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April 20. Berries of Rhus succedaneum, from Japan; by Dr. C. T. Jackson. 

 Horned lizard, from Texas ; by Dr. L. M. Sargent. Clay stones, from Rensselaer- 

 ville, N. Y. ; by Edward Renouf. 



May 4. Sandstone, from Pepperell, Mass. ; by T. J. Wbittemore. Tertiary 

 infusorial eartli, from vicinity of Richmond, Va., and ScoUthus linearis, from Rich- 

 mond; by Prof. W. B. Rogers. Chameleon, from Madagascar; by Benj. F. 

 Stevens. 



I^Iay 16. Thirty-seven species of shells, from Bay of Cumana and Hayti; by 

 Dr. A. A. Gould. 



June 1. Casts of Paradoxides Harlani, from Braintree, Mass., and from St. 

 Mary's Bay, Newfoundland; by Dr. C. T. Jackson. Eupagurus Bernhardus, 

 from Nahant; Clibanarius viitatus, from Florida, and Branchipus, from Salem; in 

 exchange with Essex Institute. Cordiceps Carolinensis, from W. Roxbury, and 

 specimens of the apple and peach borer, from Littleton, Mass.; by Dr. S. Knee- 

 land, Jr. 



June 15. An extensive collection of fishes, crustaceans, reptiles, shells, and 

 marine growths, from the Bahama Islands ; by Dr. Henry Bryant. Clibanarius 

 viitatus, from Charleston, S. C. ; Eupagurus longicarpus and E. pollicaris, from 

 Nahant ; Cenobita Diogenes, from Hayti ; Palemon vulgaris, from Salem ; and P. 

 , from Africa ; in exchange with Essex Institute. Velvet-spotted spring- 

 beetle, Elater oculatus; by C. L. Andrews. Large spider, from Dorchester, Mass. ; 

 by George H. Barry. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 1859. 



Memoires et Documents relatifs a I'Histoire du Canada. 8vo. Pamph. Mon- 

 treal, 1859. From Capt. Latour. 



Phycologia Australica. By Wm. H. Harvey. Nos. 4-8. 8vo. London. 

 From Dr. B. D. Greene. 



Report of the Geological Survey of the State of Iowa. By James Hall and 

 J. D. Whitney. 2 vols. 8vo. From the Authors. 



Reply to the Criticisms of J. D. Dana. By J. Marcou. 8vo. Pamph. Zu- 

 rich. 1859. From the Author. 



List of known species of Pisidium, with their Synonymes. By Temple Prime. 

 8vo. Pamph. 1859. From the Author. 



Lemons Elementaires de Botanique. Par Emm. Le Maout. 8vo. Paris. From 

 Dr. S. Durkee. 



Catalogue of Canadian Plants. By Prof. J. Barnston, M. D. 8vo. Pamph. 

 Montreal. From the Author. 



Report of the Superintendent of the Coal Survey, for 1857. 4to. Washing- 

 ton. From Prof. A. D. Bache. 



Contributions to the Paleontology of New York. By James Hall. 8vo. 

 Pamph. Albany, 1858. From the Author, 



Patent Office Report. Arts and Manufactures. 3 vols. 8vo. Washington, 

 1858. From the Patent Office. 



Iron Manufacturer's Guide. By J. P. Lesley. 8vo. New York, 1859. Frmn 

 the Author. 



