399 Miscellanies. 



The Asaphus Myrmecoides was found in a hard ash colored carbo- 

 nate of lime in Genesse County, N. Y., by Mr. J. C. G. Kennedy, 

 and was presented by him to the Philadelphia Museum. 



The perfect animal, the fossilized fragment of which is above de- 

 scribed, must have been at least sis inches in length, which is much 

 longer than any Asaph we have ever seen. Indeed, it is somewhat 

 doubtful whether it be a true Asaph or not. Although there appears 

 to have been no membranaceous development extending beyond the 

 abdominal arches, still its depressed form, and the relative propor- 

 tions of the middle lobe seem to place it among the Asaphs. 



2. The Herbarium of the late Zaccheus Collins of Philadelphia. 

 ' — In consequence of the much regretted death of Mr. Collins, his 

 herbarium is offered for sale by the administrator of his estate. Mr. 

 Collins was so well known, that it is quite unnecessary to say that he 

 was always esteemed an able botanist, and that, although he never 

 published any thing, his opinion was often consulted, by a majority 

 of our botanical writers. He was an assiduous collector, and his 

 herbarium contains a pretty complete collection of the plants from 

 the vicinity of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, &tc., made by his own 

 hands — including cryptogamous plants, mosses, lichens, fuci, &;c. 

 He also received large contributions from his correspondents in va- 

 rious parts of the United States, especially of southern plants, from 

 South Carolina and Georgia, which, at the present time, it is ex- 

 tremely difficult to procure. A complete set of the plants collected 

 in Arkansaw by Mr. Nuttall, together with many from the Missouri, 

 and an interesting collection from Labrador, are included in the her- 

 barium. It is probable, that no more extensive collection of the 

 plants of the United States, if even there is a more complete one ex- 

 isting, will, at this day, be offered for sale. 



The specimens have been neatly prepared, are enveloped in such 

 a manner as to be secure from the attacks of insects, are arranged 

 systematically, and carefully labelled. Mr. C. also possessed a 

 pretty large collection of exotic plants, which is for sale with the 

 above. 



We are happy in showing, in this manner, our respect for the 

 memory of Mr. Collins, by making known, the (we doubt not justly) 

 reputed value of this collection, to the botanical community, and 

 to public institutions. We are told that Mr. Collins died intestate, and 

 that otherwise, it is not probable that his collections would have been 



