CORRESPONDENCE. — 1858. 
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18ih. From W. Stimpson, dated Washington, D. C, 10th May, acknow- 
ledging his election as member. 
From N. B. Benedict, M. D., Recording Secretary of the New Orleans Academy 
of Sciences, giving some account of the present condition of that Society. 
June 1st. From John Hare Powel, dated Philadelphia, 1st June ; 
Dr. Samuel Kneeland, dated Boston, 29th May ; 
Dr. Edward K. Covey, U. S. A., dated Camp on Smith's Fork, 24th March, 
severally acknowledging their election as members. 
From the Sec. of the American Baptist Missionary Union, dated Philadelphia, 
20th May, returning thanks for invitation to visit the Museum. 
From the Geological Society of London, dated 15th and 29th April ; and 
The Librarian of the British Museum, acknowledging receipt of publications 
of the Academy. 
8th. From the Verein fiir vaterl. Natnrkunde in Wiirttemberg, dated Stuttgart, 
6th Sept., 1857, transmitting donation, and acknowledging receipt of publica- 
tions of the Academy. 
From the K. Akad. der Wissenschaften, dated Vienna, 10th April, 1857, ac- 
knowledging receipt of publications of the Academy. 
June 15tk. From the Linnean Society of London, dated Jan. 8th, 1858, 
Senkenbergische Naturf. Gesellschaft, dated Frankfort und Main, Dec. 24th, 
1857. 
Rata. Genootsch. der Proefond. Uijsbegeerte te Rotterdam, dated Jan. 14th, 
1858, 
K. K. Geolog. Reichsanstalt, dated Vienna, Jan. 22d, 1857, 
Entomol. Verein in Stettin, dated Dec. 23d, 1857, and from the 
Soc. Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscow, dated July 1-13, 1858, acknow- 
ledging receipt of publications of the Academy. 
From the Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences, dated Dec. 7th, 1857, 
W. Haidinger, dated Vienna, June 24th, 1857, 
Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Basel, dated Dec. IGth, 1857, 
K. K. Geolog. Reichsanstalt, dated Vienna, May 30th, 1857, transmitting pub- 
lications. 
Verein fiir Vaterlandische Naturkunde in Wiarttemberg, dated Stuttgart, 
Dec. 28th, 1857, 
K. Preuss. Akad. der "Wissenschaften, dated Berlin, Nov. 28th 1857, 
Societas Natura Artis Magistra, dated Amsterdam, Nov., 1857, transmitting 
publications, and acknowledging receipt of those of the Academy. 
22c?. From F. A. Sauvalle, dated Havana, June 8tb, 1858^ transmitting a 
donation of shells. 
July 6tk. From K. Bayerisch. Acad, der Wissenschaften, dated Miinchen, 
10th Dec, 1857, transmitting donation, and acknowledging receipt of publica- 
tions of the Academy. 
ISth. From Rev. W. P. Breed, dated Philadelphia, July 8th, and from Chas. 
Izard McEuen, dated Philadelphia, July 10th, acknowledging their election as 
members. 
Societe Vaudoise des Sc. Naturelles, dated Lausanne, 6th May, 1858, trans- 
mitting donation and acknowledging receipt of publications of the Academy. 
20^/i. From Myron Tompkins, M. D., Houghton, Michigan, acknowledging 
his election as member. 
August 3d. From the British Museum, dated London, July 2d, 1858, and 
the Horticultural Society of London, dated July 7th, 1858, acknowledging re- 
ceipt of publications of the Academy. 
lOih. From A. Snowden Piggott, M. D., dated Baltimore, July 26th, 1858, 
acknowledging his election as member. 
17^A. From the Deutsche Geolog. Gesellschaft, dated Berlin, Febr. 5th, 1858, 
transmitting donation, acknowledging receipt of publications of the Academy, 
and noting deficiencies. 
24:tk, From Alfred Malherbe, dated Metz, August 4th, 1858, transmitting 
prospectus of his Monographic des Picides. 
