292 [September, 1843. 



STATED MEETING, September 12, 1843. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Fine specimen of Alcyonium. From Miss Anna Massey of 

 Philadelphia. 



Three living specimens of Crotalus durissus, and one of 

 Coluber constrictor, from Pinegrove, Schuylkill county, 

 Pennsylvania. From Mr. W. S. Vaux. 



Fossil genera Cardita, Area, Ostrea and Conus ; casts of Am- 

 monites, Pinna and Venus ; Vertebrae of Zyglodon ; va- 

 rious geological specimens, marls, clays, &c, from Lou- 

 isiana ; and specimens of the following species of Unio, viz: 

 U. apiculatus, U. Heros, U. glebulus, TJ. Hydianus, U. pur- 

 puratus, U. trapezoides, U. teres, U. parvus, U. plicatus, 

 U. fragilis, U. tuberculatus, U. bullatus ; also Anadonta 

 grand is. From Prof. Forchey of Natchez, Miss. 



WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. 



Mr. Phillips read a paper intended for publication, entitled 

 "A Catalogue of the Carabideous coleoptera of south-eastern 

 Pennsylvania ; and descriptions of North American species 

 of Coleoptera presumed to be undescribed ; by S. S. Halde- 

 man." The paper embraced forty-nine species, and was 

 referred to the following committee : Mr. Peale, Mr. Mark- 

 land, and Dr. McMurtrie. 



A letter was read from the Secretary of the Botanical So- 

 ciety of London, dated 7th July, 1843, returning thanks for 

 the donation of a portion of the Proceedings of the Academy. 



The Chairman read a letter from Dr. Goheen, dated Co- 

 lumbia, 9th September, announcing that he had forwarded 

 for the Academy a donation of valuable and interesting spe- 

 cimens in Natural History, collected by himself in Liberia. 



