Woodworth. 



Among the more valuable additions are the specimens brought 

 from the Fijis by Mr. Agassiz and his assistants, a series of Odo- 

 nata and Coleoptera from the Pacific States, and a collection of 

 more than 2,400 exotic Hesperidae presented by Mr. Scudder. 

 Mr. Scudder has also given the first series of the parasitic Diptera 

 and Hymenoptera, described in his Butterflies of New England. 



The condition of the collection is excellent, and its use by 

 specialists constant. A moderate estimate shows that a third of 

 the Assistant's time is given to aid those who personally consult 

 the collection, or who ask for comparisons and identifications. 



As in former years Miss Parker's time has been devoted wholly 

 to a constant and careful inspection of the collection, and to 

 labelling and mounting. 



A revisional rearrangement of the Nymphalidae of the Lepidop- 

 tera Rhopalocera, of the Cetonidae, and of portions of the Ceram- 

 bycidas and Tenebrionidae, has been completed. Some work in 

 identification and arrangement has also been done in the Ichneu- 

 monidae, Meloidae, and Coccidae. A final rearrangement of the 

 Georyssidae, Parnidae, Heteroceridae, and of part of the Chrysomel- 

 idas of the Leconte collection of Coleoptera has been completed. 



