DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 
111. 
June \sL A collection of 2129 specimens, 709 species Coleoptera, and 280 
specimens, 75 species Lepidoptera. From Italy, Hungary and Greece. Pre- 
sented by F. Schafhirt. 
Four very large specimens Haliotis. Presented by J. .1. Allen, Esq. 
Four Pleuronectes maculatus, 1 Fistularia tabacaria, 2 serpents, 2 salaman- 
ders, 1 Pagurus pollicaris, 2 Loligo Pealii. Atlantic City. Presented by Paul 
B. Goddard. 
Skeleton of a monkey. Presented by S. W. Mitcliell. 
Forty specimens vertebrate fossils of the genera Palgeotherium, Anoplothe- 
rium, Dicrocerus, Mastodon, Acerotlierium, Clialicotlierium, Hiparion, Listrio- 
don, Paloplotherium, Cricetodon, Myoxus, Titanomys, Hemicyon, and Machaia 
rodus. France. In exchange. 
A small collection of Unios, from Texas. Presented by F. Moore. 
June Sth. Sixty-six Orthoptera 21 species ; 1 Hemiptera ; 18 Hymenoptera 
10 species ; 10 Diptera 5 species. From Nebraska. Presented by Dr. F. V- 
Ha3'-den. 
Very large scorpion. Monrovia, Liberia. E. T. Cresson. 
Lepidodendron Sternbergii. Broad Top, Pa. J. H Powel. 
June 16th. Chinese skull from Shanghai ; Feejee skull from Bau ; 3 Peru- 
vian skulls from the ruins of old Callao ; Hispano-Peruvian skull ; 2 skulls 
from Oregon and Washington Territories ; Digger Indian skull from Mare 
Island ; 2 Araucania skulls. Deposited by Drs. T. J. Turner, U. S. N., and 
J. A. Meigs. 
Seventy-nine specimens 62 species Lepidoptera, from Honduras. Presented 
by J. S. Hawkins, Esq. 
A scorpion from Panama, N. G. Presented by J. L. Le Conte. 
A large boa, from Honduras. J. S. Hawkins, Esq. 
June 22d. Mummied bird, from a guano bed. Presented by W. Camac. 
Two Salmo Gloveri. Shoodiac Lakes, Maine. Presented by Ed. Harris. 
One Antomys monax. Long Branch, N. J. Presented by Saml. Powel. 
Two hundred specimens Diptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, 
and Neuroptera. Presented by Messrs, Powel, Tilghman and Leidy, 
Large specimen Astrangia astrjeformis. Long Branch, N. J. Fossil flustra, 
from green sand, ditto. Presented by Mr. Powel. 
Agatized wood. Comayagua, Honduras. Dr. Le Conte. 
Several hundred specimens of minerals, rocks, and fossils, from various 
parts of the world. Presented by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. 
Fifty-two specimens terrestrial and fluviatile shells, from Cuba. Presented 
by F. A. Sauvalle, of Havana. 
A large and diseased gold fish. Schuylkill River. Presented by Dr. Uhler^ 
July 6th. One Mastodon tooth. Mouth of Columbia River. Presented by P. 
B. Goddard. 
Four specimens pedal tracks from red shale beneath the coal measures at 
Tamaqua, Pa. Deposited by Wm. M. Gabb. 
Three Pelamis, 5 Hydrophis, 1 Platax. Gulf of Siam. 1 Julus and a col- 
lection of Coleoptera from Hakodadi, Japan. Presented by Dr. A. A. Hender- 
son. 
Five Platuris ; 1 Crocodilus. Manilla, P. 0. Mr. Wood. 
Three teeth Carcharodon. Monmouth Co., N. J. Presented by James 
Hulick. 
Two teeth Otodus, and two of Lamna. N. Jersey. Presented by S. Powel. 
Cryolite and aluminium. Presented by Wm. Frishmuth. 
A large alligator gar fish. Mississippi River. Presented by Dr. T. S. Rich- 
ardson. 
