1873.] 7 [Annual Report., 



England fishes have been stuffed and placed in the cases. 

 For specimens in these classes we are indebted to Mrs. R. C. 

 Greenleaf, Jr., and to Dr. Kneeland, Mr. T. M. Coffin, and 

 others, but especially to the U. S. Fish Commission for a large 

 number of specimens from Eastport. 



Mr. Sprague has been engaged during the greater part of 

 the year with the insect collections, and has revised the Har- 

 ris Coleoptera from the Carabidae through the Elateridae, 

 besides arranging and naming the New England species to 

 the same extent. Mr. Sprague has also examined and safely 

 secured our collections of the other orders of insects. Dr. 

 Hagen has kindly studied and identified the Harris Neurop- 

 tera and pseudo-ISTeuroptera, and prepared an exhaustive re- 

 port on these groups, which is in type for the Proceedings. 

 Mr. Emerton is engaged in the arrangement of the spiders, 

 when his other duties permit, and has greatly increased their 

 number from his own extensive collections. Mr. Emerton 

 has also arranged the biological collection in one of the wall- 

 cases on the western end of the gallery. 



We are indebted to Mr. Sanborn for very large donations 

 of insects of all orders, also to Mr. Ernest Papendiek for a 

 fine collection of European Coleoptera carefully identified, 

 and containing many rare forms, and to many others for 

 smaller gifts. 



Dr. P. P. Carpenter is still engaged in the study of our 

 Mollusca in Montreal. During the year he has devoted 592 

 hours to this work, which has been done slowly and 

 thoroughly. The shells have been carefully compared with 

 the Cuming collection, and the original authorities have been 

 consulted. Since the beginning of the work Dr. Carpenter 

 has arranged more than 1900 species, and has selected and 

 mounted for the permanent collection 10,500 specimens. 

 The remaining specimens have been named and distributed 

 into about 90 series of various sizes, suitable for exchange or 

 for colleges, schools, etc. The principal set has been pre- 

 pared for the Chicago Academy of Sciences. Dr. Carpenter 



