SHELLS, INSECTS, INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 

 The acquisition of the Haines collection of shells greatly added to Haines 



^ ° J Collection. 



the quality and scope of this Department. It consisted of marine, 

 fresh-water, and land shells, being especially rich in the last-named. 

 The collection contained 3,891 species, and was purchased in 1895 

 for $12,000. 



Nearly 18,000 specimens of land and fresh -water shells, with 1,000 Co P e 



Collection. 



species, were received in 1898 from the estate of Professor Edward D. 

 Cope. 



A collection of shells important to the Museum, because of the Storer 



Collection. 



more showy genera, was presented by Mr. Albert H. Storer in 1904. 

 It comprised about 3,500 specimens. 



To Mr. F. A. Constable the department is indebted for many fine Constable 



r J Collection. 



specimens of shells, principally from China and Japan. Between 

 the years 1901 and 1905 he presented 737 species from Japan, 464 

 specimens from China, besides 18,000 specimens representing 4,000 

 species from other localities. 



The collection of shells from the Philippine Islands numbers about Philippine 

 5,530 specimens, 700 of which were gifts from Colonel C. A. H. san s ' 

 McCauley and Dr. Hugh M. Smith, the remainder, containing 477 

 species and varieties, being received through an exchange. 



The specimens now in the Conchological Department number 

 about 200,000, embracing over 16,000 species, and representing local- 

 ities all over the world. 



CHIEF BENEFACTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



CONCHOLOGY 



GIFTS TO THE VALUE OF $500 OR MORE 



Albert S. Bickmore, Coleman T. Robinson, 



John J. Crooke, D. Jackson Steward, 



Fred. A. Constable, Albert H. Storer, 



E. D. Cope, R. A. Witthaus, 



Frank Daulte, Mrs. M. Witthaus, 



Rev. Richard B. Post, Miss Catharine L. Wolfe. 



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