PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA.. 



Vol. III. SEPT. AND OCT., 1847. No. 11. 



Stated Meeting, September 7, 1847. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Dr. Wilson presented sixty-five specimens of recent Corallines , 

 comprising forty species of the genera Fungia, Polyphyllia, 

 Caryophyllia, Megaphyllia, Meandrina, Agaricia, Tridaco- 

 phyllia, Astrea, Asteriopora, Oculina, Gemmipora, Madrepora, 

 Palmipora, Alocopora, Porites, Pocillopora, Tubipora, Porites, 

 Gorgonia. 



Mr. Sowerby, of London, presented specimens of Gorgonia 

 palma, and G. petechizans. 



Mr. T. A. Conrad presented an extensive collection of Fossils, 

 consisting of about 2000 specimens, from the Miocene of 

 France, and the Eocene, Cretaceous, Oolitic, ;Mountain lime- 

 stone, and Silurian formations of England and France. 



A small collection of Minerals from Chester county, Pennsyl- 

 vania. Presented by Mr. Percival. 



Fine specimen of ^crystallized Carbonate of Lead, from North 

 Carolina. From. Mr. W. S. Vaux. 



Saturnia cecropia, and S. promethea, three fine specimens. From 

 Mr. Benjamin H. Kern. 



Dr. C. D. Meigs presented a living specimen of Trionyx ferox, 



from Georgia. 



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