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Nassa elata. T. elongato-conica, cinereo-albida ; anfr. 8 

 tabulatis, marginatis, posterioribus plicatis, penultimo glabro, ulti- 

 mo antice striate ; apertura angusta, ovali, alba ; labro acuto, 

 antice crenulato, intus striate. Long. i-§ ; lat. /^ poll. 



Helix hepatizon. Testa depresso-conica, crassa, rubro- 

 castanea, canescente, sub-perforata ; anfr. 5i convexis, striis in- 

 crementalibus et striis volventibus argute reticulatis ; sutura 

 impressa ; apertura sennicirculari, contracta, periston:iate incras- 

 sata, intus cerasina. Lat, l-f^ ; alt. f poll. 



Found near the mouth of the Gaboon river. 



James Deane, M. D., of Greenfield, Mass. ; C. B. Adams, 

 M. D., of Middlebury, Vt., were elected corresponding mem- 

 bers. 



donations to the cabinet. 



Mounted specimens o^ Hirundo serripennis and fulva, Troglo- 

 dytes hewickii, Trichas Philadelphia^ Fringilla lincolni. By ex- 

 change. 



A specimen of petrified wood. From Dr. S. P. Kirtland, of 

 Ohio. 



additions to the library. 



Audubon and Bachman. Quadrupeds of America. Plates 46 

 to 50. Folio. Suhscrihers. 



Gray, G. R. Genera of Birds, No. IL 4to. London, 1845. 

 Auduhon Fund. 



April 3, 1845. 

 Mr. Binney, President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Wyman exhibited the shell of Kinixis homeana^ 

 Bell, from Cape de Verd Islands, presented by Dr. Bates. 

 Dr. W. remarked that Mr. Bell described this species as a 

 native of West Africa, while Dumeril and Bibron, probably 

 incorrectly, speak of it as belonging to South America. 



Dr. Storer exhibited numerous drawings of fishes, made 



