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REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INSECTS FOR APRIL 1891.

The following accessions were received during the month:--

✓ 24160 5 specimens of Scorpion (Hadrurus hirsutus) and 6 specimens of Trombidium sp. from Geo. A.Allen, Colorado River Agency Parker, Arizona.

✓ 24174 A series of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera from C.A.Wiley, Miles City, Mont.

✓24193 Specimens of the Brazilian Tortoise beetle (Desmonota  variolosa Web.) from J.O.Kerby (through Dr.F.Baker) Para, Brazil.

✓ 24251 19 species of Canadian moths, named about 1865 by F.Walker of the British Museum, from collection of Rev. J.S.Bethune, donated by Prof.J.B.Smith, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

✓24250 71 species of western Coleoptera collected by L.Bruner, Lincoln,Neb, through the Curator.

✓ 24[[strikethrough]]1[[strikethrough]]210 Miscellaneous lot of insects, mostly Lepidoptera, from R.M.Bartleman, Caracas, Venezuela.

Besides these numbered accessions a large amount of material of all orders was turned over from the Agricultural Department by the Curator. A series of