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8. Give the names of any persons who have prosecuted investigations in your department during the year, and state the special aim of their studies.

This question is really a duplicate of No. 5, under which the answer may be found. To this may be added that Miss Jennie A. Letson of Buffalo, a Jessup student from the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, on application, was permitted to spend six weeks in the department in general study of the Mollusca, in consideration of her assistance during a part of the time in the regular work under Mr. Simpson's direction.