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June 4th. An uncommonly large and perfect shell of XaulUus j^ompiliu.'s, and 

 a specimen of the Leaf-fly or Fly-leaf, from the Sechelles Islands ; by Dr. James 

 C. Parkinson, of Xew Jersey. A specimen of Agalmatolite; by Dr. C. T. Jack- 

 son. Two shells of Bulimus taidaius, variety B. zebra; two eggs of Sturnella 

 militaris, South American Meadow Lark, both from South America ; by N. H. 

 Bishop. The skull of an English Terrier Dog; by E. A. Samuels. 



June 18th. Four specimens of Salino eryihrogaster, Lake Trout, from Moose- 

 head Lake; by Dr. Augustus C. Hamlin, of Bangor. The skin of an animal, 

 probably of the Jerboa kind, from Africa; by Rev. Louis B. Schwarz. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 31, 1856. 



Memoir of Hon. Abbott Lawrence. By Hon. Nathan Appleton. 8vo. ranipli. 

 Boston, 1856. From the Author. 



QujBstionum lonicarum Liber. Auctore J. F. Lobeck, Fasc. L 8vo. 1850. 

 Regimontii Pruss. From the Author. 



Contributions to the Anatomy of the Invertebrata. No. 3. Terebratula 

 flavescens. By Prof. Owen. 4to. Paraph. London, 1853. From the Author. 



Army Meteorological Register for 12 years, from 1843 to 1854. 4to. Wash- 

 ington, 1855- From T. Laicson. 



Description of a Skeleton of the Mastodon giganteus of North America. By 

 John C. Warren- 4to. Boston, 1855. From the Author. 



Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Emden, fur 1854. 8vo. 

 Pamph. Emden, 1855. From the Smithsonian Institution. 



On the Sandstone Fossils of the Connecticut River. By James Deane, M. D. 

 4to- Pamph. 1856. Philadelphia. From the Author. 



Personal Observations in Victoria. By W. Von Blandowski. 8vo. Pamph. 

 Melbourne, 1855. From the Author. 



Acadian Geology. By H. W. Dawson. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1855. From the 

 Author. 



Transactionsof the Illinois State Agricultural Society. 8vo. Vol.1. 1853-4. 

 Springfield, Illinois. From E. Kennicott. 



Description du Terrain Houiller de la France. Par MM. Dufrenoy et E. de 

 Beaumont. 4to. Paris, 1842. From A. Vattemare. 



Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 7th meeting at Cleveland, and 9th meeting at Providence. 2 Vols. 8vo. Cam- 

 bridge, 1856. From the Association. 



Sur I'Arragonite. Par M. Hauy. 4to. Pamph. 



Sur la Reunion de la Pycnite avec la Topaze. Par M. Hauy. 4to. Pamph. 

 Precis des Experiences Galvaniques. Par J. Aldini. 8vo. Pamph. Paris, 

 1803. From A. A*. Hayes. 



Histoire des Progres de la Geologie de 1834 a 1845. Par le Vicomte d'Archiac. 

 5 Vols. 8vo. Paris, 1847. 



