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Merchant. Miss M., Robert T.ee, Tex. : 



Hen's egg, nearly spherical in shape 



(48541). 

 Merrick, Frank A., New Brighton, 



Pa. : 69 specimens of Lepidoptera 



(4S062). 



Merrill. Elmer D., Manila, P. I. : 

 Piece of :Manciaya cloth from ^lin- 

 danao (47664). 



Merrill, George P., U. S. National 

 Museum : Glazed tile and fragments 

 of pottery from Armenia (4S409). 



Merrill, Miss H. B. : About 500 in- 

 sects, a reptile, shells, and nuts 

 (48271). 



Mestayer, R. L., Lambton Quay. Wel- 

 lington, New Zealand : Diatomaceous 

 and foramiuiferous earths from the 

 Oamaru district, New Zealand 

 (4S372). 



Mexico, City of, Mexico : Instituto 

 Medico Nacional : Leaf-base of Ma- 

 guey Agave sp., attacked by a fun- 

 gus (47567) ; seeds from Mexico 

 ( 48075 : exchange ) . 



Meyrick, Edward, Thoruhanger, Marl- 

 borough, England : 30 specimens of 

 Lepidoptera, cotypes of East Indian 

 species (48429) ; 29 specimens of 

 Microlepidoptera (48600) ; 21 speci- 

 mens of Australian ^licrolepidoptera 

 (48769). 



MiCHAELis, Lieut. Otho E., U. S. 

 Army, Cienfuegos, Cuba : 12 sponges 

 from Bahia de Cochinos (47707). 



Miles, Charles, Greenriver, Utah : 3 

 larvaa of a fly, EiistaUs (47544). 



Miller, Dr. G. Brown, Washington, 

 D. C. : Anatomical specimen (48557). 



Miller, Rev. John, Wayne, Pa. : Poi- 

 soned arrows from Africa (48396). 



Miller, Miss Mary F., Washington, 

 D. C. : 75 plants from the northeast- 

 ern part of the United States 

 (48553) ; 15 plants, Botrychiuin, 

 from New York and Vermont 

 (48001) ; 2 specimens of plants, 

 Tiarella cordifolia, from Maryland 

 (48745). 



Miller, Zack, The 101 Ranch, James- 

 town Exposition, Va. : Collection of 

 implements from an Indian mound 

 on the James River (47099); hide 

 and skeleton of an American buffalo. 

 Bison bison (47757). 



Mills, W. C, Jamestown Exposition, 

 Va. : 2 fossils (47968). 



Mills, W. J., Atlanta, Ga. : 

 Moth, Chlaenogramma jasminearum 

 (48446). 



Minnesota, University of, Minneapo- 

 lis, Minn. : 10 plants, Laciniaiia, 

 from Minnesota (47860: exchange). 



Missouri Botanical Garden, St. 

 Louis, Mo. ; Specimen of living 

 plant, Xeotrelcasia (47749) ; 636 

 plants collected by Liudheimer in 

 the southwestern part of the United 

 States (48003) ; 4 living plants, 

 Tlwmpsonclla, from Mexico (48247). 

 Exchange. 



Mitchell, Miss Evelyn Groesbeeck, 

 Washington, D. C. : Types of 4 new 

 species of Chironomidae (47980) ; 

 family Bible printed in Dutch, 1741 

 (12481: loan). 



Mitchell, Hon. John D., Victoria, 

 Tex. : Snake and frog from Texas 

 (48254) ; 2 plants, Qiicrcus, from 

 Texas (48545). 



Mitchell, Hon. Mason, American con- 

 sul, Chung-king, West China : Skin 

 and skull of a male specimen of 

 Takin, Bitdorcas taxicolor (48896). 



Mock, M. G., Muncie, Ind. : Flint ar- 

 rowpoint (47778). 



MoNTANDON, A. L., Bucarcst, Rouma- 

 nia : Snakes from Europe (4S.'^.99). 



Moore, Clarence B., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. : Skulls from burial mounds on 

 the Arkansas River, Ark. (48603). 



Moore, J. E., Fairbury, 111.; Archeo- 

 logical stone implements (48306: 

 exchange ) . 



Morgan, Dr. E. L., Washington, D. C. : 

 2 bulbs, Camas, from Washington 

 State; one edible, and a popular 

 article of food among the Indians; 

 the other, poisonous (4S874). 



