4 PROCEEDINGS : BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Over 6,000 specimens were collected, of which the Hemiptera 
Homoptera and the Hymenoptera have not yet been studied. 
Molluscs. 
Work on the general collection has continued, and most of the 
Prosobranchs have been gone over, including those in the Mayo 
collection which are being studied conjointly with those on exhibi¬ 
tion. Species desirable for the exhibition collection are selected, 
and the remainder incorporated into the study series. In this work 
I have had valuable assistance from Miss Martin, who is cataloging 
the Mayo collection as soon as it is classified and arranging and 
fastening all shells and labels on the tablets. At other times Miss 
Martin has been at work on the study collection of Gastropods, 
placing them in new trays, the smaller species in glass tubes, bring¬ 
ing together the scattered species and rearranging the entire series 
to conform with those on exhibition. The glass models of the 
Nudibranchs have been carefully unmounted and prepared for 
rearrangement. Miss Martin has also been over the alcoholic mate¬ 
rial replenishing where necessary. 
The New England Mollusca have been rearranged by Mr. Cush¬ 
man in the railing case of the main gallery. This collection has 
been greatly augmented by large suites from the Roper collection. 
The distribution of many of the species has been studied and shown 
on small maps placed in the case. Mr. Cushman has also carried 
out this feature in rearranging the echinoderms. Mr. Owen Bryant 
has presented over 50 species of shells from New England and the 
Bermudas. Specimens have also been received from Messrs. J. A. 
Allen, F. N. Balch, Dwight Blaney, J. A. Cushman, C. A. Davis. 
Miss M. K. Bachelder, and the Curator. 
Paleontology, etc. 
In this department great credit is due to Mr. J. A. Cushman 
for his efficient and valuable work. Mr. Cushman has been over 
the entire collection of American fossils, relabeling, rearranging, and 
bringing all of the New England material together. He has also 
worked over the study series and arranged it in geological sequence. 
