PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. I. NOV. AND DEC, 1843. Nos. 32, 33. 



STATED MEETING, November 7, 1843. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



A very large and fine living specimen of Crotalus durissus 

 from Benton, Mississippi. Presented by Dr. Goddard. 



A collection of Reptilia, in spirits, from Jamaica. From Dr. 



C . W. Pennock. 

 Specimen of Vespertilio rufus, taken 20 miles at sea, off the 



Capes of Delaware. From Captain Baker, through Dr. 



Blanding. 



Gymnothorax , and a species of Tetrodon, from Fry- 

 ing-pan shoal, and a bottle containing various Crustacea 

 and fish, from Africa. Presented by Mr. John Cassin. 



Animal of a Fasciolaria, an Emys, several Hippocampi, and 

 a specimen of a large crustaceous animal, from Yucatan. 

 Presented by Benjamin M. Norman, Esq. 



Rhsetizite, from Lincoln county, N. C. From Dr. Blanding. 



Full-grown specimen of Platirostra edentula, Leseuer, from 



the Ohio, above Pittsburg. From Mr. Philip Lowry, Jr. 



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