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specimens of insects in different stages, and over a hundred specimens of 

 cocoons, galls and other illustrations of insect economy fron* Newton Corner, 

 by Dr. Geo. F. Waters. 



Crustacea and Worms. Several Crustacea from Mexico, by Dr. S. Knee- 

 land. Twenty Crustacea from Madeira, by Dr. Francis H. Brown. Three Crus- 

 tacea from Texas, by Mr. C. P. Dillaway. Large claw of Lobster, Eomarus 

 americanus, from vicinity, the animal weighing twenty-five pounds, by Dr. B. 

 Joy Jeffries. Two specimens of Pycnogonum from the Bay of Fundy, by Mr. 

 L. L. Thaxter. Thirty-six specimens, representing fifteen species of Crustacea, 

 from North, Central and South America, by exchange with the Museum of Yale 

 College, New Haven, Ct. An entozoon from the domestic fowl, by Dr. Geo. F. 

 Waters. A $ Astacus with its young, and Astacus from the Mammoth Cave, 

 Ky., by Mr. S. H. Scudder. A small crab in alcohol, from St. Augustine's, 

 Fla., by Mr. E. Samuels. 



Shells. A number of shells by Dr. H. I. Bowditch. Several mollusca from 

 Mexico, by Dr. S. Kneeland. About two hundred Mollusca from Madeira, by 

 Dr. Francis H. Brown. Two specimens of Caprella from the Bay of Fundy, 

 by Mr. L. L. Thaxter. Pearly concretions found in oysters, by Dr. S. 

 Kneeland. Four hundred and fifty species of shells of mollusca from various 

 localities, determined by Hugh Cumitig, by the Smithsonian Institution. Sixty 

 specimens of fresh water mollusca from Waterville, Me., by Dr. Geo. F. Waters. 

 Two specimens of Platyodon cancellation from California, and ninety-seven 

 specimens of shells of thirty-three species of mollusca, from the Atlantic Coast 

 near Florida, by Mr. R. E. C. Stearns. A number of shells of mollusca from 

 the deep sea Atlantic, by Mr. E. R. Mayo. 



Radiates, Sponges, etc. Flower-basket Sponges, Euphctella speciosa, from 

 the Philippine Islands, four specimens, two of which contained Crustacea, by 

 Mr. H. U. Jeffries, and one specimen by Capt. H. P. Snow. A large "Portu- 

 guese Man o'War," Physalla, from the coast of Texas, by Mr. C- P. Dillaway. 

 Three specimens of Asterina miniata from California, and three specimens of 

 Mettita quinquepora from Amelia Island, Fla., by Mr. R. E. C. Stearns. A Mad- 

 repora, by Mr. D. F. Carlton. 



Botany. Several specimens of twigs and leaves of the Red Cedar, Junipe- 

 rus virginiana, with its parasitic fungus, Podisoma juniperi, by Mr. Luther Hills. 

 Leaves of Quercus pedunculatus from Madeira, and a ruler illustrating various 

 woods of Madeira, by Dr. Francis H. Brown. Sixty-five specimens of dried 

 plants, fibrous vegetable material and samples of wood from Africa, by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Dry specimens of fungi from Hart's Lo- 

 cation, N. H., by Dr. S. A. Bemis. Two specimens of Lycopodium lepidoden- 

 dron from Texas, by Dr. Edw. Gilchrist, U. S. N. Twelve specimens of two 

 species of grasses from the Philippine Islands, by Dr. S. Kneeland. A pod 

 of Theobroma cacao from Cuba, and a specimen of Cordyceps entomorhiza on 

 larva of a Lachnosterna, by Mr. S. H. Scudder. Three woody tumors, or 



