1877.] 



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Prof. Zeller of Stettin has written three papers on North 

 American Microlepidoptera in the Proceedings of the Zoolog- 

 ical Botanical Society of Vienna, and he has also described a 

 large number of species, mostly from Texas. Prof. Frey of 

 Zurich has described in the Stettiner En torn. Zeitung, a num- 

 ber of North American Tineina. Mr. E. von Harold of 

 Munich has a couple of papers on Coleoptera from the Argen- 

 tine Republic, in his Coleopt. Hefte. Mr. R. McLachlan of 

 London has published a monographical revision of the Tri- 

 choptera ; and Dr. Hagen a paper on Fhryganidse in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Botanical Society of Vienna. A 

 large amount of Museum material has also been available to 

 Mr. Selys Longchamp of Liege, Belgium. He has published 

 a number of memoirs on Odonata in the Bull, de I'Academie 

 Royale de Belgique. 



As will be seen by the reports of Messrs. Putnam and Gar- 

 man, a large number of collections of fishes and reptiles 

 were distributed to our correspondents. They consisted 

 mainly of materials gathered in the Thayer Expedition to 

 Brazil, and in the voyage of the Hassler. A number of col- 

 lections of insects, corals, fishes, reptiles, etc., have been 

 distributed in this State. 



Considerable material has, as usual, been supplied to origi- 

 nal investigators, where it was possible to do so without 

 interfering with the regular Museum work. Collections have 

 been sent to Prof. Loven, to Dr. Ltitken, to Prof. Perrier of 

 the Jardin des Plantes, and to Dr. Steindachner of Vienna. 

 Dr. Steindachner has continued to use the material sent him for 

 incorporation with his monographs on South American fishes. 

 He has also published a finely illustrated memoir in the Mem. 

 of the Zoological Botanical Society of Vienna, on the Reptiles 

 of the Gallapagos Islands, from material collected by the 

 Hassler Expedition. 



Some progress has been made in the arrangement of two 

 of the exhibition-rooms, that of Radiates and of the Synoptic 

 room, in both of which a good deal of work has been done. 

 The latter, as far as arranged, proves unusually attractive to 

 visitors. 



ALEXANDER AGASSIZ. 



