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   ocr: - - - - 19 InseetCollection- - THERE ARE MORE SPECIES OF insects than of any other group of organisms in the world. Indeed, insects form such an enormous portion of the animal kingdom that a primary task of an entomologist is simply to find out - what insects exist, and to describe and clas- sify them. The insect collection at the American Museum of Natural History is among the largest in the world, comprising some seventeen million specimens, which represent approximately three hundred thousand species. This collection is the main resource used by entomologists at the Museum to examine and cl ...