7 



A number of collections sent out for study have been returned, 

 and we have received from Mr. Godman a large suite of Amer- 

 ican Neuroptera, which will be worked up by Dr. Hagen for the 

 Biologia Centrali Americana. 



From the British Museum we have received a collection of 

 five hundred Birds from Central America and New Guinea ; and 

 from the American Museum of Natural History of New York, 

 an excellent plaster cast of the Chimpanzee known as Mr. 

 Crowley." 



The Museum is greatly indebted to Messrs. Brewster, Cabot, 

 and Slade for their interest in their respective Departments. Mr. 

 Jackson has also continued during the past year to render effi- 

 cient aid to Professor Hyatt in the work of his Department. 

 Mrs. Le Conte has presented to the Museum five hundred dollars, 

 to be expended for cabinets to include the collection of Coleoptera 

 which Dr. Le Conte left by his will to the Museum. 



Professor Faxon has kindly continued in charge of the collec- 

 tion of Crustacea, and he and Dr. Fewkes have spent some time 

 in the arrangement of the Invertebrates of the Atlantic Faunal 

 Exhibition Room, which was opened to the public during the past 

 summer. It is still very imperfectly arranged, and there are many 

 annoying gaps to be filled ; but the room as a whole is an inter- 

 esting one, and gives to the public an idea of a great marine 

 realm such as no other Museum has as yet attempted to repre- 

 sent. It is hoped that the Pacific Room may also soon be opened 

 to the public. 



The Atlantic Room contains typical collections of Protozoa, 

 Sponges, Radiates, MoUusks, Annelids, Crustacea, and Fishes, 

 extending from the littoral to the abyssal fauna. There is also a 

 limited space devoted to the Reptiles and the Birds characteristic 

 of the sea-shores, and the Seals, Whales, and other marine Mam- 

 mals. A case is devoted to the apparatus used in dredging expe- 

 ditions. Samples of the deep-sea and littoral formations will also 

 find their place in this room, and the pelagic fauna is fairly rep- 

 resented by glass models of the' principal Acalephs, Cepha- 

 lopods, and other groups not included among the alcoholic or 

 dried specimens. 



With each of their special Reports will be found a list of the 

 publications of the Assistants of the Museum, and of the pub- 

 lications based upon the materials of the institution, as well as of 



