LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 749 



DuGES, Prof. A. (Guanajuato, Mexico), contributed the following collections— 



BiKDS : Carpodacus mexicanus, Euetlieia pusilla, VolaUnia splendens, Calamospiza 

 melanocorijs, Icterus buliocki, Deudrornis eburneirostris, Zenaidura viacroura, 

 Falco colimibariusj Biiteo borcalis calurus, Strix praiineola, Magascops asio 

 tr'ichopsis, GaUinago delicafa, Erewnetes occidentalis, aud Lams del avarensis. 

 Insects: Lepidoptera — Anemeca ehrenbergii; Diptera — Lucilia ccesar L., Lucilia 

 sp.?, Tabanus lineata, Tahanus sp.? {neav trispetus Will.)> Scoliopelta (allied to 

 luteipes Will.), Odontomiyia binota L\v., Microstijliim sp.?, Conops sp.?, Psilopus 

 (allied to sipho Say), Dolichopus sp.?, Belvoisia bifasciata Fabr ; Heiuiptera — 

 Serphus dilatatus Say (a species very close to our Corixa liarrisii Ubler), 

 Firaius biguttatus Say, Pacilocapsus luvatus L.; Homoptera — Cicada (near 

 auletes Germ.), two Cicadas (species uuknown), Proconia sp.?; Ortboptera — 

 Anisolabia maritima Bon., Spongophira sp.?; Hyuieuoptera — Anthophora mar- 

 ginata 8m., Aga2}Ostemons]).1 (near alricornis), Pheidole sp.?, Camponotus vic- 

 tinus Mayr. (variety of), Pheidole (near bergi Mayr.), Liometopum sp.?, Polistes 

 sp.?, Lissonotaf, Scleroderma sp.? (aBethylid), Pepsis marginata Burni.; Neu- 

 roptera — Two species of Termes not in our collection. 

 Fishes: Menidia humboldti, Hudsonius alius, Characodonferrugineus, C. atripinnis, 



aud C. vnriaius f. 

 Eeptiles : Cinosiernum rostellmn and C. integrum. 

 Plant: Chara fragilis Desv. 



Meadow mouse, Arvicola quasiaster ; also skull of specimen of the same species. 



Shells: Helix, J?<odoH to and corals, ecbinoderms, crustaceans, etc. 20097. 



Duly, A. A. (U. S. National Museum), presented a chalcedony pebble taken from a 



drill well under the southwest pavilion of the Museum Building (20071), an 



oyster, Ostrea virginica, from Cornfield Harbor, Virginia (20231), aud a specimen 



of marble from the Temple of Diana (20594) ; also gave rocks in exchange (19860). 



DuNNiNGTON, F. P. (University of Virginia), presented miuerals. 20105. 



Du Pre, D. A. (Spartanburgh, Souch Carolina), sent metallic iron for examination and 



report. 19586. 

 DuRAND, John (Paris, France), presented progressive proofs from A. B. Durand's en- 

 graving of Vanderlyu's ''Ariadne." 20278. 

 DwiGHT, Theodore F. (Ward, Delaware County, Pennsylvania), deposited pamphlet 

 bound in glass folios, "Original Association of Congress, October 20, 1774," 

 signed by forty-two delegates of the several colonies. 20719. 

 Dyche, D. T. D. (Lebanon, Ohio), presented prehistoric stone implements, forty-five 



specimens, from Warren County, Ohio. 20174. 

 Eagle, H. M. (Marietta, Pennsylvania), presented a lichen, Cladonia pulchella. 19502. 

 Easierday, William D. (Leesburgh, Virginia), presented a sandstone concretion. 



20134. 

 Eaton, J. M. C. (k-vingtou,New Jersey), presented a pouch of the Opossum, Didelpliys 



virginiaiia (19466) aud pupa oi Macrosila Carolina (19501). 

 Ebekle, Eugene E. (Gainesville, Texas), sent a piece of pork infested with animal- 



culte, for examination and report. 20176. 

 EcHAUKREN, Francisco (through Carlos Zanartu, consul for Chili at Paris, France), 

 l^resented a medal commemorating the war between Chili aud Peru 1879-1883. 

 19961. 

 Eckfeldt, Dr. J. W. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), sent a collection of mosses and 



lichens from Germany in exchange. 19744. 

 Edwards, Vinal N. (Wood's Holl, Massachusetts), presented a Tiger Salamander, 

 Amblystoma iigrinum. 19727. 



(See also under Fish Commission, United States.) 

 Elliott, F. O, (Catawba Springs, North Carolina), sent carved implements of so?p- 



stone, for examination and report. (Returned.) 20506. 

 Ellis, Charles Roland (Washington, District of Columbia), presented an Alligator, 

 Alligator mississippiensis, in the flesh. 20765^ 



