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Bucarest, Romania.  (Acc. 24579, 25244 and 25520.)  These have in part been paid for by exchange.

2.  [[strikethrough]] Through the Curator [[/strikethrough]] Series of Californian insects, collected by Mr. D. W. Coquillet of Los Angeles, Cal., and transferred to the Museum collection by the Curator, as follows:

Diptera:  23 species in 182 specimens.  Types.
Coleoptera:  about 100 species in 720 specimens.
Orthoptera:  35 species in 116 specimens.
Hymenoptera:  109 species in 400 specimens.
Homoptera:  40 species in 200 specimens.
Hemiptera:  107 species in 575 specimens.
Lepidoptera:  56 species in 159 specimens.
Neuroptera:  17 species in 43 specimens.

Includes much valuable material in all orders (Acc. 24628, 24816, 24890, 24950, 25005, 25111, 25356, 25400.)

3.  From the Department of Agriculture.--Collection of insects made by Mr. A. Koebele during the Death Valley Expedition from the Department of Agriculture in the spring of 1891.  Contains about 636 species in 3473 specimens.  Good and excellently preserved material.