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hall, Rev. C. 11. A., Calcutta, India, One package marine sheila from 

 .Madras, India. 



Dote, Harry E.j Portland, Oreo. Shells from Oregon, including the re- 

 cently introduced European Zonites oellarius Mull. 



Dugcs, Prof. A., Guanajuato, Mex, Anodonia and Vermetus from Mexico. 



Edutar&s, Vinal A., ftoodti Roll, Mas.;. Lunatia linos and Meeodeema 

 ,Jauresi, in alcohol, from Wood's Boll, Mass. 



Ellis, T. 8. (See Baird, Prof. S. P.) 



Grey, J. IV., Hartford. Conn., through Harnett Phillips, esq. Specimens of 



Cionella subcylindrica, a small land snail, said to have fallen in a 

 shower at Hartford, Conn., November 11, 1SS3. 



Hoyden, T. Walton ,W 'est 'on (Ont.), Canada. Specimen of Anodontafrom 

 Hudson Bay Territory, in spirits. 



Hemphill, Henry, Oakland, Cat. Three packages small mollusks and 

 shells from Florida. These are among the most valuable contributions 

 of the year, including chiefly small and rare species, some of which 

 are new, and all valuable for their excellent condition, and accurate 

 determination of habitat, locality, &c. 



Hering C. J., Paramaribo, Surinam. Specimens of Bulimus and Am- 

 pullaria from Surinam. 



Hungerford, Dr. (through Dr. F. C. Dale, China). Land, fresh- water, and 

 marine shells from China and Philippine Islands. 



Hydrographic Office, U. 8. Navy Department (through Commander J. R. 

 Bartlett, hydrographer). Nudibranchs, cephalopods, and ot her pelagic 

 mollusks picked up at sea by Capt. J. R. Lyou of the bark Cashmere on 

 a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta and San Francisco. 



Didia Museum, Calcutta, by Prof. J. Wood Mason (through W. H. Dall). 

 Turbinella pyrum L., in alcohol. This shell, though extremely com- 

 mon in the Indian seas, has been hitherto unknown as to its soft 

 parts. Its classification, hitherto doubtful, has been determined by 

 means of the specimen above mentioned, obtained at the Andamans. 



Jeffreys, Dr. J. Qwyn, F. R. S., Kensington, England. Two cases of gas- 

 tropod mollusks, being an installment of the Jeffreys collection now 

 being forwarded to the National Museum. 



Jones, Dr. William H., U. S. N., of the U. S. S. Wachusett, Callao, Peru. A 

 valuable collection of marine shells, dry and in alcohol, from the west 

 coast of South America (chiefly Peru and Ecuador), and from the Gal- 

 apagos (Chatham) Islands. 



Kiefer, George, Lima, Peru. Shells, &c, in alcohol, from Peru. 



Lehnert, Rev. E., Washington, D. C. (through R. E. C. Stearns). One hun- 

 dred and thirty-three species and varieties of land and fresh- water 

 shells from the District of Columbia, being a valuable contribution 

 toward a local collection. 



Moscly, Prof. 11. K., Oxford, England. Microscopic; slides, showing eyes 

 of Schizochiton incisus and Ornithochiton sp. 



Murdoch, John. (Sec Signal Office, U. S. A.) 



