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loose trays which had previously been stacked upon the floor.
Three wall eases for alcoholic specimens have also been built in this gallery, and are now utilized for the type collections of Brachynra being studied by Mr. Benedict and Miss Rathbun.
The customary routine work of the department has occupied a layer share of the time of the assistants. The collections received have been unpacked, assorted and catalogued. Several sets of duplicate specimens for exchange and for gratuitous distribution