DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. ▼. 



August \Stlu Eiechteen specimens, 17 species Serranus, Trigla, Hippocam- 

 l)us, ChiBtodon, Ephippus, Vomer, llemiramphus, Siluris, Tetradon, Diodon, 

 Squalus, Murnena. 11 specimens, 9 species Calappa, Nautilograpsus, Grapsus, 

 Gecarcinus, Pagurus, Balanus, Asterias, Echinus, from Panama. Presented by 

 Dr. Ruschenberger. 



Ninety-six specimens, 13 species Tropidonotus, Heterodon, Rana, Hyla, Bufo, 

 Pletliodon, Diemyctylus, Hylodes, &c., from the Alleglieny Mountains of western 

 Pennsylvania. Presented by Drs. Wilson and Leidy and Mr. Conrad. 



Five specimens, Iguana, Xiphosoma, Liophis, Elaps, from Panama. Presented 

 by Dr. Ruschenberger. 



Twenty-one specimens Ambystoma, Plethodon, Ilyla, Diemyctylus, from 

 Newark, Delaware. Presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Ten specimens Leptophis, Elaps, Bufo, from Omoa, Honduras. Presented by 

 Dr. John L. LeConte. 



Bones and skull of the two-toed sloth, and skull of the black Howling Monkey, 

 from Darien, New Grenada. Presented by H. C. Caldwell, M. D., U. S. N. 



September 1st. Twenty-six specimens, 1 species shells and 1 Echinodcrm, from 

 the pliocene and post-pliocene formations of South Carolina. Presented by 

 Prof. F. S. Holmes. •» 



Nineteen specimens, 8 species Orthoptera, 15 specimens, 11 species Neurop- 

 tera, 48 specimens 27 species Hemiptera, 38 specimens 28 species Hymenoptera, 

 84 specimens 51 species Diptera, from Western Pennsylvania. Presented by 

 Drs. Leidy and Wilson and Mr. Conrad. 



Thirty-six specimens 10 species Coleoptera, 32 specimens, 7 species Orthop- 

 tera, 3 specimens, 2 species Hemiptera, 9 specimens, 2 species Hymenoptera. 

 Presented by Eugene Sharpless and Wm. L. Cassin. 



Corvus cornix, Upupa epops, Ceryle bicincta, Ardea russata, Charadrius spi- 

 nosa, Querquedula crecca and Merops, from Egypt and Nubia. Presented bv 

 Mr. John H. Slack. 



Collection of Human Crania twenty-seven in number, from Arica, Paracas 

 Bay, near Pisco, Puget's Sound, Bhering's Straits, Tahiti, Honolula, Oahu, &c. 

 Deposited by Dr. Thos. J. Turner, U. S. N. 



Fragment of Human Skull with remarkable occipital flattening, found in a 

 cave near Jerusalem, and presented by J. Judson Barclay. 



8tk. Eleven specimens Pimelodus, Pomotis, Leuciscus, Catastomus, 6 species, 

 from New Jersey. Presented by J. H. Slack. 



Unio Boykinianus, Lea, from Flint River, Georgia. Presented by S. F. Mil- 

 ler, Esq. 



Specimens Lava, from Hawaii, Feb. 1856. Coral, from Panama Bay, 3 My- 

 tilus, from Arica, Peru. 1 Large Pinna, from Panama Bay. Presented by Dr. 

 Ruschenberger. 



One Spectrum, from Houston, Texas. Presented by J. Boyd Elliot. 



One Alligator, from South Carolina. Presented by Dr. Leidy. 



One Plethodon, from Pennsylvania. Presented by Mr. Je.anes. 



Two Carphophis, 2 Plestiodon, 1 Tropidonotus, from Virginia. Presented by 

 Mr. Krider, Jr. 



Twelve larvae of Pseudotriton ruber, from New Jersey. Presented by F. Canfield. 



One living Coryphodon, from Ohio. Presented by Prof. Kirtland. 



Two Bufo, Mr. Cassin ; 1 Hylodes, 2 Bufo, 1 Plestiodon, 7 Hylocoetus feriarum, 

 Drs. Leidy and Wilson, 2 Menobranchus lateralis, from Portage Lake. Pre- 

 sented by B. Hoopes, Esq. 



Three ancient Peruvian skulls, from Arica. Presented by Dr. Ruschenberger. 



Seven specimens, 3 species Star fishes and 1 Echinus, from Upolu, Samoa. 2 

 Star fishes, from Panama Bay. Jaws of a fish, from Arica. Presented by Dr. 

 Ruschenberger. 



Six human crania from New Mexico. Presented by Dr. E. H. Abadie, U. S. A. 



Eighteen new species of Appenine plants from Prof. Senore, of Naples. Pre- 

 sented by E. Durand. 



