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Vancouver Island. — Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, of West Cliff, Custer 

 County, Colorado, transmitted, through Mr. W. G. Binney, of Burling- 

 ton, New Jersey, a specimen (type) of Prophysaon pacifieum Cockerell, 

 from Victoria. 



New Brunswick. — Mr. S. F. Cheney, of Grand Manau, sent a collec- 

 tion of nudibranchs, worms, crustaceans, and sponges. 



Labrador. — From Miss Anna L. Ward, of Connecticut, were received 

 a model of seal-skin Igloo, of the Eskimo; seal-skin coat; seal-skin to- 

 bacco pouch ; a pair of seal-skin burnings (iufaut's shoes) ; bag of feath- 

 ers, and two mounted seals. 



Manitoba. — Mr. H. A. Perley, of Carberry, sent for examination and 

 report a coin found near that place. 



Ottawa. — From the Geological Survey of Cauada (through Dr. A. R. 

 C. Selwyn, director) were received paleozoic invertebrate fossils, among 

 which was a fine specimen of Glonograptus jiexilis Hall. 



Prof. James Fletcher, of Ottawa, presented specimens of rare Coleop- 

 tera and Lepidoptera, characteristic of the Arctic regions. 



Quebec. — Mr. William H. Ball, of the U. S. National Museum, con- 

 tributed six very fine specimens of Diotyonema sociale Salter, from the 

 Upper Cambrian, of Matanne. 



The Reverend Abbe J. C. K. Laflamme, of Laval University, Quebec, 

 contributed to the Bepartment of Paleozoic Invertebrate Fossils a slab 

 containing Triarthrus bccki Green, Leptobolus insignis Hall, and Clima- 

 cograptus sp., from the Utica Slate, of Beaufort. 



/Selkirk. — Br. R. E. C. Stearns, of the U. S. National Museum, col- 

 lected and presented a specimen of limestone from near Selkirk, on 

 the line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. 



CENTRAL AMERICA. 



Nicaragua. — The Government of Nicaragua, at the instance of Mr. 

 John Crawford, transmitted through Hon. Jose F. Medina a collection 

 of engraved cocoa and chocolate cups, birds, reptiles, lava figures, and 

 a hammock. These objects formed a part of the Nicaraguau exhibit at 

 the Paris Exposition of 1889. 



Chihuahua. — Twenty-five specimens of land-shells were presented by 

 Mr. T. W. Stanton, of Washington, Bistrict of Columbia. 



Guanajuato. — From Br. Alfred Buges was received a large collection 

 of alcoholic fishes and alcoholic insects, dry insects, shells, marine in- 

 vertebrates, dried plants, birds' skins, fragments of Indian skull, mam- 

 mals, and reptiles. 



Guaymas and neighboring islands. — From the U. S. Fish Commission 

 were received specimens of insects, botanical specimens from Socorro 

 and Clarion Islands, and specimens of reptiles from Rerdo. A collection 

 of Echini was made in the North Pacific Ocean. 



