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dopterd). Note the large metallic-blue moths from South America, 
and the beautiful hawk-moths from the United States and Europe. 
Case 35 . — Collection of photographs of microscopic slides, 
showing injected specimens of the tongue, ear, muscles, etc. 
Suspended over the table-cases is a life-size model of a large 
squid. The original was found off the coast of Newfoundland in 
1876. 
OF SPECIAL INTEREST. 
The collection of the Mollusca is one of great value to the 
student, inasmuch as it is arranged with strict regard to the most 
recent classification. The larger classes, orders, etc., are ex- 
plained upon tablets, giving the characteristics of each group. 
The especial value of the collection is not the number of individ- 
ual specimens it contains, but the large number of genera and 
subgenera represented, making the collection as a whole an excel- 
lent manual of Malacology. Under the class Pteropoda (case 30) 
are shown the peculiar mollusks which form the principal food 
of the Right Whale, to be seen in the West Court. 
The beautiful collection of glass models in this sub-kingdom 
is of particular excellence. 
The collection of Lepidoptera is also one of great value, the 
collection numbering 2,000 species. It is one of the largest col- 
lections of this order in the United States. 
To the right of the Butterflies is a fine specimen of the South 
American Lantern Fly, which emits a light so powerful that its 
description has been written by the sole aid of this light. 
