PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 

 Vol. I. MAY AND JUNE, 1S43. Nos. 26, 27. 



STATED MEETING, Mat 2, 1843. 

 Dr. Bridges in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Large and fine specimen, in spirits, of Exocetus exiliens 

 from the Gulf of Mexico. Presented by Dr. Carson. 



Specimen, in spirits, of Elaps , from South Carolina ; 



and an Agaricus, from the same. Presented by Mr. James 

 Read. 



Ferruginous Quartz, from Spain ; Bituminous Coal, from 

 Hawesville, Kentucky ; Disthene and Staurotide, from 

 Mount St. Gothard ; and two specimens, male and female. 

 of Scarabseus tityus, from New Harmony. Presented by 

 Dr. D. D. Owen, of New Harmony, Indiana. 



Volcanic scoriae, vitrified lava and granular lava, from 

 the great crater of Kilauea, on Hawaii. Presented by Dr. 

 Thomas Lafon. 



Capsules of Bombax heptophylla ; an Indian axe ; and se- 

 veral geological specimens, from the Island of St. Croix. 

 Presented by James Codwise, Esq., U. S. Vice Consul, 

 through P. A. Browne, Esq. 



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