LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 
MERRILL, Dr. Grorce P.—Continued. 
derson, 5 by J. H. Hall, 17 by Abel 
Bowen, and 7 unknown (653858) ; 
microscope and accessories in Case, 
owned during the period 1830-1870 
by Rey. Elijah Jones, pastor of the 
Congregational Church at Minot 
Center, Androscoggin County, Me. 
(65655). 
MERRILL, Mrs. Grorce P., Washing- 
ton, D. C.: A cut topaz weighing 
92.4 carats (66151, loan). 
MESSMANN, Gerorce, New York City 
(through the National Geographic 
Society, Washington, D. C.): Piece 
of scrimshawed whalebone (65342). 
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT: 
Department of Agriculture, Mexi- 
co, D. F.: About 1,000 beetles 
representing 700 species (66757). 
Direccion de Estudios Biologicos, 
Mexico, D. F. (through Dr. A. 
L. Herrera, Director): 483 
Mexican plants (652438, ex- 
change); 2 phyllopod crusta- 
ceans, Estheria compleximanus, 
from Guadalupe Hidalgo 
(65562); 7 specimens, repre- 
senting 7 species, of marine 
mollusks from Lower California 
(65576) ; 2 photographs of a 
specimen of a starfish, Acan- 
thaster ellisti, from Lower Cali- 
fornia (65721); 15 scorpions 
Vaejovis subcristatus (66492, 
exchange). 
MEYER, Dr. RertnHorp, Landsberg 
a/W, Germany: 122 specimens, rep- 
resenting 23 species of bees (66213, 
exchange). 
MIAMI AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION, 
James Asbury Allison, President, 
Miami, Fla.: Skeleton of a whale, 
Balaenoptera, found on Pablo Beach, 
Fla. (65894). 
MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF, Mu- 
seum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Mich.; 
2 vials of isopod crustaceans, 3 frogs 
and 2 garter-snakes from Washing- 
ton, all collected by Dr. F. N. 
Blanchard (65789); 4 tadpoles of 
Ascaphus truei, collected in Wash- 
ington by T. M. and H. T. Gaige 
(65798) ; (through Dr. A. G. Ruth- 
71305 ° —21——12 
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MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF—Con. 
ven, director) shrimp, Macroch- 
rahium jamaicense, from Colombia 
(65836) ; (through Miss Roberta E. 
Deam) 550 plants, chiefly from Mich- 
igan and Ontario (duplicates from 
the CC. K. Dodge Herbarium) 
(66689, exchange); frog, paratype 
of Hleutherodactylus megalops, col- 
lected in San Lorenzo, Santa Marta 
' Mountains, Colombia, by Dr. Ruth- 
ven (66405). 
MILLAR, M. A., Venus, Fla.: Old 
wooden idol plowed up on the north 
shore of Lake Okeechobee, Fla. 
(66473). 
MILLE, Rev. Louts, S. J., Quito, Ecua- 
dor: Cactus from Ecuador (65398). 
MILLER, Prof. ArrHur M., University 
of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.: A 
block of oolitic carbonate iron ore 
from Preston, Ky. (65726). 
MILLER, Gerrit §S., jr., U. S. Na- 
tional Museum: Skeleton of a mink, 
Mustela, from Fairfax County, Va. 
(65395) ; mollusks, egg and 2 skulls 
of the wedge-tailed shearwater, 
Puffinus cuneatus, and 2 incomplete 
skeletons of Bulwer’s petrel, Bul- 
weria bulweri; also 6 skins and 
skulls of rats and 1 rat skeleton, all 
from the Hawaiian Islands (65604, 
66573; 3 plants from California 
(66745). 
MILLER, Dr. M. G., Philadelphia, Pa.: 
Indian skull from a shell heap near 
Cape Blanco, Caloosahatchee River, 
Lee County, Fla. (65239). 
MILLIKEN, F. B., Manhattan, Kans.: 
14 oil beetles, representing 3 species, 
namely, Epicanta callosa, Nemog- 
natha lutea, and Cantharis biguttata 
(65296). 
MILLS, Mrs. StepHEN C., Washington, 
D. C.: Tonto Apache basket bowl 
and a Tlinkit basket, from the col- 
lection of her father, Gen. G. C. 
Lee (66579). 
MILLSPAUGH, Dr. C. F. (See under 
Field Museum of Natural History.) 
MINASSIAN, Kirxor, New York City: 
Postage stamps of Afghanistan and 
Kashmir (55 specimens); also 6 
