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ENTOMOLOGY 
170 types. The collection was the gift of Dr. William Morton 
Wheeler. 
A collection containing 400 specimens of North American diptera 
was purchased in 1906. 
FORMICID^— ANTS 
The collection of ants numbers not less than 50,000 specimens and 
3,000 species, received largely through gift and expeditions. 
To Professor Auguste Forel the Museum is indebted for a large Forei 
and valuable collection of ants presented in 1907. It contains 3,519 
specimens, representing 1,385 species. 
The largest collection of formicidee in this country, and one of 
the three largest in the world, was presented in 1908 by Dr. William wheeier 
Morton Wheeler. It contained many types and cotypes, and nearly 
every species is represented by long series of specimens — often many 
hundreds in number. 
The large termite nests and ant hills on exhibition were collected 
by Mr. Francis Child Nicholas in Hayti and U. S. of Colombia, and pre- 
sented in 1897 by Mr. Henry C. Pratt. 
On a collecting trip to Florida and the Bahamas in 1904 Professor Bahamas. 
Wheeler obtained a practically complete series of the ants of Andros 
and New Providence Islands, containing about fifty species, together 
with a fine series of moUusks, myriapods, arachnida, etc. 
An extensive collection of the ants of Culebra and Porto Rico, Porto Rico, 
containing about 5,000 specimens and representing about 60 species 
and subspecies, was obtained by Dr. Wheeler on an expedition in 1906. 
A collection of Madagascar formicidse purchased in 1904 contains 
373 specimens and 83 species. 
COLEOPTERA— BEETLES 
The present collection of beetles has been acquired through ex- 
peditions and field work of Curator Beutenmiiller, as well as by gift 
and purchase. Among those received as gifts are the 2,000 specimens 
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