REPORT OF ASoIHTANT SECRETARY. 113 



From Mr. F. H. Kiiowltou was received it speciuienof Spotted Turtle 

 {Chelopus (luitatus) from Laurel, Md., and' through Mr. Ivuowltou was 

 received a .specimen of Platymmia Columbia Grote, from Moiitaiui, trans- 

 mitted by Mr. E. F. Ilanly, of I>ozemau. Mr. Knowltou presented 2 

 samples of lignite from the Potomac formation near Richmond, Va. 



From Mr. S. Ward Loi)er, assistant geologist, Middletown, Conn., 

 was received a specimen of folded gneiss and a siMH'imen of Triassic 

 trap rock from Baileyville, Conn. 



From Dr. W. H. Melville was received a. specimen of hisuuithinite, 

 with chalcopyrite in (luartz, from ^lai-iposai mine, Ixosario district, Sin- 

 aloa, Mexico, and from Dr. Melville were also received specimens of 

 napalite, cinnabar, metastiluiite, elaterite, and liviugstonite. 



From Dr. A. C. Peale was rcn-eived a sample of ^'Diamond Polish" 

 (volcanic dust) from the Diamond Finery Company, Phillipsburg, 

 Kaus. 



From Mr. I. C. Kussell were received 3 specimens of coal j'rom Alaska 

 and Vancouver Island, a pouch of leather from Yakutat, Alaska, con- 

 taining a stone fish used as a charm by medicine man, 2 stone mortars, 

 an adze, a stone imi)lement, and 2 faulted i)ebbles from Pinnacle Pass, 

 Mount St. Elias, Alaska. 



From Dr. p]. A. Schneider was received a specimen of h'uchfenber 

 gite from Schischimsk, near Slatoiist, Southern Ural, Russia, and 

 through Dr. Schneider was transmitted from Mr. A. Losch, of St. Peters- 

 burg, Russia, 2 specimens of \authoi)lty!lite (waluewite) and a s]»ecimen 

 of ri])idolite from Nikolaje IMaxiinilianowsk min(\ near Slatoiist, Si- 

 beria. 



From Mr. T. W. Stanton weie received IS arrow -))oiiits, found in a 

 fiehl on Cowikee Creek, near Eufaula, Ala. 



Through Mr. C. D. Walcott was received a mu<l marked limest^ine 

 slab from Rathbone Brook, Ilerkimei' County, N. Y., and li slal)s of 

 slate showing bedding, clearage, and faulting. 



Froiii Prof. Lester A. Ward were received 2 line s])ecimens ul Zamia 

 intcdi i/oliti from Florida, and a natural grafting illustrated by speci- 

 mens from black oak trees. 



From W. C. Weed were received 'J, speciniens of coal from Cinnabar 

 Coal Field, Montana. 



Dr. C. A. White presented a collection of mixed shells from b>wa and 

 other localities, a gorgonian, specinuMis of gyi)sum, and a stalactite. 



Several of the honorary curators in the National Museum are otticers 

 of the Geological Survey, and the Museum is much indebted to them 

 for their cooperation with its work. These are: Mr. C. D. Walcott, 

 in charge of paleozoic fossils; Dr. C. A. White, in charge of mesozoic 

 fossils; Mr. William H. Dall, in charge of mollusks and cenozoic fossils, 

 with Dr. R. E. C. Stearns as adjunct curator; Prof. Lester A. Ward, 

 in charge of fossil ])lanf ;; Prof. F. W. Clarke, in charge of minerals, 

 and Prof. O. C. iMarsli, in charge of vertebrate fossils. 

 £M 91, PT 2 S 



