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variation in the genus [[underlined]] Charina [[/underlined]].

The assistant formerly connected with the department, Mr. E. Rheem, resigned his position in the early part of the year, and the curator has since performed all the various duties without any aid save that of some laborers in carrying the jars from the basement to the present office. As a result it has been impossible to institute a detailed count of the collection, and like that of the previous annual report, the following estimate of the number of specimens is based upon that of last year by adding the number of entries catalogued during the