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coides, Sparoides, Gobioides, Chcetodontes, Auloslomes, Pleu- 

 ronectes, Scomberoides. Further, by many fish-remains from 

 the tertiary deposits of Turin ; by several species from the 

 " Flysch formation " of the Plattenberg, near Matt, in the Can- 

 ton Glarus, namely : Acanus ovalis, Ag. ; Acanus mtnor, Ag. ; 

 Fistularia Koenigii, Ag. ; Palceorhynchus glaronensis, Ag. > 

 Palceorhynchus latus, Ag. ; Palimphyes latus, Ag. ; Palimphyes 

 brevis, Ag. ; Archaeus glaronensis, Ag. ; Archaeus brevis, Ag. ; 

 Anenchelum heteropleurum, Ag. ; Acanthoderma spinosum, Ag. 

 Further, by a very large series of well-preserved fishes from the 

 fresh- water limestone of the Molasse formation of Oeningen, 

 Switzerland, namely : of Perca lepidota, Ag ; of Coitus brevis, 

 Ag. ; of Acanthopsis angustus, Ag. ; of Cobilis cephalotes, 

 Ag. ; of Gobio analis, Ag. ; of Tinea furcata, Ag. ; of Tinea 

 leptosoma, Ag. ; of Leuciseus oeningensis, Ag. ; of Leuciscus 

 pusillus, Ag. ; of Aspius gracilis, Ag. ; of Esox lepidotus, Ag. ; 

 of Lebias, Ag. ; and of Anguilla pachyura, Ag. Further, by 

 several remains from Aix, Provence, with a fine specimen of 

 Lebias cephalotes, Ag. ; by some fish-remains from the " cal- 

 caire grossier " of Vaugirard, near Paris, namely : of Acan- 

 thurus Duvalii, Ag., and of Zanclus eocaenus, Gervais ; and 

 from the deposits of the Departement de l'He'rault, namely, of 

 Perca Reboulii, Gerv., and of Chaetodon Pseudo- Rhombus, 

 Gerv. ; by a fine specimen of Alosa elongata, Ag , from Oran, 

 Africa ; and by a great number of well-preserved specimens of 

 Leuciscus papyraceus, Ag., from the lignite formation near 

 Ro.tt, Siebengebirge, Prussia. 



Besides, we have many teeth of the genera Lamna, Cuv. ; 

 Oxyrhina, Ag. ; Otodus, Ag. ; Carcharodon, Smith ; Carcha- 

 rias, Cuv. ; Notidanus, Cuv. ; and Myliobates, Dumeril. 



(B.) A great part of the skeleton collection is now brought 

 into such order that it can be used for scientific studies. I am 

 able to report that several students have called upon me already 

 for the use of these valuable collections in their investigations. 

 The want of room has thus far prevented me from exhibiting 

 this collection to general visitors. I can say, notwithstanding, 

 that our collection is a very rich one in Mammals, as well as in 

 Birds, Reptiles and Fishes. A beautiful skeleton of Moose for- 

 warded by Prof. A. Miiller of Konigsberg, was recently received. 



