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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



mm. in height. The other is a dead shell, 133 mm. in diameter 

 by 131 mm. in height. 



Crustacea. — Gifts of specimens have been received from 

 Messrs. A. Agassiz, C. F. Baker, O. Bangs, W. F. Ganong, H. B. 

 Ward, and E. B. Williamson. A set of duplicates from the 

 dredgings of the " Travailleur" and " Talisman " has been pre- 

 sented by the Paris Museum. From the United States National 

 Museum 45 species (60 specimens) have been received in ex- 

 change for 47 species (167 specimens) sent to Washington. A 

 very valuable gift from the National Museum consists of a set 

 of photographs of type specimens of Crustacea in various Euro- 

 pean museums, taken by Miss M. J. Rathbun in 1896. This set 

 includes photographs of the types of 38 of Fabricius's species, 

 described in 1775-1798, and now in the Museums of Kiel and 

 Copenhagen; 24 of Herbst's (1782-1804), now in the Berlin 

 Museum ; 3 of von Martens's, also in Berlin ; 4 of de Saussure's, 

 in Geneva ; 1 of Adam White's, in the British Museum ; 17 of 

 Milne Edwards's (father and son), in Paris : 1 of Schramm's, also 

 in Paris. These prints are invaluable aids in determining many 

 obscurely described species, especially those of Fabricius and 

 Ilerbst. 



