10 [Jan., 1846. 



survey of New York Harbor and Bay. From the Trea- 

 sury Department, through A. D. Bache, Esq. 



A communication was read from A. D. Bache, Esq., dated 

 Washington, Dec. 9, 1845, presenting the above. 



Mr. Conrad read a paper, intended for publication, entitled 

 "Descriptions of nineteen new species of fossil and recent 

 Shells and Corals of the United States ;" which was referred 

 to a committee consisting of Mr. Phillips, Dr. Pickering, and 

 Mr. Harris. 



Stated Meeting, January 13, 1846. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Mr. Phillips presented specimens of the following Shells : 



Paludina apicina, Phillips, from Uraguay ; Physa princeps. 

 Phillips, and Glandina obtusa, Pfeiffer, from Yucatan. 



Specimen of Unio Sowerbianus, Lea, from Nashville, Tenn. 

 From Mr. J. B. Lindsley. 



Fossil bone of a Whale's ear, from the Desert of Atacama. 

 Peru. From Mr. J. F. Watson. 



Recent shell limestone, from Anastasia Island, Coast of Flo- 

 rida. From Dr. Abadie. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



American Journal of Arts and Sciences. No. 1. Vol. I. 2d 

 Series, January, 1846. From the Editors. 



Musci Alleghaniensis, sive Spicilegia Muscorum atque He- 

 paticarum quas in itmere a Marylandia usque ad Geor- 

 giam per tractus montium, A. D. 1843, decerpserunt Asa 

 Gray et W. S. Sullivant, &c, Columbus, Ohio, 1845. From 

 the Authors. 



Contributions towards a history of Entomology in the United 



