REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. Si 



TIoii. Dclos Arnold, of Pasadena, presented specimens of pliocene and 

 post-pliocene fossils. 



Dr. George F. Becker, of the TJ. S. Geological Survey, transmitted 2 

 specimens of iridosmine. 



From j\[r. L. Belding, of Stockton, were received 4 skins of Belding's 

 Spermopbile. 



Mr. F. W. Crosby, of Washington, D. C, transmitted a. large series of 

 ores and economic minerals, 



Mrs. C. H. Dall presented sami)les of auriferous black sand from the 

 (!oast of 31end(K'ino County. 



From Mr. Henry Hemphill, of San Diego, were received marine shells 

 and 3 specimens of Ostrta Veatchii Gab. 



Mr. L. L. Frost, of Susanville, presented a stone mortar found on a 

 neighboring- ranch near Honey Lake, and a perforated stone found near 

 the banks of the Susan liiver, also 3 arrow-heads and 2 round stones. 



From Mr. C. R. Orcutt, of San Diego, was received a collection of 

 alcoholic specimens of reptiles, mammals, and a Black-headed Gull, 

 alcoholic specimens of insects (mostly coleoptera), among- whicli were SO 

 specimens of As Ida hirsuta, collected in the Colorado Desert. 



Prof. C. V. Kiley, of the Dei^artment of Agriculture, transmitted to 

 the Museum a series of lepidoptera, consisting of 17 specimens repre- 

 senting 17 species, and 200 specimens representing 20 species of coleop- 

 tera, most of which are rare and valuable to the collection. These 

 specimens were obtained in the Colorado Desert by Mr. D. W. Coijuil- 

 let. 



Mrs, John A. Sherman, of Watertown, N". Y., presented a very beau- 

 tifully prepared and abundant collection of sea-mosses and ferns, found 

 by her on the Pacific coast, at Santa Barbara. 



Dr. K. W. Shufeldt, U. S. Army, sent 3 alcoliolic specimens of Lagomys 

 prinvcps from the Sierra N^evadas. 



iUdorado. — From the U. S. Geological Survey, through Major J. W. 

 Powell, director, were received specimens of cretaceous fossils; 10 

 specimens of cerussite from Polonia Mine, ilosita, collected by Mr. 

 Whitman Cross; 2 specimens of gadolinite from Devil's Head Moun- 

 tain, Douglas County, collected by Mr. L. G. Eakins, 1 s])e(dmen 

 being the original material used by Mr. Eakins in identifying and 

 describing the mineral from this locality, and 13 specimens of nnnerals 

 fi'oni various localities in Colorado, which have been studi(Ml l)y Dr. 

 ilillebrand, who collected the specimens. 



(Jo)ineetivi(f. — From Mr. C. H. Peck, of Newtown, were received 2 old 

 brass buttons, and castings of 10 buttons of the kind in use in Revolu- 

 tionary times, 



Mr. John N. Sage, of Portland ]>resented a line specimen of fossil 

 plant, JhttdrophycKs tria.ssiviis N(Mvby. 



From the IT.S.Geologica.l Survey, througli Major J. W. Powell, dircclor, 

 were deposited 3 specimens of minerals from (llastonbury, collected by 

 Dr. W . P. Hillebran<l. 



