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proceedings of the [March, 1856. 



necklaces, made of shells of the Natica mammilla; four 

 swords, made of sharks' teeth, and a series of plates of whale- 

 bone, from the mouth of the right whale. 



Donation to Library. 



Professor J. E. Holbrook presented a copy of his work on 

 the Fishes of Florida, Georgia, etc. 



The Chairman read and presented for publication in the 

 proceedings, description of a new species of " Baptisia" 

 found near Aiken, S. C, with specimens and drawings, by 

 Henry W. Eavenel, Esq. Eeferred, in accordance with the 

 rules of the Society, to the Committee of Curators. 



MAECH 7th, 1856. 

 Yice-President L. E. Gibbes in the chair. 



Contributions to Museum. 



Fossil horse teeth, from the Tunnel Mountain, Georgia, by 

 Capt. Y. D. Y. Jamison, of Orangeburg, S. C. 



Two species of Cordiceps — C. Ravenelii — (Beck & Curtis) 

 and C. Carolinensis — (Beck & Curtis) — presented by H. W. 

 Eavenel, Esq., Aiken, S. C. 



One Coluber jpunctatus, by the same. 



One fossil Shark's tooth, very large — Carcharodon Mega- 

 lodon — by Col. T. P. Huger, from excavations of the North 

 Eastern Eailroad, twenty miles from Charleston. 



The committee appointed to wait upon the President of 

 this Society, and request a copy of his address, delivered at 

 its inauguration, reported the loss of Dr. Bachman's notes 



