PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. II. JAN. AND FEB., 1844. No. 1. 



Stated Meeting, January 2, 1844. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Two specimens of Unio pilaris, Lea, from French Broad 

 river, Tennessee. From Mr. Haldeman. 



Two specimens of fossil teeth of a species of Sqnalus, from 

 the marl region of New Jersey. From Mr. Kilvington. 



Five species of Hemiptera, and thirty species of Coleoptera, 

 (principally Lamellicornia,) including the genera Goliathus, 

 (male and female,) Cetonia, Passalus, Scarabceus, Cicindela, 

 &c.,from Africa. From the Rev. Thomas S. Savage, M.D., 

 of Cape Palmas, Africa. 



Also the following shells from West Africa, from the same 

 donor: Area senilis, Galatea radiata, Cerithium muricatum, 

 Donax denticulata, Sanguinolaria rosea, Lucina spheroides, 

 Terebra caerulescens, Monodonta guinensis, Columbella 

 mercatoria, Nerita atrata, Purpura meritoida, Helix Bland- 

 ingiana, and others. 



Two remarkably large and perfect skulls of Hippopotamus 

 amphibius, Linn, (H. capensis, Desmoulin,) from Africa. 

 Deposited by Dr. Morton. 



