MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: APPENDIX. 9 



Dr. Robert A. Clark, 81 Eastern avenue. Spider found in a bunch of bananas. 



Miss Alice L. Coates, 327 Bay street. Specimens of a Brazilian beetle {Des7nonota 

 variolosa, Fab.), sometimes set in jewelry. 



E. O. Damon, Northampton, Mass. Brant {Branta bernicla, L.) from Northamp- 

 ton, Mass. 



Dr. Frank H. Haskins, 107 North Main street. Snail (Limax, sp.). 

 S. D. Heath. Nest of trap-door spider. 



Charles H. Heywood, 325 Long Hill street. Gravel caddis-fly cases from Long Hill. 



George W. Hubbard, 94 Byers street. Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica, L.). 



Mrs. J. Searle Hurlbut, 33 School street. Nest of a trap-door spider from California. 

 Pair of Roman cattle horns. 



Walter E. Johnson, 57 Thompson street. Collection of birds' eggs. 



Frederick Knab, Chicopee, Mass. Rattlesnake {Crofalus horridus, L.). This 

 snake, a mature female three feet long, was taken near Ashley ponds, in 

 Holyoke, Mass., July 17, 1903, by Hezekiah Lombard, of Chicopee, It was kept 

 alive at the museum until January 24, 1904. 



"Walter Landry, 198 Massasoit street. Star-nosed mole {Condijhira cristata, L.). 



Miss Glee Leete, Holyoke street. Two living cockroaches, one of a green species 

 (Panchlora, sp.), that came to Springfield in bunches of bananas. 



Mrs. Nelson W. Merrill, 328 Union street. Two beetles (Cremastochilus canalicu- 

 latiis, Kirby, and Euphoria inda, L.). Cocoon of a moth {Telea polyphemus, 

 Cram.) securely fastened to an elm twig and inclosed in three leaves. 



Miss Josephine de Montigny, Berkshire street. Specimens of beetles (including 

 Calosoma scrutator. Fab., Hyd rophihis ovatiis, G. & H., H. triangidaris. Say, 

 Xylorijctes satijrus,F^h., Strafegus antaeus, Fab.), and of moths (including 

 Tropaea lima, L., BasiJona imperialis, Drury, Marumba modesta, Harr., 

 Smerinthtis jamaicensis, Drury, Paonias niyops, S. & A.), all collected about 

 electric lights. 



Robert O. Morris, 72 Temple street. Black duck {Anas oljscnra, Gmel.). Pair of 



pine grosbeaks (Pinicola leiicura. Cab.). 

 Miss Anna O'Brien, 14 Adams street. Large green beetle (Calosoma scrutator, 



Fab.). 



Fj. L. Pease, Longmeadow, Mass. Holboell's grebe {Cohjmbus holboeUii, Reinh.). 



Mrs. A. F. H. Pillsbury, 55 Elliott street. Ichneumon (Thalessa atrata, Fab.). 



Charles Pinneo, City. Shoveler (Spatula clyj^eata, L.). [Exchange.] 



W. F. Potter, 136 Dwight street. Harvest-fly {Cicada tibicen, L.). 



Norton Richardson, 89 Catharine street. Specimens of polyzoa (probably Peciina- 



tella magnifica, Leidy) from Watershop pond. 

 Donat Ruissiaux, Becket, Mass. Shoveler {Spatula clypeota, L.). 

 James N. Southwick, Providence, R. I. Collection of shells. 



Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, 480 Union street. Larva of an owlet moth (Cucullia 

 asteroides, Guen.). Undetermined larva of a geometrid moth, from cultivated 

 blue clematis. 



H. P. Stone, 17(5 Pearl street. Large spotted s3il3imsLnder(Aviblystoma punctatum, 

 L.). 



Mrs. A. 0. Thompson, Hampden, Mass. Skin of black snake {Bascanion con- 

 strictor, L.). 



Rev. W. E. Waterbury, 54 Fairfield street. Young box-turtle (Cts^?/f/o Carolina, L.). 

 Myron Williams, 35 Firglade avenue. Hog-nose gnake {Hetcrodon platyrhinns, 

 Latr.). 



Depaktment of History of Mankind, 



Mrs, Ida Baldwin, 580 State street, for Frederick C. Joyner. Musical instrument. 



Nathan D. Bill, 284 Maple street. Collection of soapstone and trap Indian imple- 

 ments from Wilbraham, Mass. United States proof sets of coins for 1903 and 

 1904. 



