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Mystic Pond, Mass., by Mr. E. C. Greenleaf. Diatomaceae from a pond near 

 White ;Moiintain Notch, source of Saco River, by Dr. J. W. Lewis. Wing of a 

 Lepidopterous insect, mounted as a microscopic object, by Mr. T. Nourse. 



February 15. Specimens of Margarite and Emery from Chester, Mass., by 

 Dr. C. T. Jackson. Cranium of an Inca, from Samanca, Peru, twelve Echin- 

 odeiTns, seventy-two Mollusca, twenty-nine Cnistacea, eight Annelids, six Fish 

 and three Reptiles, from Paita, Peni; a Mp-iapod and five Arachnids, from Point 

 Galera, Ecuador; two marine Reptiles and a Fish, from the coast of Ecuador; 

 a Crustacean and Mollusca, from the anchorage ofi" Tumbay river, by Dr. C. F. 

 Win slow. 



March 1. Collection of one hundred and six dried plants, from the Alps, 

 and three hundred and twenty-two native plants, by Dr. C. G. Putnam. Fifty-one 

 Coleoptera, from the Pacific States, received in exchange, from Dr. J. L. 

 LeConte. Sula bassana, Boston harbor, by purchase. Eel, from the West In- 

 dies, by Mr. D. Pulsifer. Twelve hmidred and fifteen plants, from Germany, 

 by Col. J. Howland. Twenty-four plants, from Zanzibar, Africa, by the Essex 

 Institute. 



March 15. Human Cranium, by Mr. G. R. Curtis. A living specimen of 

 Lycopodium lepidophijllum, from Sonora, ]\Iexico, and a bulb of an amarj^Ui- 

 daceous plant, by Mr. A. T. Hall. Tavo ]\Iollusca and ten specimens of Crus- 

 tacea, from California, by Mr. Samuel Hubbard. A Longicorn Beetle and eight 

 nocturnal Lepidoptera, from ]\Ioneague, Jamaica, by Dr. H. Bryant. 



April 5. Forty-four eggs of birds, from Hopedale, Labrador, by A. S. Pack- 

 ard, Jr. Seven sterna of Birds, three dissections of skulls of birds, fourteen 

 Mollusca, ten Reptiles, and seven Insects, from Moneague, Jamaica. Eggs of 

 CHsiocampa ameHcana from Cohasset, Mass., by Dr. H. Bryant. Cast of the 

 head of a Hottentot, by purchase. 



BOOKS RECEIVED FROM OCT. 1864 TO MAY 3, 1865. 



On introduced Species of Nova Scotia. By J. Bernard Gilpin, M. D. 8vo. 

 Pamph. From the Author. 



Synopsis of the Bombycidas of the United States. By A. S. Packard, Jr. 

 Parts i-ii. Svo. Philadelphia, 1864. From the Author. 



Leukosin. A new Substance found in the Blood of Leukaemia. Also a De- 

 scription of another Crystalline Body, found in the Vomitus. By James C. 

 White, ^l. D. Svo. Pamph. Boston, 1859. From the Author. 



Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian 

 America. By John Cassin. Nos. vi, ix and x. Svo. Philadelphia, 1855. 

 From the Author. 



Die Philosophic in Cyclus der Naturwissenschaften. Von Dr. Adolph Drechs- 

 ler. Svo. Pamph. Dresden, 1863. From the Author. 



Steensti-up, J. Japetus, Sm. Om Skjsevheden hos Fljmdeme og navnlig cm 

 Vandringen af det ovre Oie fra Blindsiden til Oiesiden tvers igjennem Horedet, 

 m. m. Svo. Pamph. Kjobenhavn, 1864. From the Author. 



A Synopsis of the North American Gaurinese. By Joseph Trimble Rothrock, 

 B. S. 8vo. Pamph. Boston, 1864. From the Author. 



