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11.  Give a list of new genera and subgenera, species and subspecies described in the papers referred to in the answer to question 10 (e.g., Gonodela rhabdophora, W. J. Holland, (Lep.) Masai Land, Africa. [[underlined]] Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. [[/underlined]], XVIII, No. 1062, May 27, 1896, p. 256, pl. VIII, fig. 5). If the type specimen is not in the National Museum, that fact should be indicated by the use of an asterisk.

     Strictly speaking, technological material is not divided into genera and species, but in such, classification depends upon structure and function. There is, however, a propriety in using these terms when speaking of ethnological or technological collections. In this sense much has been done in this Department to effect a proper classification of technological material and to relegate objects to their proper classes, localities and tribes. The Curator has discovered, for instance, that the so-called Zuni loom is not a native product, but was introduced from Europe; he has also discovered that sandals worn in Latin America and found in cemeteries in Peru and elsewhere are not American, but were introduced into Spain through the Moors and from Spain into America. 
     Mr. Mc.Guire has discovered in our large series of drills that the machine drills did not exist in America prior to contact with the white race.
     The Curator has discovered that prior to the introduction of iron and steel, the Eskimo were not carvers in any sense to connect them with the Cave Dwellers of France; [[insert 'Paragraph' symbol]] the work of correcting species, therefore, is more of the nature of identifying the proper locality and function of objects already in hand; this is going on always in this Department.
[[left margin note]] From here * [[/margin note]] The Curator is very sorry to suggest to the Director that in the matter of collections in ethnology, if we except the pueblo region, Doctor Fewkes work and, perhaps, the work of Mr. Mooney during the past year, the National Museum is far behind Cambridge, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago in this matter. Each one of these public institutions has well equipped parties in the