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Letters were read from Wm. G. Lettsom," Esq., dated 

 Washington, June 2, 1843, and from J. G. Norwood, M. D., 

 dated Madison, Indiana, May 23, 1S43, severally acknow- 

 ledging the receipt of their notices of election as Correspon- 

 dents of the Academy. 



Also a communication from the Perpetual Secretary of 

 the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Russia, dated St. Pe- 

 tersburg, 16th March, 1S43, in acknowledgment of the re- 

 ceipt, of the Proceedings and other Publications of the Aca- 

 demy. 



STATED MEETING, June 20, 1S43. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Very large and fine specimen of Conus papilionaceus, from 

 Liberia. Presented by Mr. Cassin. 



Specimen of Scutella pentaphora, from Great Egg Harbor ; 

 twenty-five species of Insects, (family Libellulidae,) from 

 the vicinity of Philadelphia; and a specimen of Elater 

 nocticulus, from the West Indies. From Mr. Charles C. 

 Ashmead. 



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Reports of the Council and Auditors of the Zoological So- 

 ciety of London, with portions of the Proceedings of the 

 same for 1842. From the Society. 



