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I 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. I. JULY AND AUGUST, 1843. Nos. 28, 29. 



STATED MEETING, July 11, 1843. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Specimen of the fruit of Citrus , (grape fruit,) from the 



West Indies. From Dr. Carson. 



Mounted specimen of Arctomys Richardsonii, Sab., from Il- 

 linois; and fifty-four specimens of Coleopterous insects, 

 from China. From Dr. William Blanding. 



Specimen of Scarabaeus centaurus, from Africa. From Mr. 

 Cassin. 



Fossil genus Conotubularia, from a boulder found at Rail- 

 way, New Jersey. From Mr. Benjamin V. Marsh, throug-h 

 Dr. Morton. 



A portion of the trunk of the Carica papaya, from St. Croix. 

 From P. A. Browne, Esq. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Amaryllidacese : preceded by an attempt to arrange the Mo- 

 nocotyledonous orders, and followed by a treatise on Cross- 



