14 Thirty-fourth Annual Eeport of the 



A specimen of the root of a carrot with numerous branches. From 

 0. Feltis, Cranesville, N. Y. 



By collection of the Botanist [CharlesjH. Peck], specimens of one 

 hundred and ninety-seven species of plants have been added to the 

 Herbarium, of which eighty-five are new to it. 



II. ZOOLOGY. 



BY DONATION. 



Spoon-bill Sturgeon (Mheostoma caprodes, Raf .), from the Alleghany 

 river, at Warren, Penna. By Charles E. Beecher. 



Alcoholic specimens of Chrysochus ornatus (Fabr.). From Miss 

 Anna Hall, Delaware Co., New York. 



Examples of Asellus communis, Say, from Trout-ponds, Albany Co., 

 N. Y. From J. M. Batterman, Albany, N. Y. 



Cocoons of Samia cecropia (Linn.) and Callosamia Prometheus, 

 Knox, Albany Co., N. Y. From H. 0. Williams, Knox, N. Y, 



Pupa of Deilephila lineata. From James Hall. 



Cermatia forceps, Raf. From D. A. Nichols, Albany, N. Y. 



Julus canadensis, new sp. From G. C. Hall, Taunton, Mass. 



An owl-beetle, Alaus oculatus (Linn.) From Howard Cole, Albany. 



A fresh- water shrimp, Gammarus? fasciatus, Say. Abundant in a 

 well. From James Trego, New Baltimore, N. Y. 



Gorydalis carnutus, Linn. From T. L. Harison, Albany, N. Y. 



BY PURCHASE. 



A Blue Heron. A young individual in full plumage. Killed near 

 Albany. 



List of species of the Genus Partula donated by W. D. Hartman 

 M. D. West Chester, Pennsylvania. 



P. Ganymedes, Pfr. Dominique, Marquesas. 



P. bilineata, Pfr. Tahaa. 



P. affinis, Pse. Tahiti. 



P. lignaria, Pse. Tahiti. 



P. nucleola, Pse. Moorea. 



P. sinistrorsa, Pse. = Otaheitana var. Tahiti. 



P. brevicula, Pse. = Otaheitana var. Tahiti. 



P. attenuata, Pse.= gracilis, Pse. (one specimen.) Raiatea. 



P. crassilabris, Pse. == rustica, Pse. Raiatea. 



P. amdbilis, Rve. = Otaheitana, var. Tahiti. 



P. rubescens, Rve. = Otaheitana, var. Tahiti. 



P. variabilis, Pse. = navigatoria, Pfr. Raiatea. 



P. bella, Pse. == Hebe, var. (according to Garrett.) Raiatea. 



P. robusta, Pse.= auricutata. Tahiti. 



P. umbilicata, Pse. Tahaa. 



P. repan'da, Pse.= recta, Pse. Nukahiva, Marquesas Is. 



