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Eggs of Short-eared Owl, Asio acdpitrinus (Pall.)- Returned. 



John T. Jones, Maiden, Mass. 16190. '85. (V, B) 

 Mica Schist. For examination. 



David H.Adams, Gainesborough, Va. 16191. '85. (XV j 



Lichens, from Buda-Pesth. 



Prof. Hugo Lojka, Buda-Pesth, Hungary. 16192. '85. (XIII, B) 

 Actinolite, from the north line of Mercer County, New Jersey. Partially altered. 



Jacob J. Runk, Laurel, Ind. 16193. '85. (XIV) 

 Mollusks (dry and alcoholic). A large and valuable collection. 



Henry Hemphill, Cedar Keys, Fla. 16194. '85. (IX) 

 Bones of Homo sapiens, from half a mile south of Hayne's Bluff, on a mound on tho 

 Yazoo River, Mississippi. 



Frank Burns, U. S. Geological Survey. 16195. '85. (VIII) 

 Pottery. Fragments from a mound near Hayne's Bluff, on Yazoo River, Mississippi. 



Frank Burns, U.S. Geological Survey. 16195. '85. (II, B) 

 Shells, from Japan and Bonin Islands, including some very rare and valuablo speci- 

 mens. 



Jon Kanzoa Uchimura, Delaware City, Pa. 16196. '85. (IX) 

 Fish, infested with ccrcarice — larval of a parasitic tremotodo. 



Rice Shindler (through Dr. Van S. Deaton, Alcony, Ohio). 16197. '85. 

 (VII) 

 Sea-Mouse, Aphrodite aculcata, taken in a lobster-pot off Block Island. For name. 



W. Williams, Stonington, Conn. 16198. '85. (XI) 

 Living Snake, Cyclopias ajslirus. 



Herbert B. Creel, Ripley Landing, W. Va. 16199. '85. (VI) 



Kolaii Paste. 



Thomas Christy & Co., London, England. 16200. '85. (I) 



Cretaceous Fossil Shells, Gryplwsa pitclicri, Morton, from Soldier Creek, Arkan- 

 sas River, Kansas. 

 Frank J. Ford, Greensburg, Kans. 16201. '85. (XII, B) 

 Insects, including Doryphora 10-lineaia (larva and imago) and Epitrix brcvis (imago), 

 from Tennessee. 

 Dr. C. W. Wilcox, Shell Creek, Carter County, Tennessee. 16202. '99. (X) 

 Vegetal Cellular Matter; contents removed and bleached by exposure; per- 

 haps the pith of some plant. 

 A. B. MacCrea, Berwick, Pa. 16203. '85. (I) 

 Pictures (36) of Kentucky social life. 



State Geological Survey of Kentucky. 16204. '85. (II, A) 

 Fish. A new species of Tyntlastes. For report. 



R. S. Day, New Orleans, La. 16205. '85. (VII) 

 Catlin Cartoons. Five boxes ; also one box of oil paintings. Deposited. 



Mrs. Elizabeth W. Catlln, New York, N. Y. 16206. '85. (I) 

 Skeleton of Whale, Hyperoodon semijunctus, Cope (type) ; with rods for mounting. 



Dr. G. E. Manigault, Charleston, S. C. 16207. '85. (IV) In exchange. 

 Ceremonial Objects, from India and China. One large gilt teakwood Idol; one 

 silver sacred Hindoo Temple Bell ; one Sooryudebor, or God of the Sun (stone), 

 dug from the mud on Gunga Sangum (Sugar Island), near the mouth of the Gan- 

 ges; height, 39 inches; width, 22 inches. One Chinese Wooden Devil, a curi- 

 ous piece of carving, of tho quaintest design, from China. On approval. 

 Thomas Donaldson, Philadelphia, Pa. 16208. '85. (II, A) 



