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distributed among the scales ; body upon the sides golden ; in front 

 of the anal fin beneath, blood-red. Head, between and in front of 

 the eyes, naked ; a bluish line runs from just beneath the eye 

 across the operculum to its posterior extremity ; and another arises 

 just above this, and being interrupted by the eye, then passes over 

 the operculum, so that the two include the black, membranous ap- 

 pendage of the operculum. Bluish-white blotches arc irregularly 

 distributed upon the pre-operculum. Eyes, three lines in diam- 

 eter, pupils black, irides red. 



Dorsal fin dark brown anteriorly, red posteriorly, the spinous 

 portion not quite so high as the soft rays. Ventral fins red at base 

 and black at tip. Pectoral, yellowish brown. Anal, yellowish at 

 base, dusky at margin. Caudal, blood-red during life. Rays, D. 

 11-9; P. 11; V. 1-5; A. 3-9; C. 18. 



Length five inches ; depth across the base of the pectorals, two 

 inches. Taken in Concord River. 



DONATIONS TO THE CABINET. 



Trichas Delafieldii (Audubon.) From Dr. J. P. Kirtland, of 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



Three very beautiful casts of Encrinites and a Trilobite were 

 presented from Mr. Samuel T. Carley, of Cincinnati. The thanks 

 of the Society were presented to Mr. Carley for his donation, and 

 Dr. Storer was instructed to request him to communicate his obser- 

 vations on fossil remains for publication in the Journal. 



A living specimen of the horned frog from Calveston, Texas, 

 presented by J. Elliot Lillie. 



Glow Worm, from Illinois, presented by Mr. Tilson. 



FOR THE LIERARY. 



" Rapport sur les Travaux de M. Espy relatifs aux Tornados ;" 

 Commissaires MM. Arago, Pouillet. Babinet rapporteur 4to. 1841. 

 Paris. 



" Rapport de M. Warden sur un ouvrage relatif a. la Florida 

 Occidentale" 12mo. 



" Analyse d'un memoire sur les bois d'Amerique par M. Bull," 

 presente par M. Warden, 12mo. pam. Presented by D. B. War- 

 den, Esq. 



" Osservazioni sulle Larve, Ninfe et Abitudini della Scoliafla- 



