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A.NNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



By Samuel Hexshaw. 



Additions to the collections of the Department have been 

 received from Miss Bertha Parker, Messrs. A. L. Babcock, Outram 

 Bangs, Frederick Blanchard, H. K. Burrison, W. E. Castle, C. M. 

 Cooke, Jr., E. W. Cross, J. H. Eraerton, H. C. Fall, W. G. Far- 

 low, Walter Faxon, W. L. W. Field, James Fletcher, J. W. 

 Folsom, J. W. Freese, G. L. Goodale, Roland Hay ward, J. G. 

 Jack, R. T. Jackson, Hugo Kahl, G. B. King, A. H. Kirkland, 

 A. G. Mayer, C. J. Maynard, A. P. Morse, G. H. Parker, B. L. 

 Robinson, S. H. Scudder, J. D. Sornborger, Roland Thaxter, E. B. 

 Williamson, R. H. Wolcott, and J. B. Wood worth. 



The specimens brought from Samoa by Dr. Woodworth, and 

 the collection, chiefly from New England, presented by Mr. 

 Charles Bullard, are the largest and most noteworthy of the 

 accessions received. 



A large series of Odonata, including all the unidentified mate- 

 rial from the more tropical portions of North America, from Cen- 

 tral America, and from South America, have been loaned Dr. P. P. 

 Calvert to aid his study for the Biologia Centrali Americana. 



The collections continue in excellent condition; their use by 

 specialists is constant. 



Progress has been made in the identification and arrangement 

 of portions of the Hymenoptera (Vespidse, ChrysidaB, and Formi- 

 cida3), of the Coleoptera (Cicindelidae, Carabidse, Dytiscidee, 

 Coccinellidse, Chrysomelidae, and Rhynchophora), and of the 

 Hemiptera (Pentatomidae and Coccidae). 



Work upon the types commenced last year has been continued, 

 and a beginning, possible only by the addition of new boxes, has 

 been made in the assortment of the Australian and Fijian mate- 

 rial brought together by Mr. Agassiz and his assistants. 



