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19 Bufo, 2 ; 2 Cnemidophonis; 9 Crotalus ; 1 Ophisaurus ; 3 Nerodia ; 22 Rana, 

 2; 15 Heterodon ; 5 Pituophis ; 4 Eiuys ; 1 Cistudo ; 9 Bascanion ; 67 Eutainia, 

 4; 86Holbrookia; 2Chlorosoma; 2 Ambystoma ; 37 Phrynosoma ; 37 Eugysto- 

 ma ; 59 Siredon ; 1 Crotalophorus. Fishes : — 123 specimens, undetermined. 

 Astaci: — 24 specimens. 



October 20lh. 100 Coleoptera, 15 species ; 29 Orthoptera, 8 ; 6 Hymenoptcra 3 ; 

 1 Hemiptera, from Pennsylvania. Presented by Wm. L. Cassin. 



Ten Coleoptera, 9 ; 12 Orthoptera, 6 ; 9 Aptera, 4; from Tunis, Africa. Present- 

 ed by W. P. Chandler. 



Thirty-six Coleoptera, 9 ; 2 Orthoptera, 2 ; 25 Hymenoptera, 2 ; 8 Hemiptera, 

 4 ; from the Middle States. Presented by Dr. J. L. LeConte. 



Nine Orthoptera, 1, from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Presented by Dr. J. L. 

 LeConte. 



Three Orthoptera, 3 ; 1 Ilemiptera, from Columbia River, Oregon. Presented 

 by Dr. J. L. LeConte. 



Two Coleoptera, 2 ; 3 Orthoptera, 3 ; 2 Neuroptera, 1 ; 8 Hymenoptera, 8 ; 7 

 Hemiptera, 5 ; 2 Diptera 2. Presented by Dr. J. L. LeConte. 



2 Hymenoptera, 1 ; 5 Hemiptera, 5 ; from Panama. Presented by Dr. W. S. W. 

 Ruschenberger. 



Four Orthoptera, 3 ; from Honduras. Presented by E. G. Squier. 



Five Hymenoptera, 5 ; 1 Hemiptera, 1 Diptera, from Bridger's Pacific Expedi- 

 tion. Presented by Dr. W. A. Hammond, U. S. A. 



One Hemiptera, from Kansas. 1 Orthoptera, from the Rocky Mountains. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. W. A. Hammond, U. S. A. 



One Falco, from Upper Egypt. Presented by Mr. J. H. Slack. 



Nest of Icterus spurius. Presented by Mr. Elliot. 



Young of Anas sponsa, from Rhode Island. Presented by J. H. Powel. 



November 3rd. Vespertilio californicus. Presented by Dr. McCIellan. 



Quartz and chalcedony pebbles, from Lower Egypt. Presented by J. H. Slack. 



10^'t. One large Tridaene and an Echinus, from Navigator Islands. Presented 

 by Dr. W. S. W. Ruschenberger. 



Two fossil shells and 1 fragment of fossil wood, from Maryland. 1 Herpeto- 

 dryas, 1 Coronella, 2 Tropidonotus. Presented by Dr. J. L. Burtt, U. S. N. 



One Trionyx, 1 Cistudo, 4 Tropidonotus, 1 Ablabes, 2 Coronella, 2 Hyla, 5 

 Ambystoma 3 species, 23 Plethodon, 6 Bufo and 26 larvae, of do. Presented by 

 Prof. A. W. King, of Hanover College, Indiana. 



Thirty-two Phrynosoma, 3 Holbrookia, 2 Coryphodon, 21 Tropidonotus, 9 

 Crotalus, 6 Heterodon, 2 Bufo, 1 Ambystoma, from Kansas. Presented by Dr. 

 "Wm. A. Hammond, U. S. A. 



11 th. Seven hundred and ninety six species fungi (finely mounted specimens.) 

 Presented by Rev. M. A. Curtis. 



Two hundred and one species fungi (finely mounted specimens.) Presented 

 by Ezra Michener, who prepared all the specimens. 



Baculites ovatus, from Crosswicks, New Jersey. Presented by J. H. Slack. 



Tympanic bone of a right whale, killed in Narragansett Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Theodore C. Dunn, of Newport. 



Epeira and Cocoons, from Rhode Island. Mr. S. Powel. 



December 1st. Fragment of a jaw with teeth of Crocodilus clavirostris, from 

 Green Sand, New Jersey. Presented by R J. Burtt, Esq., through Dr. Burtt. 



One Centiped, from Acapulco. Presented by Mr. Powel. 



One Centiped, from Kansas. Presented by Dr. W. A. Hammond. 



A small collection of shells. Presented by Dr. W. A. Hammond. 



Numerous specimens of a large species of Gordius, from Kansas. Presented 

 by Dr. W. A Hammond. 



Specimens of the larva of an Oestrus from a pouched rat, from the Rocky 

 Mountains. Presented by Dr. W. A. Hammond. 



