Collection. 



HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



collected by the late Mr. George D. Bradford, and presented by his 

 mother in 1895; 500 North and South American beetles, presented by 

 Mr. William Menzies, also in 1895; a fine collection from Mt. Kinabalu, 

 British North Borneo, presented in 1904 by Messrs. G. A. Goss and 

 A. D. Dodge. 



The collection was greatly enlarged in 1907 through the generosity 

 of Mr. F. Du Cane Godman, a well-known English scientist and author 

 Godman of the famous work "Biologia Cent rali- Americana." The collection 



contains more than 4,000 specimens from Mexico and Central America, 

 representing 1,679 species, many of which were described new to 

 science in the "Biologia." It is of great scientific importance, since 

 it is part of the material upon which the Coleoptera section of the 

 "Biologia" was based. 



Several thousand beetles, containing many new to science, also 

 many extremely rare specimens, were collected on the Curator's 

 various trips to the Black Mountains of North Carolina. 



The additions to the beetle collection by purchase are : 2,000 speci- 

 mens of European beetles, purchased in 1895, and 300 tiger beetles 

 purchased in 1907. 



EXPEDITIONS 



The expeditions by Curator Beutenmuller to the Black Mountains 

 of North Carolina in 1895, and between 1900 and 1906, yielded an 

 immense amount of insect material. On the last six trips over 31,000 

 specimens were collected, among which were many new as well as 

 very many rare species. 



The funds for the trips made in 1902, 1903, and 1906 were provided 

 by the Very Rev. E. A. Hoffman and Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman. 



Through local field work by the Curator, many thousand insects of 

 various orders have been obtained, as well as a large collection of 

 insect galls, and through the cooperation of expeditions sent out by 

 other departments of the Museum, the Department of Entomology 

 has received valuable collections from many localities — especially 



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