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Monograph of the Limniades, by S. S. Haldeman, No. 2, from 

 the author. 



A Crab from Mr. John Warren. 



Specimens of Lava from Hawaii from Mr. Emerson of Auburn. 



A specimen of the Paspalum Carolinianum, supposed to be 

 a new species, from W. A. Curtis, Esq., of Carolina. 



An Echinus from Chalk presented by Mr. J. P. Preston. 



A letter was read from J. Amos, accompanying which 

 were two specimens of stuffed birds, viz : a Bird of Para- 

 dise and an Indian Jay, donations to the Cabinet from 

 Hon. A. Amos, member of Supreme Council of Bengal. 



Voted, that the thanks of the Society be presented to the 

 Hon. A. Amos for his acceptable donation. 



Mr. Tuckerman from the Committee on Botany, read a 

 paper entitled i: Further notices of some New England Li- 

 chenes." Placed on file for the use of the Publishing Com- 

 mittee, and afterwards published in the Journal. The two 

 following, described in that paper, are considered as new : 



Parme v lia Halseyana : thallo substellato pallide flavo-virescente 

 nigro-punctato, subtus albo fuscescente fibrilloso, laciniis angustis 

 imbricatis ad centrum rugosis concretis ; scutellis badiis margine 

 integro. Mountain rocks. — Notch of the White Mountains, abun- 

 dant. 



Cetra'ria Oakesiana : thallo subcoriaceo expanso glabro viridi- 

 flavescente, subtus pallide castaneo, laciniis planis adscendentibus 

 marginibus elevatis nigro-ciliatis demum pulverulentis ; peltis rufo- 

 fuscis margine integro. — On trees ; mountain w T oods. White Moun- 

 tains. 



Rev. J. L. Russell of Chelmsford read a paper entitled 

 " An Attempt to ascertain some of the Hepatic Mosses of 

 Massachusetts." Placed on file for the use of the Publishing 

 Committee, and afterwards published in the Journal. 



The President exhibited dried specimens of the following 

 marine plants found on our coasts, viz : Fucus vesiculosus; 

 F. nodosus ; Alaria esculenta : Agarum cribrosum ; Lamina- 

 riadigitata; Desmarestiaaculeata: Dichloria viridis: Chorda 

 lilum; Asperococcus echinatus; Punctaria latifolia ; Delesse- 

 Rhodomenia cristata ; Chondrus crispus : Pti- 



