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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON 3. A series of 400 species of Coleoptera and 130 species of Hemiptera, collected by L. Bruner in Western United States and Mexico, through the Curator. 24136. 20 microscopic slides from Prof.J.B.Smith,New Brunswick, N.J., illustrating his essay on the Mouthparts of Diptera. 24135. A collection of Tineidae containing 430 species in 900 specimens of North America and 140 species in 500 specimens of Europe. This collection was purchased from Wm.Beautenmuller of New York by the Agricultural Department, and deposited in the Museum. It contains the original types of all the species described by Mr. Beutenmuller. 24277. North American Tineidae and some Tortricidae, comprising 240 species in 1100 specimens, from the Curator. 24279. A miscellaneous lot of dry and alcoholic specimens from R.M.Bartleman, Caracas, Venezuela. 24351. Through the Curator 27 species in 217 specimens of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, collected by D.W.Coquillett, in San Diego, Calif. 24459. As in previous years a large number of additions in small lots or single specimens have been added by the Curator or his assistants in the Department of Agriculture, without special accession number. [[strikethrough]] III. [[/strikethrough]] The routine work during the year has been: