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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM

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

Washington, [[blank line]], 188

✓ 759- Larva of Hellgrammite (Corydalus cornutus) from John M. Davis, Fayette Court House, Ala.

✓ 23248- A living Polyphemus moth from Miss Edith Perry, U.S. National Museum.

✓ 760- Belostoma americanum Leidy. 1 specimen, from Jeremiah Snyder, Roaring Creek, Pa.

The month has been spent [[crossed-out]] d [[/crossed-out]] chiefly on the arrangement of North American Coleoptera. In the systematic series the written labels have been replaced by printed ones, the dupli[[crossed-out]]e[[/crossed-out]]cate collection has been fully arranged and takes up 115 double folding boxes. 1850 species are here represented, often in very large series and are now available for exchange or distribution. The biologic series illustrates the life-history of 625 species. Two checklists have been prepared over the systematic and duplicate series.

Respectfully submitted,
C.V. Riley 
Curator.