XXX. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM 



In July and August, 1855. 



July 3d. 



Three fragments of fossil bones ; 14 specimens of a fossil Ostrea ; numerous 

 specimens Anadonta trapezialis and two species Ampullaria ; 2 skins male and 

 female Macacus nemestrinus Geoff. ; 3 skins hedge squirrel ; 2 species saurians, 

 3 serpents, 4 Batrachians, and a collection of coleopterous and hemipterous insects ; 

 all from South America. Presented by Dr. H. W. Kennedy, of Buenos Ayres. 



One specimen of Lycodon unicolor from Western Coast of Africa, Isle de Dorg; 

 and 1 Chamasleon, Fernando Po. Presented by Dr. Burtt, U. S. N. 



Asterias caput medusae from West Indies. From Mr. I. Lea. 



Blast furnace cinder, with 6 and 8 sided prisms. Presented by C. E. Smith. 



Rutillated quartz from Middlesex, Vt. From Mr. A. E. Power. 



Three specimens brown Blende and three of Arseniate of Lead ; Cubical 

 Galena with Phosphate of Lead ; Quartz and Blende ; and Fluor Calc. Spar, 

 from the Wheatley mine near Phoenixville, Chester Co., Pa. ; two specimens of 

 Malachite from Ambriz, Africa. Presented by Charles M. Wheatley, Esq. 



July 1*1 th. 



Twenty-seven specimens of the following fishes : 



Lepidosteus platostomus, Polyodon folium, Scaphyrhynchus platyrhynchus, 

 Pimelodus ccerulescens, Centrarchus hexacanthus, Labrax multilineatus, Po- 



motis , Sclerognathus , Catostomus , Hyodon tergisus ; all 



from St. Louis, and presented by the Smithsonian Institution. 



A collection of terrestrial and marine shells, consisting of 98 specimens of 34 

 species, from various parts of the world ; 3 specimens of a fossil Pecten and 

 1 of a fossil Balanus, Gorgonia, near Bay of Panama; 1 fossil Spirifer, 

 Porto Praye, Cape de Verd Islands ; 21 species of seeds from Western Africa, 

 Madeira, &c. ; 3 specimens of Gorgonia; 90 fishes, Madeira; 1 fine specimen 

 Dendrophyllea ramea, Madeira ; mass of vegetable gum resin, nest of hemipt, 

 insects, Liberia ; head of pipe fish and skin of Ray ; 4 specimens Lava, from 

 Mauna Loa, Hawaii ; 4 specimens minerals, Chili ; crystals sulphate of lime, 

 Cape de Verde Islands ; centipeds, scorpion, guinea worm, spiders and leeches, 

 Africa ; tubes of an Annelide, head of Mayo, collection of insects from Africa, 

 Cape de Verde and Azores. Presented by Dr. J. L. Burtt, U. S. N. 



Nine specimens of Helix haemastoma, 3 Achatina , from Ceylon ; fruit of 



Trapa bispinosa, from China ; specimen of the glass coral, Hyalonema Sieboldi, 

 from the Japan coast. Presented by Capt. H. A. Adams, U. S. N., through Dr. 

 Goddard. 



July 2Uh. 



Coleoptera and Crustacea from Atlantic City, N. J. From Dr. Zantzinger. 

 Silurian Fossils from near Cincinnati, Ohio. From Theodore F. Moss, Esq. 

 Reptiles and a Scorpion from Caraccas. Presented by Dr. J. Cheston Morris- 



August lAth. 



A large mass of Water-worn Sandstone, from Big Coal River, an affluent of 

 the great Kanawha, Virginia. Presented by Messrs. Edwin Mitchell, John M. 

 Mitchell and L. Brognard, of Philadelphia, through Mr. W. G. E. Agnew. 



August 2\st. 



One serpent from China. Deposited by Mr. Durand. 



Three specimens of Echinus granulatus ; 3 of Ophiura ; 3 of Sponges, (3 species ;) 

 " of Corals ; 6 epecies of Crustaceans ; 6 species of Shells. From Point Judith 



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I. Presented by Dr. Leidy. 



