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Annual Reports of Academy of 
Insects 
Dr. Henry Skinner, Special Curator of Insects, reports that 5526 
specimens have been received during the year. The care and 
preservation of the collections has occupied most of his time, but 
a number of specimens have been mounted and incorporated. 
Research work has been carried on and a number of papers pub- 
lished. 
During the year Mr. Rehn and Mr. Hebard have continued the 
rearrangement of the exotic series of Dermaptera and Orthoptera, 
the representation in certain groups being greatly augmented by 
the addition of recently studied collections. 
Mr. Rehn completed his study of the Blattidae of the Transvaal 
Museum collection, and progress was made upon a comprehensive 
study of the West Indian Blattidae, and another of the African 
Blattidae of the Paris Museum. The Blattidae of the Indian 
Museum collection and the Acrididae of the Zoological Museum 
at Buitenzorg, Java, have been received for study by Mr. Rehn. 
From all of these, as well as numerous other invaluable collections 
previously received, the Academy will secure fully representative 
series for his services. Purely clerical work of the Recording 
Secretary’s office has greatly restricted the time available for his 
studies. This it is hoped may be remedied in the not distant future 
by securing suitable clerical help for secretarial routine, so that 
the Academy may have the credit and returns accruing from the 
study of noteworthy collections submitted for examination to a 
member of its staff. 
Mr. Hebard has completed a comprehensive study of the Dermap- 
tera and Orthoptera of the Hawaiian Islands, to be published by 
the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum; also a study of the Dermap- 
tera in the collection of the Agriculture Institute at Pusa, India. A 
report on the previously unstudied Mexican Blattidae in the col- 
lections here was also prepared by him, and he is at present en- 
gaged with the examination and description of extensive collections 
of Malayan and Papuan Tettigoniidae. He has also received for 
study the collection of Blattidae of the Pusa Agricultural Institute, 
all of the Hawaiian Dermaptera and Orthoptera of the Bishop 
Museum collections, as well as various smaller representations. He 
has also secured by purchase and otherwise important series of 
