236 [Aug. 1847. 



Mr. William Pease, of New, York, presented four species 

 of Terebratula. 



Mr. T. A. Conrad presented the following Shells ; 



Anceulotus dilatatus : Tellina : Pecten dislocafu 5 ; ; P. : 



Lucina raduk : Pyrula piperata : Donax variabilis : Gnatho- 



don flexuosus : Cyclas : Cerithium , 3 : Buccinum 



: Coluinbella : Marginella : Unio , 8 : 



Dr. R. E. Griffith presented a collection of 264 specimens 

 of Shells, of the genera Dolium, Harpa, Buccinum, Eburna, 

 Cerithium, Pyrena, Crassitella, Haliotis, Purpura and Rici- 

 nula. 



Dr. Thos. S. Savage, of Cape Palmas, West Africa, pre- 

 sented an interesting series of the nests, or habitations in clay, 

 of the large white ant (Termes bellicosus) of that region, 

 and also portions of dwellings and other structures, which had 

 been subjected to the ravages of this insect. Also, numerous 

 specimens, in spirits, of African reptiles, fishes, cheiroptera, 

 &c. Among the reptiles are the following : 



ChatuEeleo dilepis, Leach ; Typklops, 2 species, Crocodilus, Ceras- 

 tes, Bucephalus, Leptophis, Eupressis, Hemidactylus, Tropi- 

 dolepis, Calotes, Hyla. Fishes, Numerous specimens of 

 Anabas and Leptorynchus. Of Cheiroptera, Pteropus Hal- 

 demani, and an undescribed species of Phyllostoma. 



Additional specimens of the Hessian fly, and portions of , 

 stems of the common raspberry plant, containing the eggs 

 and larvse of an insect destructive to the plant. From 

 Miss Morris, of Germantown. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Muscorum frondosorum novae species in Archipelago Indico 



et Japonia; conjunctis studiis scripserunt F. Dozy et J. K. 



Molkendoer. Lugduni Batavorum, 1844. From Dr. P. W. 



Korthals, of Leyden. 

 Materials towards a history of the Coleoptera longicornia of 



the United States. By S. S. Haldeman, A. M. (From the 



