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Date. Description. Donors. 



June 26. An extensive collection of fossils and minerals, 



occupying a large cabinet appropriated by tbe 



society for their exhibition, and described in a 



printed catalogue. Dr. S. L. Mitchill 



July 10. Pteroce"ra Lambis, aud Cassis madagascaren- 



sis. Capt. G. C. Dekay 



Mr. Audubon 



Capt. Le Conte 



do. 



Mr. Stone 



M. L. Davis 



Capt. Le Conte 



Dr. Dekay 



24. 



Coluber familiaris from Louisiana. 



Coluber leptocephalus. 



Coluber sirtalis, 



Native Muriate of Soda, 



Native copper from New-Jersey, 



Eleven species of Reptiles. 



Coluber cacodemon, and Trionyx ferox. 



Thirty specimens of Minerals from Easton, 



Pennsylvania. 

 31. Quartz crystal, very large. 

 Zeus crinitus. 

 Chimaera Atlantica. 

 Aug. 7. Byssus of Pinna, Mediterranean. 

 YouDg of Crocodilus Lucius. 

 Fossils from Cape May. 

 25. Hydi us fasciatus, and Hydrus bicolor. 



Two skulls from Saltpetre Cave in Kentucky. 

 Minerals from Bennington. 

 The Chrysoprase ? of New-Fane. 

 Octr. 2. Turbos from China. 



Major Delafield 



Dr. Dekay 



Dr. Mitchill 



do. 



Dr. A. E. Hosack 



C. Redon 



Mr. Dewey 



S. L. Mitchill 



Dr. Harlan 



J. Doolittle 



Major Delafield 



Capt. Keene 



Dr 



Two cases of Insects, and one of minerals. Dr. Rhinelander 



Agama cornuta — Proteus maculatus of Mitch. 



from Louisiana — Siren lacertina, and some 



fishes from the Arkansas. Dr. S. L. Mitchill 



A case of insects. Dr. F. G. King 



16. Bituminous coal from Cayuga County, N. Y. Gov. Clinton 



Nov. 6. Jaws of a shark. Ostracion dried. W.Cooper 



Testudo punctata. J. Cozzens 



13. Fossil remains from Ohio. J. T. Plummer 



Pteropus edulis, from Java. Dr. Swift 



20. Box of seeds from Mexico. Dr. Woodbury 



Python Tigris, from Batavia. H. & W. Delafield 



27. Marbles from Vermont. Mr. Judd 



Melanite and plumbago from Orange Co. Major Delafield 



Vol. II. 59 



