44 [June, 1841. 



STATED MEETING, June 22, 1841. 



Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Address delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Boston Society 

 of Natural History, May 5, 1841, by J. C. Teschemacher. 

 From the Society. 



Flora of North America, arranged according to the Natural 

 System. By John Torrey and Asa Gray. 8vo. New 

 York 1841. 



Third Annual Report of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 

 Session 1838-39. Edinburgh, 1841. From the Society. 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Pleurotoma Australis, Solarium La3vigatum, Cyclostoma , 



and Trochus obeliscus. From Capt. Land. 



Monoceros lugubris. From Mrs. Preston. 



Fissurella ., Patella, two species, Tellina , Sanguin- 



olaria , Scutella digitata, S. dentata, from Liberia. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. Blanding. The same gentleman also presented 

 two specimens of Jerbillus canadensis, a Mus and a Sorex 

 from Indiana. 



Fossil crab, (Cancer, Lin.) in indurated sand, from the lower 

 beds of the Cretaceous formation of New Jersey. Found at 

 Little Egg Harbour, and presented by Mr. Edward Needles. 



Written Communications. The Corresponding Secretary 

 read a letter from Wm. C. Redfield, Esq., acknowledging the 

 receipt of a letter announcing his election as a corresponding 

 member. A letter of similar import was also read from Dr. 

 J. P. Durbin, of Dickinson college. 



