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Sydney, N. S. W. N. E. Atwood — Crustacea from Province- 

 town. L. Upton, of Springfield — Platyphyllum concavum. 

 J. Dalton — Tarantula from Africa. A. Brooks, G. F. Austin, 

 J. H. Vent, Miss Howe, G. F. Allen — Native species of 

 Crustacea. 



Molluscs and Radiates. R. H. Wheatland — Holothuria 

 squamosa, Charles Fraebel, of Cambridge — 12 species of 

 native shells. J. L. Russell — specimens of shells from Cali- 

 fornia. Henry Cuming, of London — Paludomus loricatus, do. 

 crenulatus, do. Gardnerii, do; chelinoides, do. Bennettii. W. 

 J. Chever — Shells from Australia. Mrs. T. E. Payson, 

 Charles Osgood, H. F. Shepard, Mrs. J. D. Treadwell, S. R. 

 Curwen, W. T. Julio, E. P. Sargent — Foreign shells. Joseph 

 True — Several species of native shells, J. G. Anthony, of 

 Cincinnati — Unio Conradius, lo spinosa, lo fluviatilis, Unio 

 celatus, &c. C. L. Peirson — Several species of shells from 

 Minnesota. S, Tufts, of Swampscott — A large collection of 

 native shells, and Radiates. 



Comparative Anatomy. F. W, Putnam — Anatomical 

 preparation of Bufo americanus, H, F, Shepard — Skull of 

 Camelus dromedarius, Sphyrsena barracuda, &c, from Zanzibar, 

 Jaws of a Shark, N. E. Atwood, of Provincetown — Skulls of 

 Black fish. Mrs. J. D. Treadwell — Two human skeletons. 

 Henry Upton — Skull of Uria sp, Thomas Hunt — Antlers of 

 Cervus sp. from China, 



Herbarinm. James Ward — Seed of Anacardium occiden- 

 tale. H, F, Shepard — Ripe buds of the clove Caryophyllus 

 aromaticus and specimens of Ladoicea sechellarum (sea coco). 

 D, S, Emmerton — Specimens of Myristica moschata (nutmeg) 

 and Coffea arabica (coffee). A. Page, of South Dan vers, J. 

 L, Russell, S, B, Buttrick, J. A. Emmerton, J. C. Lee — 

 Native plants. 



Mineralogy and Geology. H. J. Pratt — Iron ore from 

 Maine. W. J. Chever — Minerals from the gold mines, Aus- 

 tralia. Davis — Quicksilver ore California. Charles 



Derby — Minerals collected in Sydney and vicinity. C. L, 

 Peirson — Specimens of minerals and the soil of Minnesota, J. 



