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Curators report file

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

S. P. LANGLEY, Secretary
G. BROWN GOODE, Assistant Secretary,
in charge of U. S. National Museum

UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM

Washington, Feb, 1st, 1890. 

REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INSECTS FOR JANUARY 1890.

The following accessions were received during the month:
22742 - A fine specimen of Queen of Termite, collected in Sinou cy. Liberia, from Frederic Singer, Lieut. U. S. Navy.
22747 - A collection of insects from Australia and New Zealand as follows: Coleoptera, 830 specimens of 250 species, Hemiptera 128 specimens of 52 species and Orthoptera, 200 specimens of 40 species, through C. V. Riley.
22720 - 50 specimens of various orders, collected in Nicaragua, from J. F. LeBaron, San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua.
22764 - Rhagium lineatum with nest, from H. Horan, U. S. National Museum.
22780 - Types of 16 species Agrotis in 24 specimens, from J. B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J. (exchange).
652 - Specimens of Termes flavipes, from T. B. Andrews, Memphiss Tenn.
653 - A spider, Gasteracantha velitaris Koch, from W. A. Jakel, Ft. Clark, Tex.