Academy of Natural Sciences. 95 



1. A series of the rocks of Europe, Primitive, Transition and 

 Basaltic ; collected between Naples and the north of Italy, and 

 thence through Germany to the Baltic Sea, by Mr. Maclure and by 

 him presented to the Academy. 



2. Rocks of several of the West India Islands : collected and pre- 

 sented by the same gentleman. 



3. Series of the Greenstone rocks of Scotland. Collected and 

 presented by S. G. Morton, M. D. 



4. Rocks from the northern shore of Lake Superior. Presented 

 by Zina Pitcher, M. D. U. S. A. 



5. Rocks from the route of the Erie and Hudson Canal. Pre- 

 sented by the Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer, of Albany, N. Y. 

 Besides the preceding are several smaller series of rock formations 

 and many insulated specimens. 



6. A series of Vegetable and other impressions from the coal dis- 

 tricts of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio and Rhode Island. 



7. An extensive collection of fossils from the secondary Lime- 

 stone region of the Valley of the Mississippi, including the entire 

 collection of the late Mr. Clifford, of Lexington, Ky. deposited in 

 the Academy by Mr. John P. Wetherill. 



8. One thousand British fossils, being the entire collection of the 

 late Mr. Steinhaur, and deposited in the Academy by Mr. John P. 

 Wetherill. 



9. A series of fossil shells, illustrating all the formations of the 

 Paris Basin, and arranged according to the system of Mess. Cuvier 

 and Brongniart. 



10. Several hundred very perfect fossil Shells, Crustacea and 

 Zoophytes, .illustrative of the secondary formation of New Jersey, 

 known as the Marl region. 



11. An extensive series of the Tertiary fossils of Maryland, Vir- 

 ginia, &z;c. SiC. embracing an hundred species and several hundred 

 specimens. 



12. Series of the bones and teeth of the Mastodon, collected in 

 various parts of the United States, and especially in the valley of the 

 Mississippi. A large proportion of these are deposited by Mr. 

 Wetherill. Forming a part of the same collection are ten huge 

 teeth and some bones of the fossil American Elephant, chiefly ob- 

 tained from the valley of the Mississippi. Also parts of three skel- 

 etons of the Megalonyx from the same country : these comprise sev- 

 eral ribs, vertebrae, bones of the leg, foot, &-c. 



