32 ANNUAL REF0RT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



By Samuel Henshaw. 



For acceptable additions to the collections acknowledgments 

 are due to Miss Harriet Biddle, Miss Nora Newberry, Miss B. T. 

 Parker, Miss C. G. Soule, and to Messrs. Outram Bangs, W. S. 

 Bigelow, Frederick Blanchard, R. S. Breed, T. D. A. Cockerell, 

 C. B. Davenport, K. C. Davis, J. H. Emerton, W. G. Farlow, W. 

 L. W. Field, F. H. Foster, P. P. Gregson, Roland Hay ward, J. G. 

 Jack, C. L. Jackson, T. A. Jaggar, Jr., C. W. Jenks, N. T. Kidder, 

 G. B. King, Carl Ladd, Henry Lorentzen, E. L. Mark, A. G. Mayer, 

 A. P. Morse, J. G. Needbam, A. S. Packard, G. H. Parker, F. H. 

 Peabody, Wirt Robinson, H. E. Summers, L. W. Swett, Roland 

 Thaxter, W. L. Tower, A. E. Verrill, E. R. Warren, E. B. William- 

 son, C. C.Willoughby, W. McM. Wood worth, and to the "Alba- 

 tross " Tropical Pacific Expedition. 



The F. H. Sprague collection, received during the year, fills an 

 important gap. It is rich in New England Rhopalocera, and con- 

 tains interesting material in other groups. 



The above list shows a larger number of contributors than has 

 been recorded in recent years. 



The use of the collections by specialists continues constant and 

 time-consuming. 



The condition of the entire collection is satisfactory. 



The Syntomidae, Pericoptidae, Arctiidse, and the Tineina of the 

 Lepidoptera Heterocera, and the (Estridae of the Diptera have 

 been rearranged. 



Some work has also been done in the identification and arrange- 

 ment of portions of the Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Scarabaeidae, and 

 the Rhynchophora of the Coleoptera, and of the Coccidae of the 

 Hemiptera. 



Work on the types has been continued ; more than 3,000 have 

 been catalogued during the year. 



