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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900. 



Urban, I., Botanical Museum, Berlin, 

 Germany: Nine hundred and ninety- 

 three plants from Porto Rico. Pur- 

 chase. 36131. 



Urbina, Dr. Manuel. (See under Mex- 

 ico, Mexico, National Museum. ) 



Uricii, F. W., Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. 

 Received tlirough F. M. Chapman: 

 Eleven 1:)irds' skins from Venezuela. 

 36071. 



Van Deusen, R. F., Mahopac, N. Y. : 

 Moth (Attacus promethea Dr.). 35385. 



Van Horne, C. F., Glen, N. Y. : Speci- 

 men of Xylaria polymorpha. 35345. 



Vanetta, E. G., Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. : Specimens 

 of Zonitoides nummus from Texas. 

 36203. 



Vaughan, T. Wayland, U. S. Geological 

 Survey: Land snails and shells from 

 Eglon, W. Va. (35544); 6 specimens of 

 Balanophyllia (?) coniu Socoloff, from 

 Jekaterinoslaw, Russia (Oligocene fos- 

 sil corals); topotypes and a part of the 

 original type material received from 

 Dr. Socoloff. (36631.) (See under In- 

 terior Department, U. S. Geological 

 Survey. ) 



Velie, J. W., St. Joseph, Mich.: Crus- 

 taceans from the western coast of Flor- 

 ida (35610); cast of a pin made from 

 the column of '^ Fulgiir perversa." 

 (35703.) 



Verner, Rev. Samuel P., Washington, 

 D. 0. : Collection of objects illustrating 

 the arts of the people of the Upper 

 Kassai River region in South Africa; 

 also natural history specimens from the 

 same locality. Purchase. 35839. 



Vernon, Dr. J. B., New Boston, 111.: 

 Pathologic mussel shells and pearls 

 from the Mississippi River (gift) 

 (36248) ; 3 specimens of opals (purchase) 

 (36279). 



Vernon, J. B., Batesville, Ark.: Speci- 

 men of black marble from near Bates- 

 ville. 36668. 



Vienna, Austria, K. K. Naturhistori- 

 schen Hofmuseum: One hundred cryjv 

 togams. Exchange. 35422. 



Volkmar, Lieut. W. S., U. S. A., Fort 

 McHenry, Baltimore, Md.: Mole 

 Cricket, Gryllotalpa hurealis Burm. 

 35647. 



Vriere, Baron Raoul de. Chateau du 

 Baes-Veld, Phem, Zedelghem, Belgium; 

 Collection of Belgian beetles. Ex- 

 change. 35792. 



Wadmond, S. C, Racine, Wis.: Eighty 

 specimens of violets from Wisconsin. 

 Exchange. 36061. 



Waghorne, Arthur, Bay of Islands, New- 

 foundland. Received through the De- 

 partment of Agriculture: Seven plants. 

 35677. 



Wagner Palace Car Company, New 

 York City. Received through W. S. 

 Webb, president: Models of sleeping 

 cars. 35751. 



Walcott, Charles D., jr., Washington, 

 D. C. : Spotted salamander, Ambysioma 

 punctaium, from Quebec, Canada. 35603. 



Walker, Maj. E. P., Washington, D. C: 

 Beetle {Harpalus ruficornis). 35268. 



Walker, H. P. , Washington, D. C. : Spec- 

 imen of Pogonia pendula, from New 

 Hampshire. 36014. 



Wanganui, New Zealand, Public Mu- 

 seum. Received through S. H. Drew: 

 Fishes in alcohol, large lizard, crusta- 

 ceans, and cuttlefish, 2 birds' skins and 

 obsidian flakes. .35437. 



War Department, Army Medical Mu- 

 seum : Collection of human bones made 

 during the Hemenway Expedition 

 (35301); transmitted by Maj. V. Mc- 

 Nally, Ordnance Department: Two U. 

 S. magazine rifles and two U. S. maga- 

 zine carbines (35500). Received 

 through Col. William S. Patten, Quar- 

 termaster-General's Office: Book of 

 uniforms of the U. S. Army from 1774 

 to 1889 (36099). 



Ward's Natural Science Establish- 

 ment, Rochester, N. Y. : Specimen of 

 orbicular granite from Finland (pur- 

 chase) (35512); specimen of heulandite 

 (purchase) (35534); skeleton of por- 

 poise (purchase) (35770); jaw of a 

 small shark (purchase) (35799); speci- 

 men of Missouri meteorite and a speci- 

 men of Magdalena meteorite (exchange) 

 (35890) ; castof a human-headed winged 

 lion and a cast of a human-headed 

 winged ))ull (purchase) (35893); 

 mounted skeleton of an Aye-Aye and 

 2 lemurs (purchase) (35938); 7 squir- 



