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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
coast of Mexico, from Acapulco to Guaymas and La Paz. Pre¬ 
sented by Dr. Wm. H. Jones, U. S. N. 
Five species of reptiles, Cold Springs, N. York, and one reptile, 
from California. Presented by Sarah P. Monks. 
A fine specimen of Ceratodus Forsteri , from Queensland. Pre¬ 
sented b} 7 Dr. John Belisario, of Sydney, Australia, through Dr. 
McQuillen. 
A Bottle-headed Dolphin, Coryphsena Suerii , caught five miles 
off the coast of Atlantic City, N. J., Sep. 7, 1875. Presented by 
W. R. Bucknell. 
An Angel Fish, Squatina Dumerili , from Lewes, Delaware. 
Presented by A. Purvis. 
Two species of reptiles and four of fishes, from Chester Co. 
Presented by Dr. H. Allen. 
Trichiurus lepturus , from the southeast coast. Presented by 
John Krider. 
Spelerpes bilineata. Presented by Gen. Pleasanton. 
Bolesoma olmstedii , Rancocas Creek, N. J. Presented bj 7 Col. 
T. M. Bryan. 
Two snakes from Fung Chow, China. Presented by Wm. M. 
Capp. 
Mollusks. —Fifty-one species of marine shells, from the Atlantic 
coast of Costa Rica; three species, from Aspinwall; three speci¬ 
mens Ostrea virginica , from Gulf of Nicoya; and a Helix from 
Genesee Co., N. Y. Presented by William M. Gabb. 
Thirty species of shells, from Acapulco, besides three other 
collections of shells and bryozoans, from Alaska and other locali¬ 
ties along the Pacific coast to Mexico. Presented b} 7 Dr. Wm. 
H. Jones, U. S. N. 
Seventeen species of land shells from Australia, West Indies, 
etc., presented by Thomas Bland; and also four additional 
species, in exchange from the same. 
Three cuttle fishes, from China. Presented by Wm. M. Capp. 
Twenty-one species of shells, from Florida. Presented by W. 
W. Calkins. 
Eighteen species of shells, from California, presented by Sarah 
P. Monks ; two species Bulimus and two of Thaumastes , from the 
Rio Negro and the Amazon, presented by Prof. J. Orton ; Gonio- 
basis potosiensis , from Missouri, presented by Mrs. Mary P. Harris; 
