ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT.

OF WASHINGTON. ⁶¹

stigmal platesare very coarsely punctate, while in

Dermacentor

electus they are very finely punctate.

The

_paper contains _analytical keys ^{to all of the}

known

_species

ofticks.

The

_paper

was

discussed

by

^Messrs.

Schwarz, Ash _mead, Howard, and

^Gill. Dr. Stiles alsomentioned thecurious resting stage of the ear ^tick

Ornithodoros mcgnini,

^with figures ^illus trating ^{it. It} had, hesaid, once been described

by

^{an entomolo}

gist as an_egg. Dr.

Howard

said that it resembled exactly the

hypopus

stage of

Tyroglyphid

^mites.

JANUARY

9, 1902.

The

i65th regular meeting

was

held at the residence ofDr.

H.

G.

_{Dyar, 1512}

Twenty-

^firststreet

N.W. The

President,Dr. Dyar, occupied^{the chair,}

and

there

were

also present Messrs.

Simpson,

Benton, Patten, Morris,

Ashmead, Mann,

Pollard,

Hay,

^Barber, Caudell, Hunter, Kotinsky, ^Gill

and

Currie. Dr.

Dyar was

elected Vice-Presidentof the

Washington Academy

^{of Sciences}

for the Entomological Society of

Washington.

President

Dyar

then delivered hisannual_address, as follows:

ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT.

THE COLLECTION OF LEPIDOPTERA IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.

By HARRISON ^G. DYAR.

I

would

ask your ^{attention to the collection of} Lepidoptera ⁱⁿ the United States National

Museum.

It has been _frequently pointed out ⁱⁿ the annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution that it

was

_eminently desirable that the United States

Govern ment

should _possess as complete a scientific collection as could be

made, worthy

^{of this} large

and

_{prosperous country.}

Not

insignificant ⁱⁿ such a collection

would come

the _insects, both

from

their relative

abundance

in species

and

_{the great}

economic

importance^of

many

^{of them.}

The

order Lepidoptera forms ^a considerable part of the aggregate,

and

^to the historyand _present

SOCIETY

condition of the

Governmental

collection of this attractive order I

would

briefly invite your^attention.

Before_1876,

when

theNational

Museum came

intoexistence as a sequel of theCentennial Exposition ^atPhiladelphia, the

Smith

sonianInstitution

was

the depository ofcollectionsbelonging^tothe

Government. But

itnever

amassed

^a collectionof_insects,nor

had an

entomologist

on

its staff'. In the early years,

when Townend

Glover

was

_{acting as}entomologist^forthe

U.

S.

Government, some

material

was

_collected,

and

there

came

in from the surveys^for a a Pacific railroad, the Geological

and

Geographical Surveys

and

miscellaneous _sources, sundry^insects. Thismaterial

became

sub sequently entirely dissipated.

Some

of it

was

_reported

_upon

in

Government

publications

by

^Stretch, Packard, Strecker, Grote

and

_others, but the majority of the material seems to have re

mained

inthe privatecollectionsof those so reporting. Certainly allthat isat present^left of theLepidoptera ^{in the} Government's, possession are ^a

few

_specimens returned at arecent date

by

^Dr.

A.

S. Packard.

In 1882 a department^{of insects}

was

_organizedin the National

Museum

with Dr. C.

V.

_Riley as honorary curator, without

any

assistance.

The number

ofinsectsofall orders

was

estimatedat 1,000, ofwhich, perhaps, 200

may

have been Lepidoptera,^a

most

insignificant figure.

More

specimens than ^thiscouldbe taken

by

an active collector in a _single day.

We _may

well consider that atthis date the national collectionofLepidoptera ^firstbegan.

The

first collection ofany importance ^received

was

thatofDr.

Riley. ^It

was

_{formally presented} ⁱⁿ _1885. ^It contained _17,000 specimens ^ofLepidoptera, ^besides 3,000 ^{larvas in alcohol}

and

^a

few

^{inflatedlarvas.} All the material

was North American,

^with the

most

_trifling exceptions,

and

principally

amassed by

Riley himself from the Southern States.

In 1886 Dr. _J. B.

Smith was

_appointed assistant curator.

