REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF INSECTS. 



0. V. Biley, Honorary Curator. 



LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 



Ace. number. 



15563. Bags of Thyridopteryx. Texas. From L. E. Tuttle, box 494, Washington, D. C. 

 Eeceived January 8. 



15573.* Large collection of Coleoptera and Lei>idoptera. Sikkim, East India. From C. 

 H. A. Dall, Calcutta, India. Eeceived January 7. This is one of the col- 

 lections made and mounted by the natives of Sikkim. Contains many hun- 

 dred specimens, especially Lepidoptera, in pretty fair condition, though the 

 boxes were badly infested with Anthrenus and TriboUum when received at 

 the Museum. 



15606. Tisclieria heliopsisella, Chamb. (Tineid moth). Mexico. From Alfred Duges, 

 Guanajuata, Mexico. Eeceived January 17. 



15688. Various alcoholic specimens (Diptera, Homoptera). Alaska. From Lieut. 

 George M. Stoney, U. S. N., U. S. S. Ounalaska, Mare Island, Cal. Ee- 

 ceived February 2. Specimens in very bad condition, having been kept in 

 dirty alcohol for many months ; not worth keeping. 



15878. Bynastes tityus. Tennessee. From James W. Eogan, Eogersville, Tenn. Ee- 

 ceived April 3. 



15888. Scolopindra sp. Napa County, California. From H. W. Turner, Lake County, 

 Georgia. Eeceived April 7. 



15918. Various insects. West Indian region. From U. S. Fish Commission steamer 

 Albatross. Eeceived April 14. The collection contains about 300 specimens, 

 the number of species being estimated at about 50, representing various orders 

 of insects proper and Arachnida. 



15963. Belostoma americanum. Electric-light station, Hell Gate, New York. FromD. 

 W. Fox, Astoria, N. Y. Eeceived April 24. 



16016. Murgantia Mstrionica. Eogersville, Tenn. From James W. Eogan, Eogers- 

 ville, Tenn. Eeceived May 7. 



16027. Pieris napi. Alaska. Dr. W. H. Dall, U. S. National Museum. Eeceived 

 May 11. 



16088. Leucarctia acrcea (larva). Paris, Tex. Murphy Brothers, Paris, Tex. Ee- 

 ceived May 26. 



16116. Anisomorpha buprestoides ; Mantis Carolina ; Nephelaplumipes. Pilot Town, Fla. 

 From C. C. Nutting, Carlinville, 111. Eeceived June 3. 



16174. Eurycreon rantalis (larva). Elk County, Kansas. From T. J. Holcombe, 

 Malone, Elk County, Kansas. Eeceived June 22. 



16202. Dortjphora 10-lineata (larva and imago) ; Epitrix brevis (imago). Tennessee. 

 From Dr. C. M. Wilcox, Shell Creek, Carter County, Tennessee. Eeceived 

 June 29. 



"Accession of great importance. 



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