324 . [December, 



By Major John LeConte, four, to wit : " Observations on the North American 

 Bats ;" " Descriptive Catalogue of the Raninae of the United States;" "Descrip- 

 tion of two new species of Hesperomys ;" " New species of Hyla." 



By John L. LeConte, M. D., six, to wit : " Synopsis of the Mycetophagidseof the 

 United States ;" " Synopsis of the Phalacridae of the United States ;" " Note on 

 the genus Lithodus of Schoenherr ;" "Notice of three genera of ScarabaeidJB in 

 the United States ;" " Analytical Table of the species of Chlaeneus found in the 

 United States ;" " Synopsis of the Melolonthidae of the United States." Published 

 iu the Journal. 



By Joseph Leidy, M. D., sixteen, to wit : " Notices of some Tape Worms ;" 

 "Descriptions of two new Ichthyodorulites ;" "A synopsis of Entozoa and some 

 of their Ecto-congeners observed by the Author ;" " Notice of some Remains of ex- 

 tinct Mammalia recently discovered by Dr. F. V. Hayden in the ' bad lands' of Ne- 

 braska ;" two papei-s ; " Description of some Remains of Fishes from the Carbo- 

 niferous and Devonian Formations of the United States ;" published in the Jour- 

 nal. " Description of some remains of Extinct Mammalia ;" published in the 

 Journal. " Notices of remains of extinct Fishes and Reptiles discovered by Dr. 

 F. V. Hayden, etc. ;" " Notices of three extinct Pishes ;" " Notice of the remains 

 of a species of Seal from the Post-pliocene deposit of the Ottawa river ;" " Notices 

 of several genera of extinct Mammalia, previously less perfectly characterized ;" 

 " Notice of some remains of extinct Vertebrated Animals ;" " Notices of extinct 

 Vertebrated Animals of New Jersey, etc, ;" " Notices of remains of extinct 

 Vertebrated Animals discovered by Prof. E. Emmons ;" " Notices of some re- 

 mains of fishes discovered by John E. Emory;" "Notices of remains of two 

 species of seal." 



By F, B. Meek and F.V. Hayden, M. D., four, to wit: "Descriptions of thirty new 

 species of Gasteropoda from the Cretaceous formation of Nebraska Territory ;" 

 "Descriptions of new species of Gasteropoda and Cephalopoda from the Cretace- 

 ous formation of Nebraska Territory ;" " Descriptions of thirty new species of Ace- 

 phala and Gasteropoda from the Cretaceous Formation of Nebraska Territory ;" 

 " Descriptions of new species of Acephala and Gasterpoda, from the Tertiary 

 Formation of Nebraska Territory ;" " Descriptions of new fossil species of 

 MoUusca collected by Dr. F. V. Hayden in Nebraska Territory." 



By James Aitken Meigs, M. D. " Catalogue of Human Crania in the collection 

 of the late Samuel George Morton, M. D., etc." 



By J. S. Newberry, M. D. " Descriptions of several new genera and species of 

 Fossil Fishes, from the Carboniferous Strata of Ohio." 



By W. F. Rogers. " Synopsis of the Chrysomela and allied genera inhabiting 



the United States." 



By Abraham Sager. " Descriptions of Myriapoda, supposed to be new." 



By Phillip Lutley Sclater, two, to wit : " Description of a new species of Tana- 



ger of the genus Saltator ;" " Characteristics of an apparently undescribed Bird 



belonging to the genus Spix, etc." 



By B. F. Shumard, M, D., and L. P. Yandell, M. D. " Notice of a new fossil 

 genus belonging to the Family Blastoidea, from the Devonian Strata near Louis- 

 ville, Ky." 



By W. J. Taylor. "Examination of Meteoric Iron, from Xiquipilco, 

 Mexico." 



In all seventy-three. 



All of which is respectfully submitted by 



B. Howard Rand, M. D., 



Recording Secretary. 

 Dec. 30ih, 1856. 



