April, 1844.] 23 



Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting to the Com- 

 mittee of Ways and Means the letter of Albert Smith, 

 Esq., relative to the N. E. Boundary. March 9, 1S44. 



Annales des Mines. Quatrieme Serie. Tome 3. Liv. 2 and 

 3: and Tome 4. Liv. 1. In exchange. 



A paper by the Rev. D. Zeigler, of York county, Pennsylva- 

 nia, and a paper by Mr. John L. Le Conte, of New York, both 

 describing new species of North American Coleoptera, (com- 

 municated by the Entomological Society of Pennsylvania, 

 through the Rev. Dr. Morris, of Baltimore,) were read and 

 referred to the following Committee : Mr. Haldeman, Dr. 

 McMurtrie, and Mr. Markland. 



A paper by Mr. Haldeman, containing descriptions of some 

 new insects, was also read, and referred to a Committee con- 

 sisting of Dr. McMurtrie, Mr. Markland, and Dr. Goddard. 



The Chairman read a letter from Dr. Charles Pickering, 

 dated Cairo, Egypt, January 9, 1S44, giving some further 

 views on certain ethnographic subjects, founded on observa- 

 tions made since his arrival in Egypt. 



Mr. Ashmead presented a letter from M. Scheepmaker, of 

 Amsterdam, dated October, 1S43, addressed to Professor 

 J. P. Durbin,a Correspondent of the Academy, soliciting cor- 

 respondence with scientific individuals, especially concholo- 

 gists, in the United States, and exchanges of North American 

 for European shells. 



Stated Meeting, Jijjril 16, 1844. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEU3I. 



Specimen (in skin) of Grus Canadensis? from Georgia. From 



J. Hamilton Couper, Esq. 

 The fruit, seed vessels, or capsules, of the following plants, 



from Cienfuegos, Cuba, were presented by Captain H. F. 



