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collections. The balance of the specimens consist of the 

 duplicates of the Harris, the remnants of the Say and Hentz, 

 Shurtleff and Stratton collections. Mr. Sanborn, despite the 

 numerous demands upon his time, has continued the work of 

 labelling and arranging the Lepidoptera. 



The Society's entire collection of N. American Bomby- 

 cidse, largely increased by donations to supply deficienccs 

 from Messrs. Swan, Trouvelot, Sprague, Dickinson, Minot, 

 and Sanborn, is now displayed in the railing cases, properly 

 labelled and in good condition. Mr. Minot has devoted 

 much time to the Phalaenidae and Noctuidas during the year ? 

 and the arrangement and labelling of the former family is 

 now nearly completed. The collection of Butterflies of New 

 England has been increased by more than 40 specimens from 

 Messrs. Scudder, Edwards, Whitney and others, several of 

 these being more than usually valuable, as types of the 

 plates in Mr. Scudder's forthcoming work; this department 

 has also been relabelled throughout. Over 150 specimens of 

 Lepidoptera, representing 53 species new to the collection, 

 have been purchased from the collector, Mr. G. W. Belfrage, 

 of Waco, Texas ; some 20 species received in exchange from 

 California, by Mr. R. H. Stretch, nearly 100 specimens of 

 various orders from California, by Mr. William Holden, and 

 a small lot of new and valuable diurnals from Tarma, Peru, 

 by Mr. M. Moerner, have recently been presented. From 

 Mr. Henry Edwards, of California, a large number of valu- 

 able Coleoptera, both dry and alchoholic, have been received 

 in return for exchanges. From Mr. Nathaniel H. Bishop, a 

 number of Cuban insects of various orders, and from Mr. 

 Samuel N. Chamberlain, of Port Orange, Florida, alcoholic 

 specimens of value, numbering over one hundred. 



The Lepidoptera of the Sumichrast collection, received in 

 envelopes and alluded to in our last report, have been en- 

 tirely reset, and about twenty per cent, identified and 

 labelled. More than half the duplicates of this collection, 

 also including the Coleoptera, have been sold at remunerative 



