HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



Sumatra, where 1,600 specimens were collected, and Siberia, Africa, 

 Patagonia, Jamaica, W. I., Mexico, Bolivia, and various parts of the 

 United States. 



The accessions of collections through gift, besides those previously- 

 mentioned, include: 5,000 specimens of various orders, collected by- 

 George Dexter Bradford, and presented in 1896 by his mother; a 

 valuable collection of gall insects, containing several thousand speci- 

 mens and many types donated in 1905 by Mrs. Margaret Bassett; a 

 collection of more than 1,000 vials of spiders from the United States, 

 the work of the young naturalist, Horace Britcher, donated by his 

 mother and friends; 2,600 butterflies, bees, wasps, beetles, etc., from 

 the State of Amazonas, Brazil, presented in 1907 by Mr. Morris K. 

 Jesup. 



Among other important collections purchased in recent years are: 

 3,000 insects from localities within fifty miles of New York (1894); 

 5,000 insects from Merida, Venezuela (1904); collection of Orthop- 

 tera, containing 825 specimens and representing 255 species (1905) ; 

 700 Cuban insects (1907). 



SCIENTIFIC STAFF 



Coleman T. 



Robinson. 



1870-1871. 



Baron Osten 

 Sacken. 

 1870. 



E. B. South- 

 wick. 

 1886. 



William 



Beutenmuller. 



1888- 



Mr. Coleman T. Robinson gratuitously served as Curator of Ento- 

 mology from 1870 until his death in 1872. His work was in connection 

 with the large collection of Lepidoptera which he had presented. 



Baron Osten Sacken gave valuable assistance in arranging the 

 collection of insects which he presented in 1870. 



Dr. E. B. South wick was in charge of the Department of Entomology 

 from July, 1886 to 1887. His attention was devoted to the classifica- 

 tion and placing on exhibition of the specimens. Dr. South wick 

 collected in the vicinity of New York in 1886. 



Mr. William C. Beutenmuller joined the Museum in 1888 and since 

 1893 has been associated with it as Curator of the Department of 

 Entomology. He has made frequent expeditions to the Black 

 Mountains of North Carolina in search of insects, the published 



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