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Andrew J, Garrett, of Papeiti, Tahiti. One hundred and fifty- 

 four land, fresh-water, and marine shells of Polynesia, includino- 



types of many new species. 

 S. S. Haldeman. Nauiilus umibilicahis, List. 

 J. GwYNN Jeffreys. Fusus Bernicensis, King ; Lima excavata, 



Chem., and eighteen other species of rare rharine raolluscafrom 



Norway and Great Britain. 

 Dr. Samuel Lewis, through W. L. Mactier. Eggs of Bulimus 



hsemastoma. 

 W. Harper Pease. Thirty-six species of land and marine shells 



from the Pacific Islands. 

 Samuel Powel. Egg-cases of Fusus Islandicus, from Newport, 



R. L 

 J. H. Redfield. Eleven species of Marginella, mostly new to 



the collection ; also twenty species of bivalve mollusca, new to 



the collection. 

 S. R. Roberts. Four species of Clausilia and one species of 



Bulimus, from Greece. 

 T. Hale Streets. Bulimus Powisianus, from Isthmus of Te- 



hauntepec. 

 Geo. W. Tryon, Jr. Twenty species of bivalve mollusca new to 



the collection. 

 Dr. H. C. Yarrow. Numerous specimens of Lingula pyramidata, 



Stimp.. in alcohol. One hundred and fourteen species of shells 



from Beaufort, N. C. 

 Wm. S. Yaux. Twent3'-seven species of Cyprsea, Ovulum, and 



Solen new to the collection. 



One hundred species, numerous specimens of shells from 

 Panama, including a number of species in alcohol, and fift3^-six 

 species from the coast of Nicaragua were presented bj'^ the sub- 

 scribers to the McNeill Expedition to Central America. 



Eighty-five species of Polynesian mollusca, principall}' new, 

 collected bj- the Godeffroy Natural History Expedition, were pur- 

 chased, together with thirty species of bivalve mollusca, new to 

 the collection, and selected by the Rev. Dr. Beadle during his 

 recent visit to London. 



During the year the Committee on the Arrangement of the 

 Cabinet, consisting of Messrs. Parker, Hassler, Roberts, Tryon, 

 and Nolan, has cleaned, mounted, and labelled 6881 specimens in 



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