38 [AniiL 



April Qth. 



Anadonta Wahlamatensis and A.angulata, California. Presented by Dr. Heer- 

 man. 



Forty-four specimens, 17 species fresh water and marine shells; 5 species 

 Crustacea, (Sesarma, Lupa, Peneus, Balanus;) 60 specimens, 44 species Coleop- 

 tera ; 66 specimens, 35 species Lepidoptera ; SO other insects; 2 species Al- 

 cedo; 8 Serpents, 8 Lizards, 3 Fishes; 3 Myriapoda; 15 specimens Rocks. 

 From China. Presented by D. B. McCartee, M. D., Ningpo, China. 



Anastatica hierochuntia, or the Rose of Jericho ; Fossilized wood, from the 

 petrified forest near Cairo, E^ypt. Presented by Dr. R. Eppes, of Virginia. 



Cranium of a Chinese. Presented by Dr. J. Carson. 



Cranium of a Chinese. Deposited by Dr. W. P. Johnson; 



A collection of Plants from Madeira and the adjoining Islands. Presented by 

 Henry Etting, Esq., Purser, U. S. N., through Dr. Hays. 



April IGlh. 



Fifty-one Bird Skins, from Van Dieman's Land, of the following genera : 2 

 species Astur, Jeracidea, Podargus, Athene, Artamus ; 3 Pardalotus, Strepera, 

 Graucalus, Pachycephala, Colluriocincla,Myiagra, Erythrodryas,2 Petroica, Ma- 

 lurus 2, Acanthiza, Estrelda, Cinclosoma 2, Oreocincla, 2 Meliphaga, Ptilotis, 2 

 Anthochacra 3, Acanthorhynchus, Melithreptus, Myzanlha 2, Zosterops Cuculus, 

 Chalcites, Calyptorhynchus, 2 Platycercus 3, Euphema, Pezoporus, Trichoglossus, 

 Lathamus, Peristera, Hiaticula, Kecurvirostra,Scolopax,Rallus, Porzana, 6 skins 

 of Mammalia : Dromica gliriformis, Phalangista viverrina, DasyurusMaugei, An- 

 techinus Swainsoni, 2 undetermined. Also, 2 living specimens of Parameles 



? from Van Dieman's Land; a silurian fossil Productus ; fragment of Fossil 



wood, and 4 specimens Malachite; 2 specimens of Sphaeria, (distinct from S. 

 Robertsii or S. sinensis,) growing upon the larva of a Lepidopterous insect. 

 From Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Capt. Wm. McMichael. 



Seeds of 150 species of indigenous plants of Tasmania. Presented by the Royal 

 Society of Van Dieman's Land. 



April 23d. 



Fossil remains of Dinornis giganteus, and other species of Dinornis, and several 

 specimens of the deposit in which they were found. Collected in New Zealand, 

 by Walter Mantell, Esq., of Wellington Government Commission for the settle- 

 ment of native claims, and presented to the Academy by Dr. Thomas B. Wilson: 



List of Dinor7iis Remains. 



1, Ribs of Dinornis. 2, Specimen of the turbary deposit at Waikonaiti in the 

 Middle Island, in which the bones of the largest species of Dinornis occur. 3, 

 Proximal middle phalangeal bone of Dinornis. 4, Proximal phalangeal. 5, 6, 7, 

 8, Do. 9, Phalangeal, from Waingongoro, in the North Island. (In this locality 

 the bones occur in a bed of volcanic sand, containing crystals of augite, titani- 

 ferous iron, &c. See Geological Journal for 1849.) 10, 11, Do. 12, Ungual 

 bone. 13, Phalangeal. 14, Cervical vertebra, Waingongoro. 15, Cervical do. 

 16, Two vertebras, (very rare,) genus undetermined; query, if allied to the Pen- 

 guin. 17, 18, Ungual bone. 19, Do. and phalangeal. 20, Ungual. 21, 22, 

 Proximal phalangeal of Palapteryx. 23, 24, Middle proximal phalangeal. 25, 

 Inner proximal. 26, 27, Inner and outer proximal phalangeal. 28, Second and 

 third phalangeal. 29, Third phalangeal. 30, Second phalangeal of Dinornis. 

 31, Third phalangeal. 32, Phalangeal and Ungual Waingongoro. 33, Ischium 

 of Dinornis. 34, Ribs of Dinornis. 35, Rib of do. 36, Ischium of Dinornis. 

 37, Portions of Ischium and Pubis. 38, Ischium of Dinornis. 39, Ribs of do. 

 40, Portions of fibulae. 41, Three unguals of Dinornis didiformis. 42, Three 

 unguals do. 43, Two do. 44, Head of tibia of Din. curtus ? or otidiformis. 

 45, Specimen of some of the bed in which the bones of the Dinornis, &c. occur, 

 near the embouchure of the river Waingongoro, in the North Island. 46, Twelve 

 phalangeals, (including the three unguals, numbered to place together, with the 



