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REPORT ON THE ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



By Samuel Henshaw. 



Acknowledgments are due Miss C. G. Soule, Messrs. A. L. 

 Babcock, Outram Bangs, S. A. Beach, H. K. Burrison, C. B. 

 Davenport, G. A. Dorsey, W. L. W. Field, J. W. Freese, H. Gar- 

 man, S. Garman, G. L. Goodale, Roland Hay ward, G. H. Horn, 

 G. de N. Hough, J. G. Jack, C. W. Johnson, A. G. Mayer, A. P. 

 Morse, B. L. Robinson, S. H. Scudder, F. A. Sherriff, Chauncey 

 Smith, L. Y. Swett, Roland Thaxter, S. Watase, and H. E. Weed, 

 for donations to the collection of the Department. 



To Messrs. Godman and Salvin we are especially indebted for 

 another instalment of Central American Coleoptera. The series 

 received includes the Buprestidae and several families of the Hete- 

 romera. \ 



The increased use of both the collections and library, noted last 

 year, has continued ; as many as seven persons have taken advan- 

 tage of the facilities of the Department in a single day, and the 

 average throughout the year is more than two for each day the 

 collection has been available. 



Assistance, either by the loan of material or in other ways, has 

 been given Messrs. J. E. Chase, J. H. Comstock, C. H. Fernald, 

 W. J. Fox, F. L. Harvey, G. de N. Hough, J. G. Jack, C. W. John- 

 son, A. G. MacGillivray, A. P. Morse, A. S. Packard, F. C. Paul- 

 mier, Theodore Pergande, S. H. Scudder, F. A. Sherriff, Roland 

 Thaxter, and the Biological Department of Wellesley College. 



The entire collection is remarkably free from museum pests, a 

 result due to Miss Parker's care. When not engaged in inspect- 

 ing the collection, Miss Parker's time has been wholly employed 

 in remounting and labelling specimens of Microcoleoptera. 



The routine work has consisted of a revisional arrangement of 

 (1) the Danaidae, Satyridae, and Morphidae of the Lepidoptera 

 Rhopalocera ; (2) the families of the Pyralidina and of the Ti- 

 neina of the Lepidoptera Heterocera ; (3) the Dixidae, Rhyphidae, 



