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and descriptions of a remarkable 

 new generic type, 212, 224 ; notes 

 on the Labroids of Western North 

 America, 212, 221 ; Synopsis of the 

 Pomacentroids of the Western Coast 

 of North America, 212. 213 ; descrip- 

 tions of the Gobioid Genera of West- 

 ern North America, 213, 262 ; note 

 on the Genera Hemiramphinae, 213, 

 272 ; on the genus Periophthalinus 

 of Schneider, 213, 271 ; on the Go- 

 bioids of the Eastern Coast of the 

 United States, 267 ; notes on the 

 species of Sebastes of the Eastern 

 Coast of North America, 282, 333 ; 

 description of the genus Oxyjulis, 

 282, 330 ; description of the genus 

 Stereolepsis, 282, 329 ; note on some 

 recent additions to the Ichthyologi- 

 cal Fauna of Massachusetts, 282, 

 332. 



Grant, Dr. J. A., Communication from, 

 relative to Lagopus albus, 98. 



Gray, Asa, enumeration of the plants 

 collected by Dr. Parry, and Messrs. 

 Hall and Harbour, in Colorado Ter- 

 ritory, 41, 55. Synopsis of the spe- 

 cies of Hosackia, 336, 346. 



Haldeman, S. S., on Strepomatidse as 

 a name for a family of fluviatile 

 Mollusca, usually confounded with 

 Melania, 212, 273. 



Harris, Edw., announcement of the 

 death of, 150. 



Hill, R., notes on the Mimidae of Jama- 

 ica, 304. 



James, Thomas P., see Durand, 93. 



Kennicott, Robert, descriptions of four 

 new species of Spermophilus, in the 

 collection of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 157. 



Kilvington, Robert, remarks on Rhus 

 Cestricus, Darl, 188 ; exhibition of 

 Arctic Soil, 211. 



Lawrence, Geo. N., description of new 

 species of Vireonidse and Rallidae, 

 99, 106. 



Lea, Dr. Isaac, descriptions of the soft 

 parts and embryonic forms of one 

 hundred and forty-three species of 

 Unionda? of the United States, 112, 

 133 ; new Exotic Unionidse, 112, 

 113 ; descriptions of fourteen new 

 species of Melanidae and one Palu- 

 dina, 113, 154 ; descriptions of 



eleven new species of Exotic Union- 

 idae, and descriptions of twenty-four 

 species of Unio udse of the United 

 States, 156, 189 ; descriptions of a 

 new species of Unio and a Monocon- 

 dylcea, 190 



LeConte, Dr. J. L., remarks on Fresh- 

 Water Shrimps, 282. 



Leidy, Dr Joseph, remarks on a fe- 

 male Phalangopsis, 212; exhibition 

 of Nostoc pmneiforme, 2S1. 



Lewis, F.W., remarks oa Melania sub- 

 ularis, Lea, and M. exilis, Hald., 26. 



Lewis, J. W., on some new and sin- 

 gular intermediate forms of Diato- 

 maceie, 336. 



March, W. T. notes on the Birds of 



Jamaica, with notes by S. F. Baird, 



113, 150, 283. 

 McCanless, John, announcement of the 



death of, 156 

 Morris, Dr. J. C, remarks on Strix pra- 



tinsola, 336. 



Poey, M. Felipe, descriptions des 

 Poissons nouvelles ou peu connues, 

 157, 180. 



Porter, Prof., remarks on the impreg- 

 nation of Unio complanatus, Say. 



Reinhardt, Prof. C. G. C, announce- 

 ment of the death of, 156. 



Report of the Recording Secretary, 

 361 ; Report of the Curators, 361. 



Saurman, B. F., Vote of Thanks to, 

 for a collection of mounted, native 

 birds, presented by him to the 

 Academy. 



Short, Wm., communication from, 

 relative to the Herbarium of the 

 late Dr. Chas. W. Short, 335. 



Slack, Dr. J. H., exhibition of a living 

 specimen of Capromys pilorides, 

 from Cuba, 156. 



Smith, Aubrey H., remarks on Quer- 

 cus heterophylla, 275. 



Stimpson,Wm., synopsis of the Marine 

 Invertebrata, collected by the late 

 Arctic Expedition uuder Dr. I. I. 

 Hayes, 112, 138. 



Tryon, G. W., Jr., contributions to- 

 wards a Monograph of the Phola- 

 dacea, with descriptions of new 

 species, No. 2, 112, 243 ; descrip- 

 tions of new species of Fresh Water 

 Mollusca, from Panama, 113, 146 : 

 description of a new Exotic Melanin, 



