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Portage group at Ttliaca, N. Y. ; some of the specimens with a 

 species of Rhynchonelhi attached to the stems. 



One or more species of Dithyrocaris and many otlier fossils, from 

 the same beds at Ithaca. 



Collections from the Chemmig group at Ithaca. 



Fossils of the Chemung Group in the neighborhood of Elmira and 

 Chemung j^arrows, Chemung Co., and at Panama in Chautauqua 

 county. 



Fossils of the Old Red Sandstone, near Blossburg, Pa. 



Fossils of the Cauda-Galli Grit, from the Ilelderberg mountains. 

 Collected by Mr. Yandeloo. 



Large collections of fossils from the Hamilton and Chemung groups, 

 in Otsego, Chenango, Broome and Cortland counties ; and of the 

 Ped Sandstones, from Otsego, Chenango and Delaware counties. 

 Collected by Dr. J. W . Hall and George B. Simpson, Field Assistants. 



Glacial Scratches, from extensive beds of polished Tentaculite 

 Limestone, uncovered in quarrying for the new Hudson River bridge 

 at Albany. Schoharie, IST. Y. Collected by Mr. Lintner. 



lY. By Purchase. 



Type specimens of Tertiary Shells from the valley of the Amazon, 

 discovered and collected by Prof. James Orton, and described by 

 F. A. Conrad ; of the following species : 



Dyris gracilis Conrad, two, Pachydon obliquus Conr., seven, 

 Liris laqueata, Conr., four, Pachydon tenuis Conr., one, 

 Iscea lintea Conr., two, Pachydon ovatus Conr., one, 



Iscea OrtoTii Gabb, four, Pachydon cuneatns Conr., four, 



Iscea Ortoni (young), ten, Pachydon cuneatus (young), one, 



Ehora crassilabra Conr., two, Anisatyra carinatum Conr., live, 

 Ebova hella^ Conr., one, Hemisinus sulcatus Conr., one, 



Pachydon erectus Conr., one, Neritina Ortoni Conr., fifteen. 

 Two parts of valves allied to Mulleria. 

 A piece of the indurated, fossiliferous Clay from the shell deposit. 



Fossils and rock specimens of the " Simms Collection," enume- 

 rated under one hundred and eighty-two numbers of the printed 

 catalogue, and additional manuscript numbers extending to two 

 hundred and four. 



Minerals, enumerated in three hundred and seventy-nine numbers 

 of the printed catalogue, and in additional manuscript numbers to 



