188 [July, 



erminia, (summer pelaj^e,) from Ireland; and numerous specimens of the follow- 

 ing genera of Shells, Crustacea. Echinodermata, &c., viz.: Ostrea, Teredo 

 Pholas, Saxicava,Limneu«, Planorbis, Dentalium, Aplysia, Bulla'a, Doris, Chiton 

 Eolis, Acta'on, Notodelphys, Chclura, Limnoria, Halarachne, Octolcothrium 

 Pagurus, Adanisia, Tristoma, Cecrops, ITalichondria, Spongilla, Grantia, 



Macropodium, Inachus, Hyas, Eurynomc, Xantho, Cancer, Carcinus, Portunus 

 Pinnotheres, Corystes, Pagurus, Porcellana, Galathea, Astacus, Crangon, Panda 



lus, Palajmon, Pyenogenum, Cecrops, Homarus, , Comatula, Ophiura, Cri 



bella, Soleaster, Asterina, Goniaster, Echinus, Echinocyamus, Spatangus, Amphi 

 dolus, Cucumaria, Genus, Thyone, Holothuria, Sipunculus, Uraster, Acamarchis 

 Anguinaria, Alcyoniilium, Alcyonium, Antennularia, Campanularia, Cellularia 

 Crisea, Cellepora, Discopora, Eudcndrium, Farcimia, Flustra, Hydractinia, Lao 

 medea, Lepralia, Membranipora, Notamia, Paludicella, Plumularia, Serialaria 



Thoa, Sertularia, Thuiaria, Tubulipora, Valkeria, Vesicularia, Virgularia, 



Also 144 species of marine Alga, from the Irish Coast. 



July \Oih. 



Goniaster reticulata; from Maracaibo. Presented by Dr. C. I). Meigs. 



Specimen of gray Sulphuret of Copper, from the Schuyler Minos, and Red 

 Oxide of do., from Washington Mine, New Jersey. Presented by Theodore F. 

 Moss, Esq. 



Leuciscus atronasus, in spirits. From J. D. Sergeant, Esq. 



Nest and Eggs of Hirundo rufa. From Mr. J. Stalder. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY, 

 In May, June, and July. 



May 1st. 



Twelve lectures on Comparative Anatomy, delivered before the Lowell Insti- 

 tute, January and February, 1819. By Jeffries Wyman, M. D. From the 

 author. 



Researches upon the vital dynamics of civil government. By B. Dowler, 

 M. D. From the author. 



Echinidae, recent and fossil, of South Carolina. By E. Ravenel, M. D. From 

 the,author. 



Eloge historique de Jean Frederich Blumenbach. Par M. Flourens. From 

 Dr. Morton. 



De Epidermide humana. Auctor Alphonsus Wendt. From the same. 



Afferunter nonnulla ad Amiam calvam (Lin.) accuratius cognoscendam. Auctor 

 Henricus Franque. From the same. 



Bibliotheque Zoologique et pala^ontologique. Par Louis Agassiz. Folio. 

 From the same. 



Dr. Wilson deposited the following : — 



Conchologia iconica. By Lovell Reeve. Part 72. 4to. 



History of British MoUusca. By Prof. Forbes and S. Stanley. Part 14; 8vo. 



Phycologia Britannica. By Wm. H. Harvey, M. D. Part 39. 8vo. 



Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica. By P. H. Gossc. Part 12. 



The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera. By Edward Doubleday. Part 26. 4to. 



Illustrations of British Mycology. By Mrs. T. J. Hussey. Part 24. 4to. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Vol. 3. New Series. No. 15. 



The Natural History of Ireland. Vol. 1. Birds. By Wm. Thompson, Esq. 

 8vo. 



The Naturalist's Repository. By E. Donovan. 5 vols. 8vo. 

 i'C-t Abhandlungen aus dem gekiarte der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von 

 dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Vcrcin in Hamburg. Vol. 1. 



Voyage of the Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in 1824, '25. 



