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Orvus macrotis ; one do. Coyote; one do. Fox; one do. Wild Cat ; one do. 

 Mephitis ; two do. Sciurus ; three do. Lepus ; two do. Spermophilus ; and six do. 

 of birds; from California. Presented by Dr. A. L. Heermann. 



A collection of carboniferous fossils and a few vertebrate miocene fossils. 

 From the neighborhood of Fort Riley, Kansas. Presented by Dr. W. A. 

 Hammond, U. S. A. 



A collection of cretaceous fossils, Texas ; and a specimen of Unio laticostatus. 

 from Brazos River. Presented by Mr. Moore. 



Fossil shark's tooth, from Maryland. Presented by C. McMurtrie. 



Cypricardia Leidyi, Lea, from the old red sandstone, near Pottsville. Presented 

 by Dr. Leidy. 



September Wth. 



Libinia canaliculata ; Lupa dicantha; Platyonichus ocellatus ; Ocypode 

 arenaria ; Gelasimus pugilator ; Gelasimus,n. s. ; Limulus occidentalis ; Crangon 

 septemspinosus ; Sesarma reticulata; Hippa talpoidea ; Idotea triloba; Caligus 

 cristatus ; Pagurus policaris; a collection of Fishes; skulls of two species 

 Ardea ; and a small collection of Coleoptera. From Beesley's Point, N. J. 

 Presented by S. Ashmead, Esq. 



Salamandra lateralis, from Carlisle, Pa. Presented by Samuel B. Ashmead. 



Slab of new red sandstone with Foot-marks, from Turner's Falls, Conn. Pre- 

 sented by Roswell Field. 



September \&th. 



Six Fossils from San Antonio, Texas. Presented by Dr. A. L. Heermann. 



Two Nodules of Carb. Iron with a species of Nautilus as a nucleus. From 

 Salt Sulphur Springs, Va. Presented by J. Lambert, Esq. 



Lacerta viridis, Lacerta agilis, Elaphis Esculapii, Anguis fragilis ; from the 

 Forest of Fontainbleau, France. Presented by Dr. W. H. Taggart. 



October 2d. 



Eunice gigantea, Platurus fasciatus, Rana palustris, Salamandra maculata, 

 several specimens of Remora and two other fishes ; also, three specimens of 

 Cicada, of large size. Presented by Constant Guillou, Esq. 



Four minerals from Lebanon Co., Pa. Presented by Wm. Rank, Esq. 



Specimen Nitride and Cyanide of Titanium from Spring Mills. Presented by 

 Dr. Rand. 



Sponge from Delaware Bay. From Mr. Ashmead. 



October 9th. 



Fifty species of sixteen genera of terrestrial and fiuviatile shells of Cuba. 

 Presented by Senor F. A. Sauvalle, of Cuba. 



Platalea leucorodia? from Egypt. From Mr. G.Latham through Dr. Elwyn. 



Twenty-nine species of Marine Algae from Beesley's Point, N. J. From S. 

 Ashmead, Esq. 



October \6th. 



Five cretaceous Fossils from Alabama, and a Fossil Ostrea from Georgia. 

 Presented by Joseph Jones, Esq. 



Ichthyodorulite of Hybodus curtus, Ag. Presented by Dr. Wilson. 



Skeletons of a mouse and two chimney swallows, (Acanthilis pelasgia). Pre- 

 sented by Edward Harris, Esq. 



Fossil coral, and a small collection of fresh water recent shells; from Wisconsin. 

 From the late Rev. Charles Fox through Mr. Cassin. 



Fossils from the Carboniferous Limestone of England and Ireland of the fol- 

 lowing Genera : Psammodus, Helodus, Cochliodus, Chromatodus, Strophodus, 

 Oracanthus, Goniatites, Orthoceras, Nautilus, Euomphalus, Cirrus, Bellerophon, 

 Pleurotomaria, Pileopsis, Natica, Rostellaria, Terebra, Turritella, Trochus, 

 Amplexus, Spirifer, Pecten, Avicula, Isocardia, Mytilus, Cardium, Productus and 



