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Reptiles was presented b\'' an unknown donor. An Amblystoma, 

 from Dakota, was presented by W. T. Thackeray. 



Six specimens of a viviparous fish from California were pre- 

 sented bjr ]\Iajor F. G. Smith ; four species of fishes from San 

 Domingo were presented by Wm. M. Gabb ; and a File-fish fi*om 

 Atlantic City was presented by Joseph Wilcox. 



General Collections. A large and miscellaneous collection of 

 fishes, mollusks, insects, crustaceans, echinoderms, etc., from the 

 Pacific Coast of America and Islands, was presented by Dr. Wm. 

 H. Jones, IJ. S. N. 



A collection in nine jars, of reptiles, fishes, mollusks, insects, 

 myriapods, radiates, etc., from Nicaragua, was presented by Dr. 

 John F. Bransford, U. S. N. ; six vials of insects, from South 

 America, were presented by an unknown donor; a collection of 

 34 alcoholic specimens of pelagic mollusks, bryozoa, crustaceans, 

 etc., was presented by Capt. Joliu II. Mortimer. 



Mollusks. A Pholas in bored rock, from Torbay, England, was 

 presented by Mr. Browse. A Boltenia, from Maine, was presented 

 by W. L. Mactier; specimens of Pecten Magellanicus, from Con- 

 necticut, by Dr. Leidj^ ; and six species of South American laud 

 shells, by an unknown donor. 



For other contributions in this department, see the Report of 

 the Conservator of the Conchological Section. 



Articulates. Six vials of South American insects were presented 

 by an unknown donor. A small collection of insects and spiders, 

 in alcohol, from Fort Randall, Dakota, was presented by Dr. W. 

 T.Thackeray, U.S.A. 



Two species of Pagurus, from Connecticut, were presented by 

 Dr. Leidy, and a Scolopendra, and a Tarantula, from the West 

 Indies, by Dr. John L. Le Conte. 



Radiates and Protozoa. Two si)ecies of Echini, from Connecti- 

 cut, were presented by S. F. Clark ; two species of Asterias, 

 from the same place, by Dr. Leidy ; an Actinia, and a Holothuria, 

 from Maine, by Wm. L. Mactier ; and a Coral, from the Sandwich 

 Islands, by Dr. Thomas H. Streets. 



Sixteen species of Sponges, from the Cuyades Islands, were pur- 

 chased. 



Fossils. A collection of cretaceous fossils, consisting of Inoce- 

 ramus, Baculites, other moUuscan remains, remains of fishes, etc., 

 from several localities in Dakota, and also a collection of rocks 



