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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
[1889 
Treasurer, . . . . S. R. Roberts. 
Librarian, .... Edward J. Nolan. 
Conservator, . . . Henry A. Pilsbry. 
Since the last annual meeting of the Section specimens have been 
received from forty-three persons, numbering in all 851 trays and 
6,636 specimens. This brings the aggregate number of trays in the 
museum to 52,787. The more valuable series received are those 
collected by Prof. Heilprin at the Bermuda Islands, the Lower Cal¬ 
ifornian shells purchased by the Conchological Section from Henry 
Hemphill, and a series of shells from Tonquin, China, and the East 
Indies obtained of the Abbe Vathelet. Valuable additions to the 
fauna of our eastern coast have been received from Messrs. Uselma 
C. Smith and John Ford. We have also received from various cor¬ 
respondents of the Conservator, several hundred species of United 
States and Mexican land and fresh-water shells, including a number 
of new species, part of which have been already published in the 
Proceedings of the Academy. 
During the year the arrangement of the families Neritidse and 
Turbinidse, in progress at the time of the last report, has been com¬ 
pleted, and that of the Trochidse, Stomatellidse and Scissurellidse will 
be completed by the end of the present month. Of the Helices, the 
groups monographed in the Manual during the year have been ar¬ 
ranged, and work begun on the groups of European Helices, here¬ 
tofore in a chaotic'condition. The conservator having secured the 
assistance of Mr. Baker during a part of each day, can now com¬ 
plete the arrangement of all unarranged groups as far as the Man¬ 
ual has progressed as soon as additional cases can be secured. Mu¬ 
seum work on the land shells has at present temporarily ceased from 
lack of room. 
H. A. Pilsbry, Edward J. Nolan, 
Conservator. Recorder. 
REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. 
The Entomological Section, during the past year, has been much 
benefited by an evident increase of interest at its meetings. 
These have been held regularly each month, excepting during the 
July and August vacation. There has been a large attendance of 
members and associates. One member and one associate member 
have been elected since the last report. 
