LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 715 



Insect, Theraphosoid, probably new. 



J. B. Bowman, Aleman, New Mexico. 16403. '85. (x) 

 Flexible Sandstone. 



S. M. Dugger, Banner's Elk, Watuaga County, North Carolina. 16404. '85. 



(XVII) 



Kelp Parchment, prepared for printing ; the first made in the United States. 



James G. Swan, Port Townsend, Washington. 1G405. '85. (i) 

 Kaolin (2 specimens), bog iron ore (2 specimens), and compact limonite (44 speci- 

 mens). 



Frank Burns, U. S. Geological Survey. 1G40G. '85. (xvi) 

 Spider, Epeira, probably viraiica. 



Lewis R. Gibbs, Jr., 28 Corning street, Charleston, South Carolina. 1(1107. '85. 



(x) 

 Insects (13 vials), from Panama. 



Dr. George W. Nelson, Mazatlan, Mexico, and Dr. Wolfred Nelson, New 

 York City, New York. 16408. '85. (x) 



Reptiles, Bufo (1 specimen), and Dendrobates Hnctorius (4 specimens), from Panama. 

 Dr. George W. Nelson, Mazatlan, Mexico, and Dr. Wolfred Nelson, New 

 York City, New York. 16408. '85. (vi) 

 Bird, Trochalepteron rufigulare, a species of Timeliidce, from the Himalaya Mountains. 

 New to the collection. 

 George N. Lawrence, New York, New York. 16409. '85. (v, a} 

 Damourite, lepidolite, cookeito, cle'avlandite, triphylite, lepidomelane, tripolite, 

 topaz, beryl, tourmaline, zircon, muscovite, apatite, vesuvianite, cassiterite, 

 gahnite, columbite, etc. (40 specimens). 

 N. H. Perry, South Paris, Maine. 16410. '85. (xvi) 

 Insect, "Walking-stick," Diapheromera femorata. 



William Rear, Nashville, Tennessee. 16411. '85. (x) 

 Plant, Black Knot, Sphceria morbosa, also Polyporus sp. 



Mrs. M. E. Wing, Charlotte, Vermont. 16412. '85. (xv) 

 Ethnological Objects: Shoes, slippers, stockings, brass penholder, inkstand and 

 reed pens, fez caps, cotton skull-caps, hubble-bubble pipe, long pipe-stem, pipe- 

 bowls, paper lantern, shepherd's sheepskin coat, Mohammedan charm, etc., from 

 Egypt and the Holy Land. 



Otis Bigelow, Washington, District of Columbia. 16413. '85. (n, a) 

 Mammals, Lynx rufus and Cyvomys ludoviciamts (skins). 



Charles K. Worthen, Warsaw, Illinois. 16414. '85. (iv) 

 Crayfishes, from Wytheville, Virginia. 



Col. M. McDonald, U. S. Fish Commission. 16415. '85. (xi) 

 Fungus, from Wytheville, Virginia. 



Col. M. McDonald, U. S. Fish Commission. 16415. '85. (xv) 

 Insects, from Wytheville, Virginia. 



Col. M. McDonald, TJ. S. Fish Commission. 16415. '85. (x) 

 Shells, Physa hetcrostropha Say, from Wytheville, Virginia. 



Col. M. McDonald, U. S. Fish Commission. 16415. '85. (ix) 

 Reptiles, Coluber obsolelus, Tropidonotus sipedon, Carphoplriops amoznus, Bana cates- 

 biana, Bascanium constrictor, Desmognathus fusca, and Spelerpes longicaudus, from 

 Wytheville, Virginia. 

 Col. M. McDonald, U. S. Fish Commission. 16415. '85. (vi) 

 Quartz (2 specimens), quartzite, shale, chlorite, and menaccannite (2 specimens), 

 from Loudoun County, Virginia. 



F. W. True, U. S. National Museum. 1641(5. '85. (xvn) 



