Nov. 1847.] 309 



ameiva, T. monitor, Platydactylus vittatus, P. guttatus, 

 Iguana deli'catissima, Tupinambis elegans, (2 specimens,) 



T. bivittatus, T. ornatus, Crocodilns , (young,) Chelo- 



nia viridis, C. , Emys serratus, E. , Testudo , 



and two exuviae of Coluber constrictor. Also several frag- 

 ments of wood bored by a large Teredo, nests and eggs of 

 an Edila, from the East Indies, nest of Parus caudatus, 

 from France, and a species of Spongia,from the E. Indies. 



Mr. J. R. Pollock, of Philadelphia, presented a beautiful 

 and remarkably pure specimen of the newly made comb 

 of the honey bee. 



Dr. Morton deposited crania of Ursus arctos, of Sweden, and 

 of the Antilope Americana, of New Mexico. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Foraminiferes fossiles du Bassin tertiaire de Vienne, decou- 

 verts par son Excellence le Chevalier Joseph de Hauer, 

 et decrits par Alcide D'Orbigny. 4to. Paris, 1S46. From 

 the Author. 



American Journal of Agriculture and Science. No. 18, Oct. 

 1S47. The Editors. 



Statistics of South Carolina, including a view of its natural, 

 civil, and military history, general and particular. By 

 Robert Mills. 8vo. Charleston, S. C, 1826. In exchange. 

 The following works were deposited by Dr. Wilson : 



Reports on Zoology for 1S43, '44, (Ray Society.) 8vo. 

 London, 1S47. 



Narrative of the Surveying voyage of H. M. S. Fly, com- 

 manded by Capt. F. P. Blackwood, R. N., in Torres 

 Strait, Ne v Guinea, and other islands of the Eastern 

 Archipelago, during the years 1842, '46, together with an 

 excursion into the interior of the eastern part of Java. 

 By J. Beete Jukes, M. A., &c. 2 vols. Svo. London, 



1847. 

 Figures of Molluscous animals, selected from various authors; 



