DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 
1. 
Donations to Museum. — 1858. 
Jan. 12th. Molar tooth of fossil Hippopotamus, from Sicily. Presented by 
Dr. Carson. 
Three fossil shells, cretaceous, from Alabama. Presented by Dr. S. W. 
Clanton. 
Paradoxides Harlani, from Massachusetts. Presented by Dr. Isaac Lea. 
Mercenaria tridacnoides, miocene. Presented by A. C. Michener. 
Eight specimens, 4 species miocene fossils, from North Carolina. Presented 
by J. M. Hines. 
I9tk. Fossil Helix, from Wayne Co., Missouri. Presented by Dr. Uhler. 
A bronze image and a face in stone, from Siam. Presented by John Henry 
Smith, through Aubrey Smith. 
Feb. 2d. An unusually fine specimen of a branching Coral, from Oahii, Sand- 
wich Islands. Deposited by James W. Morse, Esq. 
A large Polyporus, from Samoan Islands. Presented by Dr. Ruschenberger. 
Fragments of fossil wood, from Tivoli, and a specimen of Rock Salt, from Salz- 
burg, Tyrol. Presented by J. H. Slack. 
A large and very choice collection of marine, freshwater and terrestrial 
shells, containing about 1,000 species, from all parts of the world, presented 
by Mrs. R. Pierpont. The genera are as follows : Aspergillum, Auricula, 
Achatina, Argonauta, Avicula, Anomia, Anatina, Achatinella, Arapullaria, 
Area, Bulla, Buccinum, Bulimus, Cardiura, Cymba, Cypraea, Conus, Cerithium. 
Cassis, Corbis, Cassidaria, Crassatella, Chama, Chiton, Crepidula, Cucullaea,, 
Dentalium, Dolium, Donax, Delphinula, Eburna, Fusus, Fasciolaria, Fissiirella, 
Helix, Harpa, Haliotis, Isocardia, Lutraria, Lima, Mactra, Mya, Murex, Malleus, 
Meleagrina, Marginella, Mitra, Modiola, Natica, Nerita, Nautilus, Ostreea, Ovala. 
Oliva, Orbicula, Oniscia, Planaxis, Purpura, Pecten, Phasianella, Pinna, Perna. 
Pyrula, Placuna, Psammobia, Pholas, Petricola, Paludina, Patella, Pteroceras, 
Pectunculus, Phorus, Ranella, Rotella, Strombus, Siliquaria, Spirula, Soleii. 
Spondylus, Struthiolaria, Scalaria, Solarium, Tellina, Terebellum, Tornatella, 
Triton, Terebra, Turbo, Turritella, Trochus, Turbinola, Tridacna, Unio, Umbrella. 
Venus, Voluta. 
Feb. 9th. 2 fossils, from Alabama. Presented by Mr. Kirkland. 
One Panopeus, 1 Ocypode, 1 Palsemon, 1 Labrax, 1 Pomotis, 1 Umbrina, 1 
Lesbias, 1 Temnodon, 1 Lueciscus, 1 Lamna, 1 Leiostomus. From Chesapeake 
Bay. Presented by Mr. Taylor. 
Pseudocarcinus, Lupa, Pagurus, from Central America. Panopeus, Xantho. 
Chlorodius, Eriphia, Goniograpsus, Pagurus, Porcellana, 3 species. Asterias, 
Ophiura, Scutella, from Panama. Presented by Dr. LeConte. 
Feb. I6th. Amblyopsis spelseus and Astacus pellucidus. Presented by Ward 
B. Hazeltine, Esq. 
March 2d. A Polyporus, and a large, heavy, compact species of sponge 
(Halichondria,) from Arica, Peru. Presented by Dr. W. S. W. Ruschenberger. 
One coal plant, from Luzerne Co., Pa. Presented by R. Bingham. 
One hundred and forty-three specimens fossils of the genera Deinotherium, 
Mastodon, Palaeotherium, Anchitherium, Lophiodon, Entelodon, Rhinoceros. 
Equus, Cainotherium, Dicrocerus, Dorcatherium, Antelope. In exchange from 
the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. 
9th. Two fine specimens Sphenopteris crenata, from Broad Top Mountain. 
Presented by W. B. 
Native Copper, from Lake Superior. Presented by A. J. Dougherty. 
Five Orthoptera, from Panama. Presented by Dr. LeConte. 
Two species Orthoptera, 3 ; 2 Hemiptera, 5 ; 15 Coleoptera, 20 ; 1 Scorpio, 2 : 
1 Arachnide, from Honduras. Presented by Dr. LeConte and J. S. Hawkins. 
Male and female Eider Duck, from Long Island. Presented by J. Hare Powel. 
