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OCEEDINGS OF THE Acap. oF Nat. Sot. or Pattaperpata. Vol. VIL No. 3.— 
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andis, L., Cimoliasaurus magnus, L., with a ee d. ieee: —p. 73. Synopsis of the 
Cucuiides of the United States : ree EL Le C p. 79. Notice of some Coleopterous 
Insects from the Collectio: ns of the Mexican on Bout ines “ship tieda . L. Le Conte. 
—p. 85. Ni otica of a new species of Salamandra from the Northeastern art of the 
United States; (. Girard. ae 86. A list of a North American Bufonids, with Di- 
agnoses of new species; C. Girard—p. 8 ne referred to Sus Americanus by 
Harlan and named Harlanus by Owen, bes aah a tapiroid pachyderm, shown 
by Leidy to belong to a ruminant, and this the yo latifrons.—p. 90. On fossils 
sake 
from South Carolina and Nebraska; //. — tions of new Reptiles 
from California ; HE. Hallowell, 97. On a genus and species of Serpent from Hon- 
ronounced to be new; #. Hallo pit ai 98. On the Geographical ory 
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Descriptions of a new ro. 
es ey. and the Bay of San Francisco; Se? 
ay ine Synopsis of the Devdas of the United States; J. L. Le Conte. 
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sis of the Byrrhide; J, L. Le Conte—p. 118. Descriptions of new 
ween Al shied Ni ML, and ‘Sen Francisco, California, by Dr 
H. B. Mallhausen; SF Baird. : 
tion of pond with desriptions of several - ee supposed to def 
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