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[Annual Meeting. 
Paleontology. 
Miss E. D. Boardman lias done considerable work on the Cura- 
tor’s collection of Steinheim shells. Additions have been received 
from D. F. Lincoln, Henry M. Seeley, Warren Upham and A. 
Hyatt. 
Mollusea. 
The arrangement of the exhibition collection of lamellibranchs 
has been completed by Mr. Henshaw. According to Adam’s Gen- 
era of Mollusea (our authority for the arrangement of the collec- 
tion), the lamellibranchs are divided into forty-two families and 
two hundred and twenty genera. Of these we have on exhibition 
representatives of forty families and one hundred and seventy gen- 
era. There are 1,435 species, 4,110 specimens and twenty-seven 
models and preparations in this part of the collection. The series 
not on exhibition are arranged in drawers below the cases and are 
accessible for study. A systematic list has been prepared and the 
collection of data to be used for a guide has been begun. 
Additions have been received from Henry Brooks, C. J. May- 
nard and E. W. Roper. 
Insects. 
During the summer large additions were made to the New Eng- 
land collection by Mr. Henshaw. These additions include partial 
or complete life histories of man} 7 species previously unrepresented 
in the Museum. The general collection of Coleoptera has been 
put in order, partly identified and labelled. This work can be 
finished early next year, and a final report upon all the insects 
will be presented in the next annual report. 
The Fitch manuscripts presented to the library by Mr. S. IT. 
Scudder have been assorted and about half of them are arranged. 
Additions to this department have been received from J. H. 
Emerton, C. P. Gillette and H. A. Hagen. 
Birds. 
Mr. C. B. Cory, who has charge of this department, reports 
that he has catalogued and corrected the labelling of the mounted 
collection from the Turdidae to and through the Mniotiltidae, — - nine 
families in all as follows : Turdidae, Sylviidae, Paridae, Certhiidae, 
Troglodytidae, Mimidae, Cinclidae, Motacillidae, Mniotiltidae. The 
