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plain by Mr. Roland Hayward. Among the fishes may be men¬ 
tioned the togue or great lake trout from Moosehead Lake and two 
Macrura bairdii, a deep sea species, obtained in exchange from the 
Museum of comparative zoology. 
Insects. 
Through the generous cooperation of the members of the Cam¬ 
bridge entomological club and others, I am able to report very 
favorably on this department. Mr. Roland Hayward has donated 
a handsome cabinet of forty-five drawers with about 450 species of 
Coleoptera. The cabinet is well adapted for the study collection of 
New England Lepidoptera and will be used for that purpose. Mr. 
A. P. Moi •se presented upwards of 225 species of Diptera and 135 
species of Hemiptera-Heteroptera. This valuable collection, together 
with about 50 species of Diptera received through Mr. Henshaw, 
60 species presented by Mr. C. A. Frost, and 280 presented by 
the Curator, combined with the material collected during the past 
season, has made a very creditable showing in the study collections 
of Diptera and Hemiptera. The former is arranged in 45 Schmitt 
boxes, containing at present 686 species. The latter in 10 boxes, 
contains 172 species. 
Mr. L. W. Swett has donated his entire collection of New Eng¬ 
land butterflies, consisting of 57 species and 121 specimens, most 
of which have been placed in the study collection. The exhibi¬ 
tion series has been rearranged in 7 glass covered boxes. Mrs. 
Annie T. Slosson has kindly donated about 90 species of White 
Mountain insects. Through Mr. Jacob Doll, of the Brooklyn 
museum, 96 species of inflated Lepidopterous larvae and pupae 
were obtained in exchange for a collection of 370 species of Diptera 
given by the Curator. From Mr. H. M. Parshley were received in 
exchange 125 species of local Coleoptera and Hemiptera, and from 
the Connecticut agricultural experiment station a number of 
Diptera. 
Specimens have also been received from Messrs. G. M. Allen, 
P. G. Bolster, Owen Bryant, J. A. Cushman, W. D. Denton, J. H. 
Emerton, Abner Hatfield, H. II. Newcomb, S. A. Shaw, F. Sherriff, 
and Wm, L. Underwood. The Curator’s summer field work was 
confined principally to the Diptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenoptera. 
