XXVIli. 
two do. of Lygia; seven do. of Echinus: from the British Coast. Presented by 
Mr. E. Wilson. 
Three specimens of Inachus; two of Galathea; four of Stenorhynchus; three 
of Amphidotus; six of Pinnotheres; Crangon, Idotea, Hyas, Porcellana; from 
the British Coast. From the same. 
Philyra, Porcellana, from Australia; four Crustacea, (gen. nov.,) from the 
Upper Amazon; Amphytrite, Portumnus, Charybdis, Liazyonus, Gelasimus, Ma- 
cropthalmus, Pachysoma, Dorippes, Eriochis, Matula, Platynista, and Hela; 
from Japan. Presented by the same. 
Fossil Unio, from Virginia. Presented by Prof. Haldeman. 
Three Lizards and two Scorpions, from Cienfuegos. From My. R. E. Peterson. 
August 24th. 
Twenty-six specimens of Crania of Birds, from California; a specimen of 
Sciurus — , two of an Arvicola, one of a Pteromys, and one of Hesperomys, 
from California. From Dr. A. 'L. Heerman. : 
Several specimens of Reptiles, from Cuba. Presented by Dr. Watson. 
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In Juty anp Aucust, 1852. 
July 6th. 
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vols. 3 and 4. 4to. From the 
Smithsonian Institution. 
The Economy of Nature. By G. Gregory, D. D. 2d ed. 3 vols. 8vo. From 
Mr. George Ord. 
Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the East India Co. 8vo. From 
Dr. Thomas Horsfield. 
American Journal of Science and Arts, July, 1852. From the Editors. 
Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Vol. 4. pp. 177—192. 
From the Society. ; i 
On the Osteology of the Head of Hippopotamus, and a description of the Osteo- 
logical characters of a new genus of Hippopotamide. By Joseph Leidy, M.D. 
From the Author. 
Journal d’?Agriculture, ou Transactions de la Soc. d’ Agriculture du Bas-Canada. 
Vol. 5, No. 6. From the Society. 
Map of the Territory of New Mexico. From the U.S. Topograph. Bureau 
thru gh Col. J. J. Abert. ' 
Ur. Wilson presented the following, on the usual condition :— 
London Atheneum for May, 1852. 
Comptes Rendus. Tome 34. Nos. 18—21, et index du tome 33. 
Conchologia iconica. By Lovell Reeve. No. 108. 
iilustrations of British Mycology. , By Mrs. T. J. Hussey. 2d series, part 16. 
London, Dublin and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine for June, 1852. 
Annals and Magazine of Natural History for June, 1852. 
Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 1852. No. 4. 
The following were presented by Mr. Edward Wilson, on the usual condition : 
A Manual! of the Mollusca, ora rudimentary treatise on recent and fossil shells. 
By S. P. Woodward, 12mo. 
Anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen tiber den Blutegel. Von D. J. 
Kuntzmann. 8vo. | 
Versuch einer Zoophysiologie des Pferdes und der ubrigen Haussaugethiere. 
Von M. v. Erdelgi.  8vo. . 
A treatise on the causes and principles of Meteorological Phenomena. By 
Graham Hutchison. 8vo. 
Traite de la couleur de la peau humaine en general‘et de celle des negres en 
particulier. Par M. Lecat. 8vo. 
