606 ADDITIONS TO THE MUSEUM, [1881. 



ADDITIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



December 1^ 1880 to December -?, 1881. 



i/awiffirt^. — Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Hystrix crislala, two Myopo- 

 tamus cot/pus, portion of skin, eyes, tongue and viscera of young Hippopo- 

 tamus; Didelphys derbiana. 



Dr. H. C. Chapman. Stomach of Hippopotamus, stomach and generative organs 

 of Dicotyles. 



Dr. Jos. Leidy. Skeleton o^ Hippopotamus amphihius (young). 



Birds. — Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Rhamphastos toco, Jirotogerys vires- 

 cens, Astiir Novse- Hollandiie, Melopsittacus undulatus, Aix galericulata. Scops 

 asio, Chrysotis coccineifrons, Haliaster Indus, Numida vuUurina. 



J. KiefiF. DendrKca maculosa and D. cserulescens, Montgomery County, Pa. 



Theo. D. Rand. One egg each of swan and ostrich. 



Colin F. Stam. Nest of Trochilus colubris, Chestertown, Md. 



Chas. H. Townsend. Mounted specimen of Numida vulturina. 



Crocodilia, Ophidians and Fishes. — J. C. Martindale. Alligator mississippiensis 

 (young). 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Epicrates angulifer. 



U. S. JNational Museum. One hundred and sixteen species of fishes from the 

 Pacific Coast of N. A. 



R. M. Holbrook. Coryphxna punrtulata. 



Articulates. — Mr. Booth. Streptocephalus (sp.) Nevada. 



T. R. Peale. Bopyrus Manhattensis, Red Bank, Monmouth Co., N. J. 



Carlos J. Marsillan. Two species fire-flies, Fyrophorus noclilucus and P.rusticus. 



J. A. Warder. Cnmponotus Pennsylvanicus, Ohio. 



Dr. Edward Palmer. Thirty-two species of diurnal Lepidoptera, Mexico. 



Dr. Jos. Wilson. Cocoons of ^Etias luna, Telea polyphemus, Platysamia cecropia, 

 etc. 



H. F. Bassett. Sixty-two species of Galls. 



G. Howard Parker. Four species of Galls, Phila; 



MoUusks. — Rafael Arango. One species of marine, and sixteen of terrestrial 

 shells of Cuba; four of the latter being types of new species described in 

 the Academy's Proceedings. Ctenopoma nodiferum, Arango (type), Cuba 



Thomas Bland Sixteen species of terrestrial shells from the West Indies; 

 forty-one species of land shells, of which ten are author's types. 



John Brazier. Forty-three specimens of shells, mostly marine, from Australia, 

 New Caledonia, etc. ; twenty-one species of Aus-tralian marine and ter- 

 restrial shells; twenty-two species of Cyprsea and twelve speces of Trivia, 

 mostly Australian; sixty-eight species of Australian marine shells. 



J. J. Brown. Cylindrella mabuja and C. Gruneri, from Gonave, I. Haiti ; Cor- 

 bula Caribxa, d'Orb., from Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Columbella mutabile, from 

 Salt Lake, Matlin's Isl., Bahamas. Unio Canadensis Lea, Lake Ellen, She- 

 boygan Co., Wis. 



Mrs. A. E. Bush. Helix Diabloensis, Cooper, and H. aspersa, MUll., from San 

 Jos6, Cal. 



W. W. Calkins. Conulus JJpsonii, Calkins, Winnebago Co., 111. 



Dr. J. C. Cox. Thirty-eight species of Marine shells, from Port Stephens, 

 New South Wales. 



Dr. W. H. De Camp. Bythinella attenuata. Grand Rapids, Mich. 



John Ford. Twenty-one sections of shells, prepared by him. Very fine suite 

 of Asaphis coccinea. from Elbow Key, Fla ; four species of MoUusca, and a 

 fine section of Turbinella scolymus, remarkable series of Cyprsea annulus. 



The late W. M. Gabb. Seventeen species of land and marine shells collected 

 by him in San Domingo. 



