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the changed conditions, and as a consequence, the systematic arrangement of the collection, so far as it existed in the former location, was entirely lost. To restore the classification involved the moving of the 3500 specimens, most of them more than once.

It was found by experiment that the appearance of the collection could be imporved by giving to the interior of the exhibition cases a lighter color than the standard marron. To this end the cases have all been repainted, involving the necessity of again moving all the specimens twice. Some further transfers are yet necessary to perfect the systematic arrangement of the collection.