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. Mr. E. D. Cope, as a distinct species, under the name of Desmogna- 

 thus ochrophcea.* 



Amblystoma punctatum Baird. This species was found in a pool of 

 water, at Norway, by Mr. S. I. Smith, on the 3d of May. It is 

 probable, therefore, that it deposits its eggs in water about that 

 time. 



The following letters were read, which had recently been 

 received, namely : — 



From the Naturhistorischer Verein, Bonn, January 17th, acknowl- 

 edging the receipt of the Society's publications ; the K. Akademie der 

 Wissenschaften, AVien, January 24th, 1863, presenting its publica- 

 tions ; Mr. Temple Prime, April 13th, and Dr. Eugene P. Robbins, 

 April 20th, acknowledging their election as Corresponding Members. 



Mr. C. C. Frost, of Brattleboro', Vt., was elected Cone- 

 f ponding Member. 



Mr. C. B. Porter, of Boston, and Mr. Tlics. P. lulclao, cf 

 Brookline, were elected Kesident Members. 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



April 1. Lithodes arciica, from Eockport, Mass., by Mr. Addison Gott. A 

 pair of Nyctea nivea, from McGregor, Iowa, by Mr. H. Davis. 



April 15 A hair-ball from the stomach of an ox, by Mr. Francis H. Jack- 

 son. Sioreria Dekayi, from Newport Harbor, by Dr. B. Joy Jeffries. 



May 6. A bottle of snakes and salamanders, by Miss E. Richardson. Two 

 Japanese Dogs, by Dr. Kuschenberger, U. S. N. A box of Mollusca, from 

 North Carolina, by Dr. B. S. Shaw. 



May 20. Specimens of calcareous tufa, from Wisconsin, by Mr. J. White. 



June 3. Live specimens of Pliuophis melaiioleucus, from Manchester, N. J., 

 by Mr. T. J. Whittemore. 



June 17. An electrical eel ( Gymnotus), from the Amazon, by Mr. Thomas 

 HaU. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 80, 1863. 



Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 8vo. Pamph. 1863. 

 From A. A. Society. 



Annual Report of the Mercantile Library Association. 8vo. Pamph. New 

 York, 1862-3. From M. L. Association. 



Constitution and By-Laws of the Natural History Society of Montreal. 8vo. 

 Pamph. Montreal, 1859. From Major L. A. Huyuet-Latour. 



Field and Garden Vegetables of America. By i<'earing Burr, Jr. 8vo. Bos- 

 ton . Fro'm Hon. Albert Feming. 



* Proceedings PhiL Acad. Nat. Sciences, 1859, p. 124. 



