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3 [[preprinted]] Smithsonian Institution UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM [[line]] MEMORANDUM [[/preprinted]] National Museum, I desire to ask permission to publish it in the Bulletin of the Museum of Comp. Zoology - I think the foregoing covers all there is to be said regarding this important specimen from an official point-of-view. Though I was exceedingly glad to examine it, it was sent to me without any solicitation on my part. Yours respectfully F.W. True Head Curator: Biology [[stamped]] APPROVED: ASSISTANT SECRETARY. [[/stamped]] [[signature]] R. Rathbun [[/signature]]