DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 
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Thirteen Diptera 1 species. Newport, R. I. S. Powel. 
Forty Hemiptera 14 species. Altoona, Pa. Dr. LeConte. 
One Mantis, 2 Libellula. Dr. J. L. Burtt. 
One Belostoma. H. B. Dewey. 1 scorpio, 1 Scolopendra, W. Africa. Dr. 
Ford. 11 ants, W. Africa. Dr. Savage. 
Seven microscopic specimens. Presented "by Dr. J. C. Morris, through the 
Biological Department. 
Dec. 21st. Twenty-one species 70 specimens, cretaceous mollusca, from 
Tippah Co., Mississippi. Presented by Dr. Wm. Spillman. 
Vertebra of Balsena palseatiantica. Miocene, N. Carolina. Presented by 
Dr. W. A. Norcom. 
Eight specimens vertebrae and ribs of two species of extinct Cetaceans, from 
miocene marl of Pitt Co., N. C. Presented by Dr. James M. Hines. 
Numerous fragments of cetacean bones, from miocene deposits, near Old 
Point Comfort, Va. Presented by Dr. Eppes. 
Two fragments of fossil wood, from the drift, near Haddonfield, N. J. Pre- 
sented by Miss A. Cooper. 
Fine skull of the Wild Boar, from Tunis, Africa. Presented by W. S. Vaux. 
Iron ore, from Iron Mt., Missouri. Presented by Dr. Uhler. 
Horns of the Cape Ox. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Dr. R. E. Rogers. ' 
Twenty-one microscopic specimens. From the Biological Department. 
Forty-three microscopic specimens. Deposited by Mr. J. H. Slack, through 
the B. D. 
One Emys. Mississippi. Presented by Dr. W. Spillman. 
A Chinese cranium, and model of a compressed foot of a Chinese lady. Pre- 
sented by J. E. Semple, M. D., U. S. N. 
Ninety-three Lepidoptera 40 species ; 84 Diptera 50 ; 100 Hymenoptera 45 ; 
43 Hemiptera 22 ; 30 Orthoptera 19 ; 25 Neuroptera 15 ; 40 Coleoptera 24. New- 
port, R. I. Presented by S. Powel, Jr. 
One hundred and twenty-four Hymenoptera 59 species ; 34 Hemiptera 23 ; 
13 Coleoptera 12 ; 13 Diptera 8 ; 4 Orthoptera 4 ; 58 Lepidoptera 40 ; 26 Neu- 
roptera 12. Rhode Island. Presented by Joseph Leidy. 
A small collection of oriental shells. Presented by Dr. B. H. Coates, 
