266 
The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. XI, No. 3, 
for except under some arrangement which will provide for a general 
direction and the means for carrying investigations into all sec- 
tions of the state where it is necessary to secure the material 
for such a complete Survey. While the amount called for in the 
present bill is very modest as compared with what is expended in 
some other states, it is believed that with the numerous trained 
workers whose time could be employed for certain periods, that 
a great amount of work could be accomplished, provided it be 
connected and the results brought together in systematic form 
published in such manner as to be capable of distribution to 
those persons in the state who desire it. 
Herbert Osborn. 
The Tallant Collection. The Department of Zoology and Ento- 
mology of the Ohio State University has recently received as a 
donation a fine collection of Lepidoptcra from Mrs. Catherine 
Tallant of Richmond, Indiana. The collection was made by 
Mr. W. N. Tallant during a series of years in the nineties and up 
to about 1905. It contains mainly species occurring in central 
Ohio, especially at Columbus, where Mr. Tallant resided for a 
number of years, but has also a number of species from different 
parts of the United States, and also some fine examples of species, 
occurring in South America, Japan, China, India, Ceylon, and 
Africa. The collection contains about 10,000 specimens in 
most excellent condition, very beautifully mounted, and many of 
the species contain very full series, showing variations, etc., which 
will make them of special value for scientific study. They are,, 
for the most part, carefully identified, included in good cases and 
cabinets, and will be kept under the name of the ‘‘Tallant 
Collection.” 
Taken with the other collections in Lepidoptera, the collection 
of Odonata left by Professor Kellicott, and those in various groups 
which have been accumulated by the efforts of the members of 
the Department, the University is now provided with an excellent 
collection of insects, including representatives in all the different 
orders, the total number of specimens probablv coming close to 
100 , 000 . 
H. O. 
