762 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Lane, Sylvanus (Hillsboi'ougli, Ohio), sent a specimea of crude petroleum for es- 

 amiuation aud report. 19538. 



Lang, John C. (Washington, District of Columbia), deposited the original patent 

 granted to John Fitch, of Philadelphia, by Louis XVI., of France, in 1791, "for 

 propelling boats by the force of steam ; " young of Sea-otter, Enhydris liitris; aud a 

 carved wooden image from South Sea Islands. 20791. 



Lange, Charles T. (Hancock, Dakota), sent a specimen of magnetic iron ore for 

 examination and report. 19723. 



Lattin, Frank H. (Albion, New York), sent zoisite from New York for examination 

 and report. 19903. 



Lawrence, George N. (New York City), presented eggs of Eulampis holosericeus 

 and Bellona exilis (19412); also sent three specimens of Bachman's Warbler, 

 Hehnintliopliaga hachmanii, from Louisiana (20782). 



Lazier, Capt. Henry B. (Morgantown, West Virginia), deposited a soldier's medal, 

 honorable discharge, of the State of West Virginia. 19582. 



Lea, Dr. Isaac (deceased), through Mrs. M. J. Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 

 bequeathed a collection of shells containing about two thousand specimens; 

 about four hundred specimens of mesozoic fossil shells; fossils, including sixty- 

 four genera, one hundred and twenty-four species of American fossils from all 

 horizons, and about ten genera and fifteen species of foreign fossils of the same 

 range, aud worm tubes and barnacles taken from mangrove oysters in the Island 

 of Cuba (20525); also a large collection of minerals (20423). 



Leary, J. L. (Thoroughfare, Virginia), sent micaceous hematite and mica schist 

 (19937); also maguetite in decomposed schist (20672) for examination and report. 



LeGeart, L. H. (Evanston, Wyoming), presented a specimen of coal. 19505. 



Lemon, John H. (New Albany, Indiana), presented sixty-nine specimens of prehis- 

 toric stone implements from Floyd County, Indiana (19386) ; also two spiders 

 from Wyandotte Cave, Indiana (19658). 



Leon, Dr. Nicolas (Morelia, Mexico), presented a Mexican catechism — an old copy. 

 20119. 



Lewis, Willis (Henderson, North Carolina), presented a specimen of a fluid extract 

 of rattlesnake plantain, Rierackmi scahriim, or H. gronovii, a reputed antidote 

 for rattlesnake bite. 20555. 



LlENAN, D. B. (Joplin, Missouri), presented a specimen of olivine in limonite. 20711. 



Lincoln, Dr. O. (U. S. Geological Survey), presented ten specimens of vanadinite 

 from New Mexico. 20036. 



LiNDBERG, J. J. E. (El Paso, Texas), presented two living specimens of Black Bear. 

 20143. 



LiNEHAN, P., &Co. (Raleigh, North Carolina), presented a specimen of building-stone 

 (19359); also a specimen of -'black granite" (19404). 



Linton, W. J. (New Haven, Connecticut), presented wood engravings by the donor; 

 also a collection of wood engravings and photographs to illustrate the history of 

 wood engraving. 20269. 



Lipscomb, A. A. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented two knives made of 

 steel shoe-springs by convicts. 20628. 



Long, W. B. (Steen's Creek, Rankin County, Mississippi), presented a plant supposed 

 to be an antidote for rattlesnake bite. 19956. 



LoPOR, W. H. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), sent a wax impression of a coin for ex- 

 amination and report. 20487. 



LovETT, Edward (Croydon, England), presented prehistoric stone implements, 

 pottery, etc.; two paleolithic implements, from Madras, India, aud fourteen from 

 England ; also neolithic specimens from England, Scotland, and Ireland, and frag- 

 ments of Samian ware and flint flakes illustrating the manufacture of gem flints 

 (20116) ; also sent in exchange prehistoric stone implements from the vicinity of 

 Brandon, England, fifty-one specimens (20225), and a collection of ethnological 

 objects (20116). 



