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The continued assistance of Mr. E. G. Vanatta has largely 
increased the work accomplished in the department. Advice and 
assistance have also been rendered by Mr. C. W. Johnson and 
other members of the Museum Committee. 
H. A. Pilsbry, 
Conservator. 
REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. 
The usual meetings have been held and entomological communi¬ 
cations of interest and scientific value have been made by members 
and associates. The attendance has been good, the average being 
fourteen persons. 
Seven associates have been elected during the year. 
The Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological 
Section of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia has 
been continued with increased success. During the year the 
twelfth volume has been completed with three hundred and 
twenty-eight pages and thirteen plates. 
The Section has had a very eventful year, due to the large and 
valuable additions of specimens to the collections of the depart¬ 
ment. Two representative collections of Hymenoptera have been 
presented: the Cresson Collection and the collection of Gallflies 
made by Mr. Homer F. Bassett, of Waterbury, Conn. The 
former collection contains 2,367 types and 3,511 species and the 
number of specimens is estimated at 87,775. The Bassett Collec¬ 
tion contains 315 boxes, estimated to contain 6,300 specimens and 
over 300 types. The collection of Orthoptera made and presented 
to the Section by Mr. J. A. G. Rehn numbers 1,653 specimens. 
In addition the Academy has purchased 3,500 specimens. These 
collections, in conjunction with the material already in the posses¬ 
sion of the Section, form the best museum collection of these 
insects in America. The Conservator has added over a thousand 
specimens collected in San Miguel county, N. M., during the 
summer. About forty species of these are new to science, and 
many are new to the collection. The specimens added to the cab¬ 
inets during the year will number nearly 104,000. 
