LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 729 



SPEAR-HEADS (11), ami a leaf-shaped implement, from Randolph County, Indiana. 



Alex. C. Black, Surgeon-General's Office, Washington, District of Columbia. 

 16673. '85. (in) 



Insects, Mallodon (1 specimen), Proculus (6 specimens), Passalus (1 specimen), Arco- 

 cinus longimanus (5 specimens), from Guatemala. 



Miles Rock, 1430 College Hill Terrace, Washington, District of Columbia. 

 1G674. '85. (x) 



Hognose Snake, Heterodon platyrhinus. 



Charles A. Bruff, Washington, District of Columbia. 16675. '85. (vi) 



Decomposed Material. 



Richard Slaney, Payson, Arizona. 16676. '85. (xviii) 



Earthenware Vases and ornamental pitchers.* 



Thomas Forester & Sons, Longton, Staffordshire, England. 16677. '85. (i) 



Horse-teetii and skeleton snake, from Todd's Limekiln Quarry, near Cartersville, 

 Barton County, Georgia. (Returned.) 

 John P. Rogan. (Through U. S. Geological Survey.) 16678. '85. (xn) 



Insect, Polyphylla 10-Uneata, Say. 



N. H. Brown, Lander, Wyoming. 16679. '85. (x) 



Birds' Eggs, Scops asio triclwpsis, from Fort Lowell, Arizona. 



Capt. Charles E. Bendire, Fort Custer, Arizona. 16680. '85. (v, b) 



Arctic Towhee, Pipilo arciicus (skin). 



Capt. Charles E. Bendire, Fort Custer, Arizona. 16681. '85. (v, a) 



BiRDSt : Pyrodervs orenocensis, from Venezuela, and Pharomacrus moccino, from Guate- 

 mala. 

 Commissioner of Venezuela. 16682. '85. (v, a) 



Hydroids, corallines and barnacles, from Cape Flattery, W. I. 



James G. Swan, Port Townsend, Washington Territory. 16683. '85. (xi) 



Scallops and other shells, Pecten caurinus, and Olivella biplicata Say, from Cape 

 Flattery. 



James G. Swan, Port Townsend, Washington Territory. 16683. '85. (ix) 

 Silicified coral, probably Micheliva sp. 



D. S. Deering, Independence, Iowa. 16684. '85. (xni, a) 

 Grasses, Erianthus alopccuroides—E. saccltaroides, Michx, E. urevibarhis, Michx. and 



Scirpus eriophorum, Michx. 



R. S. Owen, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 16685. '85. (xv) 

 Dried Hydroid. 



Henry D. Woolfe, Cape Lisburne, Alaska. 16686. '85. (xi) 

 Skull of an eel-pout, probably an nndescribed species of Zoarces. 



Samuel Wilmot, Newcastle, Ontario, Canada. 16687. '85. (vii) 

 Plants. t A large and valuable collection, including about 1,500 species, from the 



West and Southwest. 



V. Havard, assistant-surgeon, U. S. Army, Fort Wadsworth, New York. 16688. 

 '85. (xv) 

 Marine Invertebrates, from the eastern coast of North America. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, District of Columbia. 16689. '85. (xi) 



* Received from New Orleans Exposition. 



t Received from New Orleans Exposition through Department of State. 

 t This collection is treated of by the donor in a paper published in " Proceedings 

 U. S. National Museum," vm, Sept. 23, 1885, pp. 449-533. 



