. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. ACCESSIONS 29. Research associate Alexander Wetmore and associate curator George Watson examine part of collection of South American game-bird calls, gift of Dr. Augusto Ruschi of Brazil. change, 10,000 freshwater fishes from the Panama Canal Zone, collected by Mr. Loftin. The division of insects received a total of 1,209,339 specimens in 327 separate transactions. The largest single accession ever received by the division is a collection of Coccidae (scale insects), conserva- tively estimated to contain 1,000,000 s
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. ACCESSIONS 29. Research associate Alexander Wetmore and associate curator George Watson examine part of collection of South American game-bird calls, gift of Dr. Augusto Ruschi of Brazil. change, 10,000 freshwater fishes from the Panama Canal Zone, collected by Mr. Loftin. The division of insects received a total of 1,209,339 specimens in 327 separate transactions. The largest single accession ever received by the division is a collection of Coccidae (scale insects), conserva- tively estimated to contain 1,000,000 specimens, transferred from the Department of Agriculture through Dr. AVilliam H. Anderson. Additional important collections include the Harold E. Box collection of Neotropical cane-boring moths of the genus Diatraea comprising some 5,000 specimens; a donation of 8,000 ISTorth American butterflies and moths by Dr. George W. Rawson; the acquisition of the J. C. Hopfinger collection of butterflies and moths; 6,741 specimens, mostly Coleoptera, from William W. Pinch; 805 Brazilian insects from Dr. C. M. Biezanko; 6,543 British Columbian insects from C. B. D. Gar- rett ; 6,612 specimens from N. L. H. Krauss, who has been a devoted contributor for many years; 2,000 specimens from Guatemala from Thomas H. Farr; 2,600 specimens, mostly leaf hoppers collected in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum. [Washington] : Smithsonian Institution
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