LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 



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New Brighton, New York, Museum of 

 THE Staten Island Association of 

 Arts and Sciences: 8 dragoiiflies, rep- 

 resenting 6 species, from Virginia and 

 North Carolina (50960) ; 60 specimens of 

 Lepidoptera (51499). Exchange. 



Newcomb, Mrs. Simon, Washington, 

 D. C: A very valuable collection of ob- 

 jects which belonged to the late Prof. 

 Simon Newcomb, consisting of a large 

 jasper vase, presented by the observa- 

 tory of Poulkova, Russia; 2 bronze 

 vases, the gift of the Imperial Univer- 

 sity at Tokyo, Japan; a bronze medal- 

 lion (the Sylvester prize of the Johns 

 Hopkins University); and a collection 

 of diplomas, announcements of degrees, 

 and of other honors conferred on Prof. 

 Newcomb (50620: loan); dress unifomi, 

 chapeau, sword and belt, medals, tab- 

 lets, and a photograph of a portrait of 

 the late Simon Newcomb (51055: loan); 

 portrait in oil of Prof. Simon Newcomb, 

 by C.H. L. Macdonald (51587: loan). 



Newell, Wilmon, College Station, Tex.: 

 About 1,200 specimens of mosquitoes, 

 mostly from the Dr. Dupree collection 

 from Louisiana (50970). 



Newgarden, Maj. George J., U. S. 

 Army (retired), War Department, 

 Washington, D. C: Skin of Varanus 

 from Mindanao, Philippine Islands 

 (51438). 



New Mexico Agricultural College, 

 Agricultural College, N. Mex.: 17 plants 

 from New Mexico (50879: exchange). 



New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 

 Park, New York City: two specimens of 

 Juncus from the West Indies (50429); 

 specimen of Hymenophyllum from 

 Cuba (50604: exchange); specimen of 

 Juncus from South Carolina (50670: ex- 

 change); specimen of Hydrocotyle from 

 Cuba (50782: exchange); 15 living 

 specimens of Cactacese collected in 

 Cuba (50852: exchange); 2 liv-ing speci- 

 mens of Mamillaria from Cuba (50906: 

 exchange); 4 living specimens of Hylo- 

 cereus from Haiti, and a specimen of 

 Cereus tunilla from Costa Rica (50929: 

 exchange); 16 specimens of plants 

 (51011: exchange); 2 living specimens 



New York Botanical Garden — Contd. 

 of Fereskiu (51047: exchange); 39 speci- 

 mens of ferns from Santo Domingo, and 

 7 specimens of Crassulacese (51167: ex- 

 change); 247 plants from Jamaica and 

 the Bahamas (51178: exchange); 2 

 specimens of ferns from the West Indies 

 (51183: exchange); 279 plants mainly 

 from Cuba and the Bahamas (51186: 

 exchange); 301 plants from Cuba (51220: 

 exchange) ; 4 specimens of ferns from the 

 eastern part of Mexico (51385: ex- 

 change) ; specimen of Tradescantia from 

 Mexico (51441: exchange); 7 specimens 

 of Cactacese collected in Cuba (51599: 

 exchange); 6 specimens of ferns from 

 Jamaica (51616: exchange). 



New York Zoological Park, New 

 York City: Chimpanzee, Anthropithecus 

 (50908). 



Nightingale, Rev. Robert C, Beech- 

 am well Rectory, Norfolk, England: A 

 brass, etched, African vase (51395). 



NiHiSER, Dr. W. M., Hagerstown, Md.: 

 Portion of the trunk of a sassafras tree, 

 which grew near Keedysville, Md. 

 (51159). 



Nixon, L. R., Homestead, Fla.: Speci- 

 mens of Veronicella, injurious to crops, 

 from Florida (50785). 



Norton, Charles, Mohawk, Ariz.: 2 

 specimens of Arachnida representing 

 the species Hemiphrynus raptator 

 (50577). 



Noyes, Miss Katherine, Washington, 

 D. C: A collection of old English china 

 which belonged to the Plimpton and 

 Haswell families of Vermont and Mas- 

 sachusetts (51180: loan). 



O'Connor, Jeremiah, Washington, D. C: 

 Model of Andrew O'Connor's design for 

 the Commodore Barry Monument, and 

 a perspective drawing of the same 

 (51411). 



O'Dwyer, Henry a., Washington, D. C: 

 Sword, with scabbard, used during the 

 Civil War (50977). 



Oldroyd, Mrs. T. S., Long Beach, Cal.: 

 3 species of Pholads from California 

 (51349); 14 specimens of boring mol- 

 lusks from San Pedro (51422). 



