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ject of Dr. Hayes's proposed Arctic Expedition, Prof. 

 Theophilus Parsons, and Drs. A. A. Gould and S. Knee- 

 land, Jr., and they were chosen. 



Jules Marcou, of Zurich, Switzerland, was chosen a 

 Corresponding Member; and Dr. Daniel V. Folts, of 

 East Boston, and Thomas Motley, Jr., of West Roxbury, 

 Resident Members. 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



July 7, 1858. A fossil Asie7-ias from Lewiston, Me. ; by William W. Raker. 

 A Scup, PcKjrus argyrops, Lian., from Lynn, Mass.; by Zaccheus Phillips. A 

 young Gopher, Spermophilus tredecimUneahis, Mitch., and a specimen of Crys- 

 tallized Iron Ore, from Minnesota; by Dr. S. Kneeland, Jr. 



September 1. A Trilobite, Pm-aJoxides Ilarlani, neai-ly perfect, from Brain- 

 tree; and a specimen of rock containing native gold, from the Steele Mine, 

 Montgomery Co., North Carolina; by Dr. C. T. Jackson. Two specimens of the 

 Glow-Worm, from Cohasset; by Charles J. Sprague. Specimens of Crustacean 

 Parasites from the Sun-Fish, rthagoriscus mola, the jaws, and a portion of the 

 flesh, from Cohasset; b}' Dr. S. Kneeland, Jr. Shells from Sweden, fossils from 

 Maine, and alcoholic specimens of the internal organs of birds, and some Cirri- 

 peds; by Dr. S. Cabot, Jr. 



September 15. European Shells, and a large Beetle; by Dr. D. F. Weiuland. 

 Internal moulds of Ai-ca, and a fragment of fossil bone, probably cetacean, from 

 New Jersey ; by Charles K. Landis. A portion of rock containing Encrinitss 

 and fossil shells from Sharon Springs, N. Y. ; by C. B. Fairbanks. Specimens 

 of Ophiui'a, taken from cods' stomachs, and crustacean parasites from their 

 gills; by Dr. S. Kneeland, Ji-. Specimens of Motella, from Nahant; by C. Cooke. 

 Three specimens of Ehotris (nov. sp.), one of Vomer Brownii, one of Ikemulon 

 fonnosum, and four of Clupea, from Hayti, and one of Pelromyzon JlmmlUis, from 

 Berlin; by Dr. D. F. Weinland. Specimens of Fundulus pisctdentus, Hydrargyra 

 Jlavula, Cyprinodon variegatus, Poecilia laiipinna, and Heterandra Ilolbrookii ; by 

 Prof. Holbrook, of Charleston, S. C. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING SEPT. 30, 1858. 



Prodromus Descriptionis Animal iura Evertebratorum. Auct. W. Stimpson. 

 Parts v., VI. 8vo. Pamph. Philadelphia, 1858. From the Author. 



Experiments on Sonorous Flames, with Remarks on the primary Source of 

 their Vibration. By Prof. W. B. Rogers. 8vo. Pampli. New Haven. From 

 the Author. 