He

brought with

him

his private collection,

which was

_acquired

_by

theNational

Museum _by

_purchase. Itcontained_{a general} collec tionof

North American

Lepidoptera

most

full in the family

Noc-

tuidas, Dr. Smith's_specialty. ^I find noexact record of the

num

ber ofspecimens ^{in the}collection,though ^it probably

approached

15,000, and included the material of

Mr. Meske,

^{mostlycollected} about

Albany, N. Y. During

^thistimevarious smaller accessions

OF WASHINGTON. 63

were

_beingreceived, principallythrough^theDivision of

Entomol ogy

^{of the}

Department

of Agriculture,

which

has always been a steady,

though

^neveracopious, contributor^tothecollection. In

1886 the

number

of insects

was

estimated at 500,000. ^If one-

fifthof these

were

Lepidoptera,the collection

may

have contained 100,000 specimens, including duplicates,at this date,

and may

^be

considered to have

become

fairlv started, in charge^ofa

Lepidop-

terist, underthe direction of the entomologist ^{to the}

Department

of Agriculture, with apparently^the

most

favorable auspices.

The

geographical range covered was, however, strictly

North Ameri

can, excluding Mexico.

An

arrangement^{of the collection}

was _begun

_by

Smith

an.d fin ished

by

Linell,

who

succeeded

him

in 1889,^{as far as} the Micro- lepidoptera^; but with the increase in thetotal

number

of insects in the collection,

which

_kept

up

^{at therateof}15,000specimens^a year, without any concomitant ^{increase in the}

museum

_force,less

and

less attention proportionately

was

_paid to the Lepidoptera.

Linell

was

not a Lepidopterist,aod, withoutassistance,could not be expected ^to do

more

than preserve the material

from

destruc tion. Consequently ^{thecollection fell into a stateofvirtual}

neg

lect.

In 1891 material

began

^{to be received from Dr.}

W.

L.

Abbott

from Africa

and

_Asia, and in 1892 the ^collectionof

G.

_Beyer, of

New _{York, was}

received, 1,900 specimens,containing^{a series}of

European

species.

These were

the first accessions of exotic materral of any importance,

and formed

the nucleus of an exotic collection. It

was

_not, however, arranged ^{at this time.}

There

followed shortly the large ^collection ofJapanese Lepi doptera through ^Prof. Mitsukuri,

which had

been

on

exhibition attheWorld's FairatChicago,^{furthermaterial}

from

Dr. Abbott,

and

the collection of

Mr. William

Astor Chanler in East_Africa,

allof

which remained

stored in boxes

and

_cupboards

from

lack ofspace ^to arrange ^it andof time

by

the single ^aid,

Mr.

Linell.

In 1895 Dr. Riley^died

and was

succeeded

by

^{Dr. L.}

O. Howard

as honorary ^curator. Dr.

Howard had

a lively interest in the national collection,

and

a reorganization of the

Museum

staff'

was

effected,*

whereby

^Messrs.

Ashmead,

Coquillett,

Schwarz, and

Currie

were

_assigned to duty ⁱⁿ connectionwith the insect collec-

*Noticed inCan. Ent, xxvii, 334, 1895.

64

tions.

None

of

them

_had, however, any ^directduty ⁱⁿ connec tion with the Lepidoptera,

which

remained with

Mr.

Linell asa side issue.

The

collection gradually relativelydeclinedtill it

was

surpassed

by

^{that of}

many

a private ^{collector. Still} the

number

ofspecimens continued^to gradually^increase.

From

the 100,000 in 1886 itrose to about 117,000 ⁱⁿ 1887, 119,000 ^{in iSSS,}

and

120,000 ⁱⁿ 1889; but ⁱⁿ 1894^{the estimate is} only a ^trifle over 121,000.

The

effects of the unavoidable deterioration

and

waste

had begun

^tobefelt,

and were

_scarcelyoverbalanced by^{the acces} sions.

During

^his administration, Dr.

Smith had

prepared an exhibition series of

some

extent with

much

care. This suffered the ultimatefateofall material exposed ^tothe light,andso

much

of the

Government's

material disappeared.

Other

_specimens

were

rendered worthless through sending

them

to the Tennessee Centennial Expositionⁱⁿ 1897. Besides,overhalf the

number

of specimensⁱⁿ the collection

had

all along ^consisted of duplicates,

and some

of these

were

_{naturallygradually disposed} ^of.

Mr.

Linell died in 1897, and the

same

_year thewriter

was

_ap

pointed custodian of the Lepidoptera.

