IV. 



INDEX. 



Catalogue of Halcyonidae, 188 ; Re- 

 marks on a new species of Scalops 

 ^ from Oregon, 242 ; Catalogue of Hi- 

 rundinidae in Collection of Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 369; Description of new species 

 of Hirundinidae and Psittacidas, in 

 Collection of A. N. S., 369 ; Synop- 

 sis of Falconidae of America north of 

 Mexico, 450. 



Charleston Med. Journal and Review, 

 don. of, by Editors, vii., xiv., xxx., 

 xxxviii., 1., Iviii., Ixvii., Ixx., Ixxii., 

 Ixxviii. 



Clapp, Dr. A., don. to lib., Ixv. 



Clay, Jos. A., don. to mus., Ixiv. 



Coates, Dr. B. H., don. to mus., vii.; 

 correction of an error in Dr. Smyth's 

 work on the Unity of the Human 

 Races, 191. 



Cole, Mrs., don. to lib., Ixxviii. 



Committee on Proceedinsis, Report by, 



2iy. 



Committee on Mammalogy, Report by, 

 220. 



Committee to communicate with Com. 

 Perry, in relation to making collec- 

 tions in India, by the U. S. Japan 

 Exp., 55. 



Committee on the purchase of Dr. Mor- 

 ton's Anatomical collection, 304. 



Committee on the occasion of the de- 

 cease of J. Price Wetherill, 376. 



Committees, Standing, for 1852, 30; for 

 1853, 239. 



Committees on Scientific Papers : By 

 Dr. Wetherill; Examination of Mo- 

 lybdate of Lead, from Phcenixville, 

 Penna., 52 and 117; Chemical Inves- 

 tigation of the Honey Ant, 107 ; on 

 the food of the Queen Bee, 117; on 

 Mr. Sumner's Analyses of the Cotton 

 Plant and Seed, as communicated by 

 Dr. Wetherill, 195: By Mr. Lea; 

 description of a new species of Sym- 

 phynote Unio, 52; description of a 

 fossil Saurian, from the New Red 

 Sandstone of Penna., 72 ; on some 

 new fossil Molluscs in the Carbonife- 

 rous Slates of Penna., 72 ; Descrip- 

 tion of a new species of Eschara, lOG; 

 Notice of the Mya nodulosa VV^ood, 

 325 : By Col. G. A. McCall : descrip- 

 tion of a new species of Carpodacus, 

 56: By Dr. Woodhouse ; Description 

 of new species of Vireo and Zonotri- 

 chia, 56j Description of a new species 

 of Lcpus, 72 ; of a now species of 

 Ectopistes, 72 ; Description of a new 

 species of Sciurus, 100 ; description of 

 a new species of Numenius, 192 ; new 



species of Geomys and Perognathus, 

 195 ; new species of Struthus, 196 ; a 

 nev/ species of Dipodomys, 224 ; a 

 new species of Hesperomys, 24U: By 

 Dr. Leconte ; Remarks on Coleop- 

 tera from Arkansas and New Mexico, 

 58 ; Synopsis of the Anthicites of the 

 United States, 71 ; Synopsis of the 

 species of Pterosticus, 107 ; on the 

 Coccinellidas of the U. S., and on a 

 new species of Trorabidium, 124; no- 

 tice of fossil Dicotyles from Missouri, 

 and on some fossil Pachyderms from 

 Illinois, 1 ; Hints towards a natural 

 classification of the family Histrini,34; 

 Synopsis of the Parnidse of the U. S., 

 34; Synopsis of thelEucnemidce oftem- 

 perate N. America, 34 ; Description 

 of a new species of Sciurus, 147 ; 

 Catalogue of Melyrides of the U.S., 

 147 ; Synopsis of the Scydmaenidae of 

 the U. S., 148; Synopsis of the genus 

 Geomys Raf., 148 ; description of 20 

 new species of Coleoptera of the U. 

 S., 223 ; Synopsis of the Silphales of 

 America north of Mexico, and Synop- 

 sis of the Scaphidilia of the U. S., 

 240; Synopsis of the species of Abrfeus 

 inhabiting the U. S., 241 ; Synopsis 

 of the Meloides of the U. S., and Sy- 

 nopsis of the EndomychidcB, Rhipi- 

 ceridae and Cyphonidae of the U. S.," 

 323 ; Description of new Coleoptera 

 from Texas, 438: ByC. Girard: Ob- 

 servations on N. American Astaci, 

 58 ; descriptions of new Nemerteans 

 and Planarians from the coast of 

 Carolina, 325 ; Observations on the 

 American species of Esox, and note 

 on a nest constructed by Catfishes, 

 377 ; Researches upon Nemerteans 

 and Planarians, 434 : By Prof. Baird 

 and C. Girard; On new Reptiles in 

 the Museum of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, 59, 117 and 148; descrip- 

 tion of new Reptiles collected by U. 

 S. Expl. Exp., Capt. Wilkes, 171; 

 description of new species of Reptiles 

 from California, collected by Dr. Le 

 Conte, 241 ; description of new fishes 

 from the River Zuni, 326 ; description 

 of Fishes collected in Arkansas by 

 Capts. Marcy and McClelland, and 

 descriptions of Fishes collected by 

 Mr. Clarke oa the U. S. and Mexican 

 Boundary Survey, 379: By Dr. Hallo- 

 well; on new species of Reptiles from 

 Western Africa, 58 ; descriptions of 

 new Reptiles from Oregon, 172 ; on 

 some new Reptiles inhabiting North 



