Annual Meetin?.] "132 [May 3, 
3Irs. E. I). Umiisny !ias pi-osciitod inoiiMt('(l spfciniciis of 
Miliola, Orbitolites, (.■oniuspira, and some Forainiiiifera from 
Dover, England, and Kansas. 
A number of colored drawings of Protozoa and Porifera have 
been made for this department by Miss Martin. 
Pai.eontology, 
Miss E. D. Hoardman lias continued her voluntary labors \ipon 
the collection of gasteropods from St. John's, and this important 
piece of work is slowly advancing. 
Miss Martin has worked upon this collection in remounting 
some specimens and supi)lying new tablets. 
Moi.LrsCA. 
Mr. Hensliaw has worked in this department, labeling and 
arranging the Janthinae of the Mayo collection and about one 
hundred Murices and two hundred Cones. 
Miss Martin has also worked more or less on this collection. 
The Curator, besides the time expended on the Achatinellinae 
of the Gulick collection, lias begun work upon the same group in 
our general collection. 
Tnsecta. 
Mr. Henshaw has taken care of the accessions, and also selected 
for the Society's collection several hundreds of specimens from 
the Holmes Hinkley collection, and has named and labeled them. 
Ornithology. 
Mr. Cory has continued to take care of this department, and 
lias labeled and identified some of the species dui-ing the past year. 
TvABOKATORY. 
The room in the soiuhwest cornel' of the liasement has been 
used as in previous years by three classes of the Boston University 
during the week, and by two classes of the Teachers' School of 
