HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 
collected by the late Mr. George D. Bradford, and presented by his 
mother in 1895; 500 North and South American beetles, presented by 
Mr. William Menzies, also in 1895; a fine collection from Mt. Kinabalu, 
British North Borneo, presented in 1904 by Messrs. G. A. Goss and 
A. D. Dodge. 
The collection was greatly enlarged in 1907 through the generosity 
of Mr. F. Du Cane Godman, a well-known English scientist and author 
Godman of the famous work "Biologia Centrali- Americana." The collection 
Collection. contains more than 4,000 specimens from Mexico and Central America, 
representing 1,679 species, many of which were described new to 
science in the "Biologia." It is of great scientific importance, since 
it is part of the material upon which the Coleoptera section of the 
"Biologia" was based. 
Several thousand beetles, containing many new to science, also 
many extremely rare specimens, were collected on the Curator's 
various trips to the Black Mountains of North Carolina. 
The additions to the beetle collection by purchase are : 2,000 speci- 
mens of European beetles, purchased in 1895, and 300 tiger beetles 
purchased in 1907. 
EXPEDITIONS 
The expeditions by Curator Beutenmiiller to the Black Mountains 
of North Carolina in 1895, and between 1900 and 1906, yielded an 
immense amount of insect material. On the last six trips over 31,000 
specimens were collected, among which were many new as well as 
very many rare species. 
The funds for the trips made in 1902, 1903, and 1906 were provided 
by the Very Rev. E. A. Hoffman and Mr. Samuel V. Hoffman 
Through local field work by the Curator, many thousand insects of 
various orders have been obtained, as well as a large collection of 
insect galls, and through the cooperation of expeditions sent out by 
other departments of the Museum, the Department of Entomology 
has received valuable collections from many localities-especially 
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