The

collection

was

found in general well preserved, though

many

duplicates

were

_seriously

infested with

museum

_pests

and had

to be

thrown

_away. In

number

of specimens ^theaggregate probably did not greatly ex ceed that of 1894.

For

a while the custodian

worked

_alone,but later

Mr. A. N.

Caudell

was

_assigned to assist during ^after noons.

A

_separate

room was

_providedby the

Museum

authori ties for thecollection of Lepidoptera,

and

acomplete rearrange

ment was

_begun.

Very

considerable accessions of material

now _began

to

come

in.

American

collectors

became aware

that a Lepidopterist

was

again ⁱⁿ charge

and

_they could _give scope ^{to their natural} patri oticdesires to see the national collection increased with the ex pectation ^{that their} donations

would

be receivedwith interest

and promptly

^labeled

and

_arranged.

The

custodian brought ^{a col} lectionof 15,000 specimens containing both native and exotic material with

many

^{inflated larvae}

^and

^an

^amount

of alcoholic material. This latter

we

have never_counted, for thereason that

it is practically a dead loss. Larvae in fluid soon

become un

recognizable

from

_shrinking, hardening and discoloration; the materialis

awkward

tohandle,dangerous^{tothecollection}fromac-

OF WASHINGTON.

()5

cidentalloosening of the^bottles,

and

troublesometo

keep

^inorder.

All of the old Riley^{material, aswell as} the great

number

of bot tles filled from timeto time atthe

Department

^ofAgriculture^are likewise nearly ^useless.

We

have _latelyconcentrated our efforts on preparing inflated larvas,which, though

more

troubleto

make

at _first, give ultimate satisfaction.

Even

for small ^{rarvaB this}

method

is preferable

and we

intend to completely^{substitute itfor} the placing of specimens ⁱⁿany kind ^{of fluid.} Doubtless

some

alcoholic material

must

bereceived from uninstructed orhurried correspondents,

and

even

from some

others

whose

conservatism, or possiblya differentexperience, leads

them

toprefer^this

method

of preservation.

In 1900, Dr.

Ottmar Hofmann,

^of

Regensburg, Germany,

died.

His

collection consisted of

two

_parts, his

own

material and a portion of the ^collection of

Anton Schmid. Schmid

had recently died, leaving ^his

"Macros"

to

Mr.

E. Frank,

and

his

"Micros"

to Dr. Hofnaann.

The Hofmann

collection proper

was

picked over

by Lord Walsingham, who

took

away ^what

^he

wanted

inhis special families.

But

theremainder

and

the

Schmid

"

Micros," intact,

came

to the United States National

Museum

through the offices of Prof.

A.

R. Grote. Prof. Grote obtained the collection for us at a

low

_price,

and

^it

was

so purchased

by

the

Museum. Thus was

obtained a very^{full collection} covering the

European

^fauna.

The

families

which Lord Walsingham ^had

taken from the

Hofmann

material

were

_duplicated

from

the

Schmid

'collection,with the exception ^of onefamily, thePsych-

idae.

These were

_formerly classified as

"Macros,"

^{so Schmid's} specimens ^{did not}

go

^to

Hofmann. On

theotherhand,

Lord Walsingham

^took

^Hofmann's

Psych^{idas as}_{they are}

now

referred tothe "

Micros," ^his

own

_{special group. But, with} this excep

tion, the National

Museum

obtained

by

^this very inexpensive purchase an admirable representation of the

European Lepidop-

tera throughout, ^{the smaller} Tineids being ^as fully represented

and

as carefully

mounted

as the largebutterflies.

The

collection

numbered

over 15,000 specimens.

The

_sendingsof Dr. VV. L.

Abbott

continued, ^{his last} being from

Lower

Siam, comprising several thousand butterflies

and moths

of that region.

These were

_gradually

mounted and

_placed in their proper^families.

A

large part of the butterflies

were named,

^{with the} assistance of

66

the late Dr.

Herman

Strecker, but

most

of the

moths

_yet await identification. Several thousand

South American moths

of the

commoner

_species

were

_given to the custodian

by Mr. Wm.

Schaus,

and

have been distributed, but not _fully

named. The

collection, as awhole,^hasbeenarranged, the duplicates separated

and

all tire

named

_{speciescatalogued}

_{by means}

^ofacard catalogue

by

specific names.

