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Corals and Echinoderms. 



The Halcyonoids, consisting of fifty species, have been identified 

 and arranged by Mr. Henshaw. 



Mollusca. 



The land, and fresh-water shells of New England have been 

 picked out and labelled by Mr. Henshaw. The work on the 

 Cephalopods has been completed, and they are now on exhibition. 

 The New England Cephalopods have been rearranged and placed 

 on exhibition and labelled as far as practicable by Mr. Henshaw. 

 Work has been begun by Mr. Henshaw upon the large mass of 

 unarranged materials, which has accumulated in this collection, 

 and which has never been worked over. 



Crustacea. 



Prof. Walter Faxon has identified and labelled our collection 

 of Astacidae, which contains twenty-five species and one hundred 

 specimens, all from North America except two from Europe. 

 The balance of Mr. Kingsley's collections, a valuable donation of 

 which we gave notice in our report of May, 1881, has been received. 

 The whole has been transferred to four hundred bottles, and is 

 now safe from evaporation. We are not yet able, however, to 

 state the number of species, or give other particulars until the 

 part just received has been looked over and reported upon by Mr. 

 Kingsley himself. 



Insects. 



Mr. Henshaw has worked out a large part of the biological col- 

 lections of the Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Neuroptera, and also 

 the systematic collections of the Cicadidae and Chernetidae. The 

 work of identifying the Anopleura, and that on the Myriapoda 

 and Scorpions is about half completed. Accessions have been 

 received from Dr. Hagen, Dr. Waters, and Messrs. Scudder, 

 Sherriff, and Thaxter. 



Fishes. 



The Systematic collection in this department has been com- 

 pleted by Mr. Henshaw, so far as can be done at present. The 

 additions which are essential to finish it, and exhibit the types of 

 the families which are not represented, will be difficult to obtain, 

 and our progress slow. 



