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arrears of the last fifteen years. [[/strikethrough]] would be little better than the baseless fabric of a dream! [[/strikethrough]]

None of the collections represented by the accessions of the year were particularly [[strikethrough]] remarkable [[/strikethrough]] valuable, while on the other hand none or very few, were [[strikethrough]] pure rubbish [[/strikethrough]] without interest. The total number of specimens received will not amount to less than 3500, representing about 1200 species.

Our faithful and generous correspondent in California, Mr. Henry Hemphill, has presented a series of [[strikethrough]] over [[/strikethrough]] more than 600 specimens from the Pacific shore of the peninsula of Lower California, including both recent and Pliocene or Post Pliocene species. Our Floridan correspondents, Messrs G.W. Webster, J.J. White, and I. Greegor have generously remembered us with specimens representing species not previously [[strikethrough]] sent by [[/strikethrough]] received from them. [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] They have thus added materially to the series representing the Florida fauna. Mr. W.