The

collection has the _largest

room

of any of the orders of insects,

and

is the first oneto be completely ⁱⁿ stalled in the regular

Museum

drawers; thankstotheinterest

and

help of the ^assistant curator,

Mr. W. H. Ashmead.

It is aswell housed as can be expected ⁱⁿ the present

Museum

_building.

In the

summer

_{of 1901} I

made

an

arrangement

^with

Mr. Wm.

Schaus whereby

^his large^collectionof

American

butterflies

came

into

my

possession

and was

_placed

on

_deposit in the

Museum,

with the intention of ultimately donating ^{it. It} contains 10,000 specimens

and

fills nearly 200 drawers.

The

butterfliesof both

North

and South

America

are veryfullyrepresented,

and

^itcon tains the types of 200 _species described by

Mr.

Schaus, with those of afewdescribed

by Mr. Godman

inthe Biologia Centrali-

Americana.

Thus

at the end of the year 1901 the National collection of Lepidoptera ^{at last} begins ^to

show

respectable proportions.

There

are

now

99,500 specimensrepresenting 12,1^0species,with about 18,500

more

_specimens in the duplicate collection, 3,490 inflated larvas, the types of 1,246 species

and

varieties, besides a great

mass

of alcoholic _larvae, cocoons, eggs, ^etc.

As _compared

with older collections, like that of the British

Museum,

^it naturallyappears ^{still in its}infancy.

Of

the families Syntomidce

and

_{Arctiidae, recently catalogued}

by

^Sir

G.

F.

Hampson,

^{the British}

Museum

contains _fully 75 per ^cent, of the world _species.

Our museum

cannot count over one-sixth as

many. The same

_proportiondoubtless holds throughout most^of the families of themoths.

The

butterflies

would show somewhat more

_favorably. It should be

remembered

that but littlesupport hasbeen accorded the collection in a financial

way. There

isno fund forthe purchase ^of specimens,

and

the salaried custodians have always been^toofew. Fortunately^the

Department

^of

Agri

culture has lenta continued

and

_veryessential aid.

We

_recipro

cate

by

^the loaningof material

and

the services of the custodian

OF WASHINGTON. 67

in identification of _insects, finding of

synonymy,

^{references to}

literature, ^etc.

The

_duplicate collection had, ^{for a} longtime,contained halfof the total

number

ofspecimens, and ^{is still} large. ^{It is}

somewhat

ofa

problem what

^{to do with it.}

We

have practically

abandoned making

exchanges, because^{of the}poorcondition of a majority of the specimens, ^{since all the}

good

^{material is in} the regular^col lection.

Most

collectors will not receive

what we

have inex

change

^{for their}

own

fresh material,

and many

^{will not take itat}

all. Besides, the labor of

making exchange

^lists

and

the time that

would

have been

consumed would

have _largely prevented the

work

^ofinstallation that has been accomplished.

The

_dupli

catesare gradually being

made

available by school teachers

and

others, and it is intended to prepare

from them

a respectable public exhibit collection,

and keep

^this replenished from the

same

source.

At

present there ^is practically

no

such _exhibit, at leastarranged with any system,butwiththe presentsupport ^{it is} impossible ^to prepare ^one.

The

_study

and

identification of the material has progressed ^to

some

_extent, but the routine

work

of installation has prevented

any

verygeneral

work

ⁱⁿ that direction.

Mr. August

^{Busck, of} the

Department

of Agriculture, has

begun some

studies on the

American

_Tineids,

which

_promise to be of material assistanceto thecollection.

A

catalogue of the Lepidoptera^of

North America

is being prepared ^for publication,

and

it isintended to

mark

in this those species ^still lacking ^to the collection.

We _hope

^for

considerable accessionsfrom

American

collectors

when

_they

know

exactly

what

is needed.

Itwill benoticedthatthecollectionofLepidoptera experienced a period ^of activity at the beginning, followed

by

^a period of stagnation,

now

_again succeeded

by

^oneofactivity.

These

active periods

were

synchronous with the presence of a Lepidopterist in charge.

The

deduction isgeneral, and

shows

it tobe _highly advantageous ^thateach order of insects should havea custodian especially ^{interested in it.}

Even

with the best intentions, one

whose

_training

and

activities lie inanother field can _scarcely do

more

_{than keep} a collectionin a condition of preservation, not^to speak ^ofplanning^{for itsextension}

and

arrangement and ^{the seiz} ing of ^all possible opportunities ^to secure material

and

^interest others in it.

