November, 1812.] 219 



VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Mr. Wagner exhibited specimens of several species of 

 Ammonites having a perfect mouth, from the Lias of Nor- 

 mandy, France; and stated that the fact had attracted 

 much attention among scientific men abroad. 



STATED MEETING, November 15, 1842. 

 Mr. Phillips in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Two hundred Alpine Plants from the Valley of Chamouni 

 and Mount St. Bernard ; collected and prepared by M. 

 Fege, Botanist and Mineralogist of Chamouni, and pre- 

 sented by the Rev. J. P. Durbin, through Mr. Ashmead. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.* 



The Corresponding Secretary read a letter from J. H. 

 Redfielcl, Corresponding Secretary of the Lyceum of 

 Natural History, dated New York, November 12, 1842, 

 acknowledging the receipt of Part II., Vol. 8, of the 

 Journal of the Academy. 



Also a letter from Prof. J. A. Warder, dated Cincinnati, 

 October 7, 1842, in acknowledgment of the receipt of his 

 , notice of election as a Correspondent of the Academy. 



