1882.] 5 [Annual Meeting. 



hundred more of the Blaschka glass models have been received, 

 mounted and placed on exhibition. Two wooden cases, contain- 

 ing about one hunded and sixty trays, have been constructed in 

 the work-room and the duplicate shells arranged therein. They 

 have been arranged by Mr. Yan Vleck according to Adams's classi- 

 fication so that they will hereafter be more accessible, and a cata- 

 logue made of the contents of each tray. 



Crustaceans. 



Mr. Kingsley before his departure to take the post of Curator 

 of the Natural History Society in Worcester, very kindly assisted 

 us by identifying the group of the Maioid crabs. Mr. Henshaw 

 has worked out the New England species of the Pycnogonidae 

 and the Isopods. Gifts have been received from Messrs. 

 Edward Burgess, T. W. B. Clark, and J. S. Kingsley. 



Insects. 



Mr. Henshaw has worked over the Lepidoptera Heterocera and 

 picked out the generic forms for exhibition. 



The New England collections on exhibition have not been 

 revised since 1878, and but very little of the new material received 

 since that date is now incorporated with them ; this revision has 

 been begun by Mr. Henshaw. Donations, in addition to those to 

 be mentioned from the Arethusa expedition, have been received 

 from Dr. H. A. Hagen, Mr. E. P.Austin, Dr. F. C. Bowditch, Mr. 

 C. B. Cory, and Dr. C. S. Minot. 



Fishes. 



The rearrangement of the New England collection has been 

 nearly completed and a final report will probably be ready for 

 presentation at the next annual meeting. Dr. H. E. Davidson 

 has added to our former obligations by presenting the Society 

 with some New England fishes prepared by himself, and a num- 

 ber of species from Bermuda. These exceedingly valuable addi- 

 tions to our collections now number forty species. There have 

 been received very liberal exchanges from the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology of about one hundred and thirty specimens, 

 selected especially for us by Mr. Garman, acting under the direc- 

 tion of Mr. Alexander Agassiz. 