In 1892, Dr. _J. B. Smith, ex-curator

and

a Lepidopterist, ^vis ited

London, and

^securedapromise from ^a

well-known

_gentleman of the _giftofhis collection, probably ^the largest ⁱⁿ the

American

fauna,^as awhole,^{in existence.}

But

Dr.

Smith was

no _longer in

charge ^{of the collection at}

Washington, which was

_entering

_upon

its period of stagnation. General confidence in the national col lection asa fit repository ^for valuable material gradually

waned.

This

was

to acertainextent_{unjust, as}thematerial

was

wellcared for,

though

not actively elaborated. So, under advice ^{of fellow} entomologists, the promiselapsed

and Mr. Schaus

_gavethe

whole

ofhis

non-American

material to the

American Museum

of

Natu

ral Historyⁱⁿ

New York.

This

museum

had in charge ^a

com

petent curator actively ^{interested in} Lepidoptera.

Within

the lastyear only have

Mr.

Schaus'

American

butter fliesbeen securedfor

Washington,

^but

by

^anentirely

new

_arrange

ment

It

may

^{not be}out of place ^to notice the collection of Orthop- tera in the National

Museum,

^{because this so well} illustrates in itspresent ^statetheconditioninto

which

acollectionfallswithout a specialist ⁱⁿ charge.

The

_Orthoptera are the only order ^of insects

which

have never been in charge ^of a specialist nor had

any

^{attentionfrom a} resident student.

A

part of the ^collectionis in

museum

drawers, through^{thelabors of}Messrs.Linell

and

Cur-

rieat

odd

times, but

most

is still in the old dangerous double

book

boxes

and

Schmitt boxes belonging ^{to the}

Department

^of Agriculture.

Museum

_pests have been _verygenerally excluded, butthe

moving and removing

^{of theboxesout of the}

way

^of

^more

active collections has caused specimens ^to

become

loosened

and

fall about, creating considerable

damage. No

opportunity ^for repairs has beenoffered.

The

collection_is, asawhole, _sadly^dis arranged.

New

material could not beincorporated

from

lack of time

and

from unfamiliaritywith theclassification of the order, so thateach accession is separately placed ^{in its}

drawer

or set of boxes. Glaring^errors in identificationoccur, species of^different groups, superficially similar, being placed above ^the

same

label.

There

is no attempt ^atsecuring

new

^material on a regular plan, the accessionsbeing ^all

by

^chance.

What

_degree^oforderexists is mostly due ^{to the} studygiven ^certain groups

by

specialists to

whom

_they have been loaned.

But

this

method

has disadvan-

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tages.

Most

students

keep

^{material for}an unconscionably long period during

which

the

museum

drawers are conspicuous

by

their emptiness. ^{It is} then subjected ^to the danger ^of

damage

^or

loss in transit, besides variousvicissitudes while in the hands of the student, not ^to mentiontheoccasional riskof unfairtreatment

atthe handsof an overtrusted

and presumably

^honest correspon dent.

But

thecollection of Lepidoptera

was

never in so unfortunate aconditionas_this, and itsfutureatpresentseems

most

_promising.

To

consider the present condition of the^{collection in}

somewhat more

_detail, it atonce appears ^thatthe

number

ofspecimens

now

present, approximately 121,000, exclusive of alcoholic material, pupae, eggs, etc., ^is not as

much

as

would

be expected from ^the figures quoted above. ^I have given 121,000^{as the} probable^total in 1894, and since that date

we

have received over 50,000 speci

mens

infour of the_largest accessions, besides

many

smaller ones.

What

has

become

of

them

^?

In thefirst place, the 121,000^of 1894included alcoholic_larvae, as I suppose.

Of

these

we

have a great mass, ^asabove _stated, but probably ^not50,000^; 5,000

might

^bea conservative estimate.

Secondly, ^the former estimates are probablygrossly overstated.*

I learn thatnoactualcount

was made,

^butthatthe yearly acces sions, as

shown _by

the books,

were added

to the last year's ^esti

mate

forthatof the following year.

