LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 



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Pax-American Medical Congress, 1896: 

 A miscellaneous collection of medicinal 

 plants received in response to a circu- 

 lar issued by the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion at the request of the promoters of 

 the meeting of the Pan-American ]VIe<l- 

 ical Congress held in the City of Mex- 

 ico in November, 1896. 35178. 



Parker, L. C, Saltpetre Cave, Va. : Black 

 marble. 34609. 



Paris, France, Musee d'Histoire Na- 

 TURELLE. Received through Leon Vail- 

 lant. Collection of fishes in alcohol 

 from north and central Asia, obtained 

 by M. Chaffanjon (34363). Received 

 through E. L. Bouvier, crustaceans, rep- 

 resenting 80 species obtained from the 

 dredgings of the TravaiUrnr and TaJis- 

 vKDi (35078). Exchange. 



Parlin, J. C, North Berwick, J\Ie., re- 

 ceived through Department of Agri- 

 culture: Twelve plants from Maine. 

 34943. 



Parmenter, C. S. (See under Baker In- 

 stitute. ) 



Parrata-Doria, Miguel de. Ponce, P. 

 R. : Rough idol and a storm collar, leg 

 shackles, pistol holsters, and a revol- 

 ver. (See under Porto Rico collection 

 35201); copper ore, lead ore, aurifer- 

 ous quartz, graphite, and phosphate 

 (34884). 



Parritt, H. W., London, England: Sev- 

 enteen specimens of marine inverte- 

 brates. Exchange. 35010. 



Parsons, Dr. W. B., Missoula, Mont.: 

 Specimen of substance, apparently a 

 form of carbon, found on the edge of a 

 stream in Missouri. 33944. 



Parsons, W. D. (See under Treasury 

 Department, U. S. Life-Saving Service. ) 



Pavona, Prof. C. F., Museum of Natural 

 History, University of Turin, Turin, 

 Italy: One hundred and sixty-seven 

 specimens, representing 95 species, of 

 fossil corals from the Italian Tertiary 

 deposits. Exchange. 34448. 



Payne, E. J., Olympia, Wash.: Mineral 

 from Index, Wash. 34058. 



Peabody, Mrs. H. M., Bluff, Utah: Eighty- 

 four specimens of Lei^idoptera and Neu- 

 roptera. 34375. 



Pearson, A. Y., Omaha, Nebr. : Ostrich 

 skin. Purchase. 34133. 



Peary, Lieut. R. E. (See under American 

 Museum of Natural History. ) 



Peck, C. IL, Albany, N. Y. : Five speci- 

 mens of plants, representing the genus 

 Housionia. 34352. 



Peckham, Prof. G. W., Ilartland, Wis.: 

 Insect, representing the genus ('rahro 

 (33813); 2 wasps (33892). 



Pennsylvania, University of, Depart- 

 ment OF Ethnology and Paleontol- 

 o(;y, Philadelphia, Pa.: Skull of a fossil 

 bison. Deposit. (Returned.) 33847. 



Perkins, A. F., Catatonk, N. Y. : Speci- 

 men of Walking Stick, Diaphcromera 

 fcrmorata Say. 34059. 



Peters-Brooks Party. (See under In- 

 terior Department, U. S. (Teological 

 Survey. ) 



Phelps, Miss Ellen, Nitta Yuma, Miss. : 

 Wings of a Seventeen-year Locust, Ci- 

 cada septendecim Linnaeus. 34203. 



Philadelphia CommercialMuseum, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa. : Forty specimens of vio- 

 lets. Exchange. 35166. 



Phillips, Dr. W. A., Evanston, 111., re- 

 ceived through W. A. Carter, Brandon, 

 England: Collection of flint implements 

 from England. Exchange. 33933. 



PiLSBRY, H. A., Philadelphia, Pa.: Speci- 

 mens of Soniatogi/rnK from Alabama and 

 Paludestrina from California. . 34595. 



Pine, George, Aripeka, Fla. : Fifteen 

 specimens of shells, representing 4 

 species (33885); 12 specimens of Am- 

 pidlaria from the Homosassa River, 

 Florida, rei^resenting a new species 

 (34169). 



Piper, C. V., Pullman, Wash.: Plant 

 (34408); 2 specimens of Umbellifenc, 

 collected by A. D. E. Elmer in Wash- 

 ington (34601); 13 moths (34923); 295 

 specimens of Lepidoptera, including 2 

 specimens of Arctonotus lucidus, a rare 

 species ( 35049 ) . 



Pitcher, J. E., Custer City, S. Dak.: 

 Skull of mammal, representing the 

 genus Oreodon (purchase) (34459); 

 ores, mica, clays, and other geological 

 specimens (gift) (34460). 



Pittier, H. F., Director del Instituto 



, Fisico-Geografico Nacional, San Jos^, 

 Costa Rica: Two hundred plants (33930, 

 .34006); 102 plants from Central Amer- 

 ica (34686). Purchase. 



