138 [December, 



501 species (2155 specimens) iVoiii the Cretaceous formation of France. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. Wilson. 



A very perfect specimen of Ichtliyosaurus intermedins. Deposited by Dr. Wil- 

 son. 



Mounted specimen of Simla Satyrus. Presented by Mr. T. C. Percival and 

 Dr. Bridges. 



December 5th. 



Three specimens of Stigmaria in sandstone, and one specimen of Ferns in slate, 

 from Hazleton coal field From Mr. Samuel Powel. 



Nine specimens of Fern &c., in slate, from Tamaqua mine. Presented by M. D. 

 Eyre. 



Sulphuret of Copper from Schuyler mines, N. J. Presented by T. F. Moss. 



Pholas californica, from California. From Dr. A. A. Henderson, U. S. N. 



Ephialtes Asio, adult female, and young male, from Chester county, Pa. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. S. W. Woodhouse. 



Two specimens, male and female, of albino Numida meleagris, raised in Abing- 

 don, Montgomery county. Pa. Presented by Chas. S. Fletcher. 



Decemhe)- \2th. 



Four specimens of Eocene strata of Vicksburg. Presented by T. A. Conrad. 



Collection made by Mr. W. S. Pease, in Mexico, consisting of one skin of 

 Bassaris, one skin of Pseudostoma; reptilia (of the genera Columella, Lepto- 

 phus, Xenodon, Salamandra, &c.,) and six tortoises ; fifty specimens Lepidoptera ; 

 and several minerals. Presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. Also, 131 bird skins, 

 from the same collection. Deposited by the same. 



December I'^th. 



Mounted specimen of Hydromys (Myopotamus) coypus, from Chili. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Mounted specimen of Sciurus ferruginiventris, from Monterey, Mexico. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. Wm. Wood. 



Amblyopsis pellucidus, from Mammoth cave, Kentucky. Presented by Mrs. 

 C. H. Greff. 



DONATIONS TO LIB,RARY, 



In November and December, 1848. 

 November 1th. 



Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia. Vol. 2. Nos. 6, 7, 8. 

 From the Editors. 



American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series. No. 18. From the 

 Editors. 



Monographie des Coleopteres subpentameres de la famille des Phytophages. 

 Par M. Th. Lacordaire. 2 vols. 8vo. From the Author. 



Revision de la famille des Cicindelides, par M. Lacordaire. From the same. 



Annales de la Societe Royale d' Agriculture, &c., de Lyon. Tome ix. 8vo. 

 From the Society. 



Annales de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon. Annees, 1845 — '46. 8vo. From the 

 same. 



Note sur I'emploi du sucre pour preserver les chaudieres a vapeur des incrus- 

 tations salines. Par M. Quinon. From the same. 



Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on 

 the condition of the Cabinet of Natural History. From the Regents. 



Ueber den Ban derGanoiden, &c., von Joh. Miiller. From Dr. Leidy. 



Beitriige zur Kenntniss der natiirlichen Familien der Fische. Von J. Miiller. 

 From the same. 