This method

is not even theoretically correct, as ^it

makes

no account of exchanges,

by which

a

number

ofspecimens, approximatelyequal ^to the acces sion, actually leave the collection. Practically, also, ^{it is}faulty, since aconsiderableproportionof unsolicited accessionsfind their

way

^{atoncetothewaste} basket, besides

which

accidents

and

other unavoidable wastes occur. Thirdly, the estimates are given ^for the total

number

of_insects,

and

I havetaken one-fifthasthe prob able proportion ^of Lepidoptera. This is not unlikely too high^a proportion ^{forthe latter}years with the great increase ⁱⁿ the col-

*There seems tobe a general tendency^to overestimate insect collec tions. The Neumoegen collection,

when

_actuallycounted by Mr. ^Doll, wasbut half ofthe supposed amount. ^Dr. Skinnerestimates the Strecker collection at 200000 (Ent. News, ^{xiii, 2,} 1902); but

my ^own

^estimate, madein Dr. Strecker'spresence, was _100,000, and Ibelieveavery ^liberal one.

lection of Coleoptera. One-fifth

was

the proportion ^ofLepidop- tera in the Rileycollection,

and

it is the proportion ^{that the}

number

of types ofLeidoptera^{bears to thetotal}

number

_{of types}

in the National Collection of Insects.

But

_{Riley was,}

by

prefer- ference, ^a Lepidopterist, and therefore _{likely to} have

had more

thana

normal

proportion of ^thisorder in his collection, whilein the matter of types the Lepidoptera are possibly ^{better off}than other orders,

owing

largely ^to the generosity ofDr. _J. B. Smith.

Itis proper ^{to statethat thelast}figures,

now

discussed, are based on anactual count, conducted

by my

^assistant

^and

myself.

The

_arranged collection is housed in 1,113 drawers; the

un

placed material

and

duplicates areⁱⁿ miscellaneous boxes.

Excluding

the duplicates and un

worked

_material,

which

can notbe satisfactorilydiscussed,

and

_excluding alsothe

Schaus

^col

lection,

which

is intact, the butterflies comprise, ⁱⁿ round

num

bers, 1^,600 specimens^of 2,400 species,with 290 ^{inflated larvae.}

There

arebut 29 types^inthisgroup.

The North American

fauna

is well represented, especially ⁱⁿ the larger species.

The

^col

lection is poorestⁱⁿthe Lycsenidaa

and

Hesperidae.

The Schaus

collection,

when

added, ^will nearly double the total

number

of specimens.

The

_{Sphingidae comprise} 1,200 specimens^of 250 species, 100 _larvae,but no_types whatever.

The

Saturnians, 880 specimens ^{of 168} species, with 220 larvae

and

one _type.

The

Arctians

and

allied families have 4,750 specimens, 860 species,

460

^larvas

and

_{48 types.}

The

Noctuidae, 16,800 specimens ^of 2,370species, with

550

^larvae and 509types.

The North Amer

ican Noctuids in the National

Museum

areprobably ^{the bestcol} lection in existence inthisfield. One-halfof the typesbelonging

in the regular ^collection are in the Noctuidae.

The Lasiocam-

pidae, Liparidae

and

alliedsmall familieshave 3,400 specimens ^of 500 species, 690 ^larvae and _{17 types,} being especially ^{rich in} inflated larvae.

The

Geometridae have 8,700 specimens, ^1,200 species,

450

^larvae

and

_{103 types.}

The North American

_species arewell represented onthewhole, though^aconsiderable

number

are missing.

The

Sesiidae, Limacodidae and other allied small groups have 2,580 specimens,

470

species, 170 ^larvae

and

₂₉

types.

The

_Pyralidse and Pterophoridae have 9,200 specimens of 1.370 species, ¹10 larvae and 47 types.

A

_great

_many North

American

species are lacking ^{in this}

group

^and the following,

OF WASHINGTON. 71

probably

50%. The

Tortriciclae have 4,900 specimens, 724 species, 77 ^larvae

and

_{33 types.}

The

Tineidse (senslat.) have 12.150 specimens ^of 1,800 species, 56 ^larvae,

and

_{179 types.}

They

^are pretty well represented ⁱⁿ

some

_groups,

though

^the

series of specimens ^{are too short. In larvas} they are very^defi cient, thoughfairly rich intypes.

Except

^inthe

European

^fauna, there arepracticallyno exoticTineids inthe collection.

Follow

ing ^is the censusof the collection in tabular

form

:

Censusof^theLepidoptera^intheNationalMuseum, December, igoi.