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Stated Meeting, Nov. 17, 1846. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Casts of Charcharodon Mortoni > Gibbes, C. rectidens, Agassiz, 

 and C. megalodon, Ag., from the Eocene of South Caro- 

 lina. From Dr. R. W. Gibbes, of S. Carolina. 



Tooth of a Mosasaurus, from New Jersey. From Dr. Hal- 

 lowell. 



Specimen, in spirits, of Mantis religiosa, from Caraccas. 

 From Dr. Goodall, through Dr. Hallowell. 



A series of Iron ores, from Nova Scotia. From Prof. John- 

 son. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Memoir on the Megatherium and other extinct gigantic quad- 

 rupeds of the coast of Georgia ; with observations on its 

 geological features. By Win. B. Hodgson. New York, 

 1846. From the Author. 



Ancient Egypt, her Monuments, History and Archaeology, 

 and other subjects connected with Hieroglyphical Lite- 

 rature. By Geo. R. Gliddon. 10th edition, with an Ap- 

 pendix. From the Author. 



A monograph of the fresh-water univalve Mollusca of the 

 United States. By S. S. Haldeman. Nos. 7 and 8. From 

 the Author. 



Dr. A. L. Elwyn presented the following : 



Some account of the Siren lacertina and other species of the 

 same genus of amphibious animals. (In a letter from 

 Prof. Barton, of Philadelphia, to John Gottlob Schneider, 

 of Saxony.) Philadelphia, 1821. 



Ueber die Bartmiindigen enzianarten, (Gentianse fauce bar 

 bata) Von Dr. Nees von Esenbeck. 



Synopsis Specierum generis Asterum per baccarum, &c. 

 Auctore Chr. Godofred Nees ab Esenback, M. D. Er- 

 langre, 1818. 



