Annual Meeting.] 
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[May 6, 
Mollusca. 
Mr. Henshaw has sorted and labeled considerable miscellaneous 
material including the collection given by Mrs. J. P. Townsend. 
Work done upon the Achatinellinae has been noted above under 
the head of Dynamical Zoology. 
The E. R. Mayo Collection of shells was received from the 
heirs of his estate in March, and this is by far the most important 
accession to this department since Miss Pratt’s memorable dona- 
tion. Mr. Henshaw, assisted by Dr. R. T. Jackson, packed all 
the specimens at the house of the late Mr. Mayo. They were 
transported here without accident, and have already been un- 
packed by Mr. Henshaw. They fill 119 trays contained in five 
cases stored in the gallery of the Anatomical Room. Mr. Mayo 
estimated the collection as containing 6000 species, which is 
probably less than the actual number. A more accurate report 
upon this collection will be made in the next annual report of the 
Curator. Other donations have been received from Messrs. II. 
K. Burrison and C. B. Cory, and Dr. R. T. Jackson. 
Insects, 
Mr. Henshaw has studied, arranged and labeled portions of the 
general collection as follows : Pseudoneuroptera, Neuroptera, 
Hemiptera, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. The collection of 
Lepidoptera formed by our late member Mr. Holmes Hinkley will 
add somewhat to our general collection and also furnish fresher 
and better specimens for the New England collection. Many of 
the specimens in this collection having been on exhibition for 
twenty years need renewal. 
Mr. C. B. Cory has given us small collections from Florida and 
Antigua and Miss Martin brought several hundred specimens 
from California. We have also received accessions from Mr. 
Henry Brooks, Miss C. H. Clarke, Messrs. P. H. Dudley, J. H. 
Emerton, H. A. Hagen, F. L. Harvey, S. Henshaw, J. G. Jack, 
and S. II. Scudder, and Miss C. G. Soule. 
Fishes, 
Early in the year Dr. H. E. Davidson gave the Society the 
fishes prepared by him during his visits to Bermuda, the Mediter- 
