LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 
New Briexton, New York, Museum oF 
THE STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF 
ARTS AND ScIENCEs: 8 dragonflies, rep- 
resenting 6 species, from Virginia and 
North Carolina (50960); 60 specimens of 
Lepidoptera (51499). Exchange. 
Newcoms, Mrs. Simon, Washington, 
D. C.: A very valuable collection of ob- 
jects which belonged to the late Prof. 
Simon Newcomb, consisting of a large 
jasper vase, presented by the observa- 
tory of Poulkova, Russia; 2 bronze 
vases, the gift of the Imperial Univer- 
sity at Tokyo, Japan; a bronze medal- 
lion (the Sylvester prize of the Johns 
Hopkins University); and a collection 
of diplomas, announcements of degrees, 
and of other honors conferred on Prof. 
Newcomb (50620: loan); dress uniform, 
chapeau, sword and belt, medals, tab- 
lets, and a photograph of a portrait of 
the late Simon Newcomb (51055: loan); 
portrait in oil of Prof. Simon Newcomb, 
by C.H. L. Macdonald (51587: loan). 
NEWELL, Witmon, College Station, Tex.: 
About 1,200 specimens of mosquitoes, 
mostly from the Dr. Dupree collection 
from Louisiana (50970). 
NEWGARDEN, Maj. GrorcEe J., U. S. 
Army (retired), War Department, 
Washington, D. C.: Skin of Varanus 
from Mindanao, Philippine Islands 
(51488). 
New Mexico AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 
Agricultural College, N. Mex.: 17 plants 
from New Mexico (50879: exchange). 
New York Botanica GARDEN, Bronx 
Park, New York City: two specimens of 
Juncus from the West Indies (50429); 
specimen of Hymenophyllum from 
Cuba (50604: exchange); specimen of 
Juncus from South Carolina (50670: ex- 
change); specimen of Hydrocotyle from 
Cuba (50782: exchange); 15 living 
specimens of Cactaceze collected in 
Cuba (50852: exchange); 2 living speci- 
mens of Mamillaria from Cuba (50906: 
exchange); 4 living specimens of Hylo- 
cereus from Haiti, and a specimen of 
Cereus tunilla from Costa Rica (50929: 
exchange); 16 specimens of plants 
(51011: exchange); 2 living specimens 
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New Yorx«K BoranicaLt GARDEN—Contd. 
of Pereskia (51047: exchange); 39 speci- 
mens of ferns from Santo Domingo, and 
7 specimens of Crassulaceze (51167: ex- 
change); 247 plants from Jamaica and 
the Bahamas (51178: exchange); 2 
specimens of ferns from the West Indies 
(51183: exchange); 279 plants mainly 
from Cuba and the Bahamas (51186: 
exchange); 301 plants from Cuba (51220: 
exchange) ; 4 specimens of ferns from the 
eastern part of Mexico (51385: ex- 
change); specimen of Tradescantia from 
Mexico (51441: exchange); 7 specimens 
of Cactaceze collected in Cuba (51599: 
exchange); 6 specimens of ferns from 
Jamaica (51616: exchange). 
New Yorx ZoortoeicaAL Park, New 
York City: Chimpanzee, Anthropithecus 
(50908). 
NIGHTINGALE, Rey. Rosert C., Beech- 
amwell Rectory, Norfolk, England: A 
brass, etched, African vase (51395). 
Niuiser, Dr. W. M., Hagerstown, Md.: 
Portion of the trunk of a sassafras tree, 
which grew near Keedysville, Md. 
(51159). 
Nrxon, L. R., Homestead, Fla.: Speci- 
mens of Veronicelia, injurious to crops, 
from Florida (50785). 
Norton, CHARLES, Mohawk, Ariz.: 2 
specimens of Arachnida representing 
the species Hemiphrynus  raptator 
(50577). 
Noyes, Miss Karuerine, Washington, 
D.C.: A collection of old English china 
which belonged to the Plimpton and 
Haswell families of Vermont and Mas- 
sachusetts (51180: loan). 
O’ Connor, JEREMIAH, Washington, D. C.: 
Model of Andrew O’Connor’s design for 
the Commodore Barry Monument, and 
a perspective drawing of the same 
(51411). 
O’ Dwyer, Henry A., Washington, D. C.: 
Sword, with scabbard, used during the 
Civil War (50977). 
Oxtproyp, Mrs. T. S., Long Beach, Cal.: 
3 species of Pholads from California 
(51349); 14 specimens of boring mol- 
lusks from San Pedro (51422). 
