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Accessions - Only one accession was received during the month, namely: from John H. Semmes, 929 B St., one living specimen of land crab (Gecarcinus Ruricola Late.), brought to Washington from the tropics, in a box of bananas.
Routine Work. - A series of the Brachyura representing all the identified species in the collection, has been transferred from the dark storage room to the west basement room, for convenience in determining new specimens as they are received. The collection of dried starfishes has been arranged in four unit