. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 46 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 196 3 presently available in the division of fishes. Progress has been made in surveying the collection and replenishing alcohol that has evap- orated from the containers. It is anticipated that this work will be completed within a period of two years. Because of the improved storage facilities at the Lamont Street building, it has been possible to rearrange most of the collections in the division of insects. The collection is now in better condition than at any time in the pre
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 46 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 196 3 presently available in the division of fishes. Progress has been made in surveying the collection and replenishing alcohol that has evap- orated from the containers. It is anticipated that this work will be completed within a period of two years. Because of the improved storage facilities at the Lamont Street building, it has been possible to rearrange most of the collections in the division of insects. The collection is now in better condition than at any time in the preceding three decades. The entire collection of water beetles was arranged systematically and all of it identified at least to genus. Among the Hemiptera, the entire collection of Pen- tatomidae (stink bugs) has been brought together from several collec- tions, identified, and arranged in 240 labeled insect drawers. Almost 10,000 specimens derived from the John C. Lutz collection and the remaining specimens of Membracidae (tree hoppers) from the Funk- houser collection have been incorporated in the regular series. The collections of most of the neuropteroid orders (ant lions, caddisflies, dragonflies, damselflies, and the like) have been brought together, identified, and rearranged so that, for the first time, it is possible to find any specimen from any part of the world. Large segments of the collection of Lepidoptera, formerly temporarily stored, have. New design racks hold alcoholic specimens of mollusks in east 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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