LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 707 



Amalgam, tJikcii I'nmi the stoiiuich of a iniilc woikiiig at auiiiH!. " Tbetso inuies ac- 

 iiniio tho habit of licking up the salty sudinieutw wiiich tiiey tread imdcr foot. 

 xVl'tor death, himps of amalgam, sometimes weighing several pounds, are ol'ten 

 (uiind in the abdominal cavity.^'* 

 i'ruf. Alfred DuGi:s, Guauajuato, Mexico. 1G2G8. '85. (xviii) 

 LxsKcrs. A collection containing larva) and pupic, cocoons, nest, and 4 iniagos of 

 CHsiocam2)a incurva H. Ed \v.,x)upa shell of C'tcarZasp., iSU nopcl mains s[t., Tcticbrioiud 

 larva, near Centronopiis calcarata. Mctriopchmi brciieri, Epvlva mammata (?), Lijcona 

 H))., llclcropoda vcntorla, Attiis sp. (?), AHiis smarntideiis, A. cardiiialis, rhri/jiii 

 DemUunaris Koch, Acrosoma spinosa Hentz, and A. riigona, from Mexico. 

 Prof. Alfred DuGi;s, Guanajuato, Mexici). 16208. '85. (x) 

 DiODOx, caught in a trap set for cuuuers. 



W. A. Wilcox, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 1G2G9. '85. (vii) 

 Common Mole, Scalops aquniicus, and Bat, VcmicrtiUo carolii. 

 J. and C. Walker, Oluey, Illinois. 10270. '85. (iv) 

 Rei'TILKS, Bascaniiim constrhfor, [Iclvrodini. Ojihibohis, Trupidonolux, Enfivnia, C^jclo- 

 phls, Cuhther, liana, and BiiJ'o. 



J. and C.Walker, Oluey, Illinois. 1G270. '85. (vi) 



Barred Owl, Syrniiim nchulusnm alien i, juv. New to the National Museum collection. 

 J. H. Batty and E. C.Greexw'ood (through lioberfc Eidgway). 16271. '85. 



(V, A) 



NoDi'LE oi' I'VRITE altering into Limonite ; for examination. 



.loiix J. CiurLEY, Moorelleld, Hardy County, West Virginia. 1G272. '85. 



(XVI) 



Fungus, Polypunis, cut from surface of a hickory. 



J. B. Deatheridge, Flint Hill, Virjriuia. 1627:5. '85. (xv) 

 Stoxe Carving (cast), in shajie of human head. A very remarkable specimen. (Orig- 

 inal returned.) 



Natural Science Association, Staten Island, New York. 16274. '85. (iii) 

 Sturgeon, Aclpcnscrhrei'lroslris. (Skeleton.) 



(Donor unknown). 16275. '85. (xii) 



Altered Sandstone and shales containing particles of mica, also fossil coral; Ibr ex- 

 amination. 



Frank Hereford, Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. 1627G. '85. (xv) 

 Sandstone, polished one side by glacial or other action, from Newfoundland. 



Willai:d NVE, .Jr., New Bedford, Massachusetts. 16277. '85. (xvii) 

 ScAi'iioiD and cuncifonn magnum from the right hock (tarsus) of Eqaas vahaUan. 



A. E. Anderson, Boulder, Colorado. 16278. '85. (iv) 

 ELAsric, a, i)iece Hi inches long taken from a mackerel in whose llesli it was nearly 

 all imbedded. 



I. C. VOUNG, WelUlect, Massachusetts (through W. A. Wilcox). 16271). '85. (i) 

 Bai', IfupcrlUio .scroiiiuis. 



MiDDLETON S.MiTii, Washington, District of Columbia. 16280. '85. (iv) 

 r>i;i:rLE, CreopUilus villosiis. 



Dr. T. II. Bean, U. S. National Museum. 1(5281. '85. ' (x) 

 Mice and Shrews, »So)tx sp., Ilcspcromija leucopiis, and Arvicola riparias, from Pat- 

 choguc, Long Island. 



Dr. T. H. Bean, U. S. National Museum. 16281. '85. (iv) 

 Musk-rat, Fiber zibiihicnfi, from Bainbridge, Pennsylvania. 



F.G. Galhraith, Wrightsvillc, Pennsylvania. 16282. '85. ^iv) 



* Translation of a portion of a letter from Professor Dug6s accompanying the col- 

 lection. • 



