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ciety. Orthagoriscus mola, Atlantic City, N. J., J. L. Howard. 

 Lophivs amerioanus, Atlantic City, N. J., S. D. Button. Embryo 

 of Kay, Dr. H. C. Evarts. 



Articulates Artemia fertilis, Limnadia compleximanus, 



Streptocephalus watsoni, and Branch inectes color aden sis, pre- 

 sented by Dr. A. S. Packard. Streptocephalus sealii, Woodbury, 

 N. J., W. P. Seal. Chirocephalus holmani, Woodbury, N. J., 

 Messrs. Seal and Holman. Palinurus vulgaris, Medt., John Ford. 

 Eubranchipus vernalis, Long Island, F. Gissler. Two crusta- 

 cean parasites and two worms, from Orthagoriscus, J. L. Howard. 

 Polyxenes fasciculatus, Fairmount, J. A. Ryder. Mygale hentzii, 

 Buthus, Mantis, Gryptoglossa verrucosa, Eleodes armata, Sco- 

 lopendra, Ft. Yuma, Cal., Dr. Joseph K. Corson, U. S. A. Lu- 

 canus elephas, Swedesboro, N. J., Richard French. Platylepas 

 decorata, Hernando Co., Fla., Jos. Willcox. ^Nests of the Honey 

 Ant, Myrmecocystis, Colorado, Rev. H. C. McCook. Three in- 

 sects mounted in soluble glass, and cocoons and raw silk of the 

 silk-worm, Dr. S. Chamberlain. 



Badiates and Protozoans. A small collection from Mt. Desert, 

 Me., presented by Dr. H. C. Chapman. Sertularia argentea, 

 Boring-sponge in the shell of the oyster ; Pterogorgia setosa, W. I., 

 and Doricidaris jjapillata, Medt., John Ford. Penella pilosa, 

 with attached Gonchoderma, J. L. Howard. Spongilla lacustris 

 and Pectinatella magnifica, Woodbury, N. J., W. P. Seal. Gris- 

 tatella idae, Fairmount, Dr. Jos. Leidy. 



Fossils. Fossil fishes, and bones of Uintatherium, Palxosyops, 

 and Crocodile, Green R., Wyoming, presented by Dr. H. C. Chap- 

 man. Fragments of jaws with molars of Bangifer caribou, from 

 the loess of Muscatine, Iowa, Prof. F. M. Witter. Foot-prints of 

 Anthracopus ellangoioensis, Ellangowan Colliery, Mahanoy, Pa., 

 W. D. H. Mason, through W. Lorenz. Bones of Gavial, miocene, 

 N. J., and two coal fossils, Lepidostrobus, Carbondale, Pa., Dr. 

 Jos. Leidy. Tooth of Garcharodon megalodon, picked up on the 

 shore of Atlantic City, N. J., E. Lippincott. Fragment of bone, 

 Yincenttown marl, N. J., Col. T. M. Bryan. Trilobite, T. A. Con- 

 rad. Maclurea, carboniferous limestone, Upton, Franklin Co., 

 Pa., Annie Ryder. Casts of skull and jaw of Acotherulum saturn- 

 inum, Phosphate beds of Jersey, Prof. Paul Gervais. Ramus of 

 lower jaw and portion of tibia of Mastodon andium, S. A., de- 

 posited by Dr. I. C. Coates. Tooth of Mosasaurus, Chalk of 



