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Botany. 



George S. Lewis, Jr., continues to foster the growth of this depart- 

 ment by direct gift and by care and oversight. He has added to this col- 

 lection specimens of Indian corn, Mexican mahogany, Brazilian rosewood, 

 and an English ivy from the Kew Gardens, London. 



Mrs. Mary C. Sampson of Los Angeles, CaL, has given a herbarium 

 of North American ferns and flora of the Eastern United States. From 

 Miss Josephine E. Strong the museum has received a shawl made from 

 pineapple fiber in Fayal, Azores Islands. Jute in various stages of manu- 

 facture has been received from the Chelsea Jute Mills. 



Zoology. 



Dr. Dimmock has been greatly aided in his work in entomology by 

 the generous interest shown by friends of the museum, and by their assist- 

 ance in procuring specimens of insects. Recognition is hereby made of 

 the following gifts, whereby the study of living things in the museum has 

 been fostered and made attractive : 



(Where not otherwise indicated all localities are Springfield.) 

 Miss Olive I. Bailey, 359 Central Street. 



A curious bug (Emmesa Longipes, Deg.). 



Large parasitic fly (Bombyliomyia abrupta, Wied.). 



Larvse of two kinds of moths (Datana ministra, Drury, and Philam- 

 pelus achemon, Drury). 



A curious ichneumon (Pelecinus polyturator, Drury). 

 Mrs. P. E. Brown, 25 Montrose Street. 



Sphinx larva (Ampelophaga myron, Cram.), with parasitic ichneu- 

 mons (Apanteles congregatus, Say) emerging from it. 

 Miss Alma Burgess, 36 Central Street. 



Large longicorn beetle (Saperda calcarata. Say). 



Larv?e of moth (Callosamia promethea, Drury). 

 Miss Mabel Burroughs, Springfield. 



Rare beetle (Calosoma willcoxi, Lee). 

 Frederick Knab, Chicopee, Mass. 



Larvffi of butterflies (Euphydryas pha?ton, Drury, from Mount Tom ; 

 Thanaos juvenalis. Fab., from Wilbraham ; Anosia plexippus, 

 L., and Epargyteus tityrus, Fab.). 



Palm-weevil (Rhynchophorus palmarum, L.),from Santarem, Brazil. 

 J. O. Martin, Wilbraham, Mass. 



Larvae of royal moth (Citheronia regalis, Fab.). 



