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STATED MEETING, March, 22, 1842. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



iridina rubens, Carinaria Meditterranea, Janthina bifida. 



From Dr. J. C. Jay, of New York. 

 Venus tigerina. Presented by Mr. Simmons. 



Written Communications. A communication from Dr. 

 Dunglison, Secretary of the American Philosophical Society, 

 dated March ISth, 1842, acknowledging the reception by the 

 Society, of No. 10 of the Proceedings of the Academy. 



The chairman read a communication from Mr. S. S. Hal- 

 deman, and designed for publication in the Proceedings of the 

 Academy, describing two new species of the genus Cypris 

 and a genus of Sterelmintha, presumed to be new. Referred 

 to a committee, viz. Messrs. McMurtrie, Conrad and God- 

 dard. 



