LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 707 



Amalgam, taken from the stomach of a mule working at amine. "These mines ac- 

 quire tlio habit of licking up the salty sediments which they tread underfoot. 

 After death, lumps of amalgam, sometimes weighing several pounds, are often 

 found in the abdominal cavity."* 

 Prof. Alfred Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico. 16268. '85. (xviii) 

 [NSECTS. A collection containing larvae* and pupa}, cocoons, nest, and 4 imagos of 

 Clisiocampa incurva H. Ed w., pupa shell of Cicada sp., Slenopel mains sp., Tenebrionid 

 larva, near Ccntronopus calcarata. Mctriopclma breyeri, Epeira mamntata (?)> Lycosa 

 sp., Heteropoda ventoria, Attus sp. (?), Atlas smaragdeus, A. cardinalis, Phrynia 

 semilunaris Koch, Acrosoma sjiinosa Hentz, and A. rugosa, from Mexico. 

 Prof. Alfred Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico. 16268. '85. (x) 

 Diodon, caught in a trap set for cunuers. 



W. A. Wilcox, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 16269. '85. (vn) 

 Common Mole, Scalops aquaticus, and Bat, Vcspertilio carolii. 

 J. and C. Walker, Olncy, Illinois. 16270. '85. (iv) 

 Reptiles, Bascanium constrictor, Uctcrodon, Ophibolus, Tropidonotus, Eutwnia, Cyclo- 

 pliis, Coluber, liana, and Bnfo. 



J. and C.Walker, Oluey, Illinois. 16270. '85. (vi) 

 Barred Owl, Symium nebulosum alleni, juv. New to the National Museum collection. 

 J. H. Batty and E. C. Greenwood (through Robert Ridgway). 16271. '85. 



(V, A) 



Nodule oe pyrite altering into Limonite ; for examination. 



John J. Chipley, Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. 16272. '85. 



(XVI) 



Fungus, Polypoms, cut from surface of a hickory. 



J. B.Deatheridge, Flint Hill, Virginia. 16273. '85. (xv) 

 Stone Carving (cast), in shape of human head. A very remarkable specimen. (Orig- 

 inal returned.) 



Natural Science Association, Stateu Island, New York. 16274. '85. (in) 

 Sturgeon, Acipenserbrevirostris. (Skeleton.) 



(Donor unknown). 16275. '85. (xn) 

 Altered Sandstone and shales containing particles of mica, also fossil coral ; for ex- 

 amination. 



Frank Hereford, Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. 16276. '85. (xv) 

 Sandstone, polished one side by glacial or other action, from Newfoundland. 



Willard Nye, Jr., New Bedford, Massachusetts. 16277. '85. (xvn) 

 Scaphoid and cuneiform magnum from the right hock (tarsus) of Erjuus caballus. 



A. E. Anderson, Boulder, Colorado. 16278. '85. (iv) 

 Elastic, a piece 11£ inches long taken from a mackerel in whose flesh it was nearly 

 all imhedded. 



I. C. Young, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (through W. A. Wilcox). 16270. '85. (i) 

 Bat, ] r esperiilio serotinus. 



Middleton Smith, Washington, District of Columbia. 16280. '85. (iv) 

 Beetle, Creophilus villosus. 



Dr. T. IJ . Bean, U. S. National Museum. 16-281. '85. (x) 

 Mice and Shrews, Sorex sp., Hesperomys leucopus, and Arvicola riparius, from Pat- 

 ehogue, Long Island. 



Dr.T.H. Bean, U.S. National Museum. 16281. '85. (iv) 

 Musk-rat, Fiber zlbvtliicus, from Baiubridge, Pennsylvania. 



F. G. Galrraith, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. 16282. '85. ^iv) 



* Translation of a portion of a letter from Professor Dugos accompanying the col- 

 lection. 



