REPORT. 



To the President and Fellows of Harvard College : — 



During the past academic year the regular courses in Zoology 

 were given in the Museum, this being the first year that this 

 department has enjoyed complete possession of the rooms for- 

 merly occupied by the Department of Geology, now finally housed 

 in the new southwest corner-piece, — the Geological Section of 

 the University Museum. 



Eleven courses in Zoology were given by Professors Mark, 

 Jackson, Parker, Castle, and Dr. Rand, assisted by Messrs. Car- 

 penter, Cushman, Peters, Smith, and three sub-assistants. These 

 courses were attended by two hundred and seventy-one students. 

 Three courses were given to nineteen students of Radcliffe 

 College. 



Seventeen courses under the Department of Geology were 

 given by Professors Shaler, Davis, Jackson, Ward, J. B. Wood- 

 worth, and Dr. Jaggar, assisted by Messrs. Cushman, Goldthwait, 

 Read, and Wilder. Five hundred and fifty-nine students attended 

 these courses. Five courses were attended by forty-five students 

 of Radcliffe College. 



The year has been an eventful one in the number and value of 

 the collections acquired by the Museum. Chief amongst these 

 are the collections of recent and fossil insects of Mr. S. H. 

 Scudder. In transferring his collections to the Museum at this 

 time Mr. Scudder has anticipated a clause in his testament by 

 which these collections are bequeathed to the Museum (see 

 [C], page 34). No gift of such importance and scientific value, 

 representing as it does the life work of one of the foremost stu- 

 dents of systematic entomology, has come to the Museum for 



