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piece of graphite, and pieces of red and green mineral paint;  165 specimens.  I consider the turquoise ornaments the most valuable part of the collection.

[[underline]] L. H. Aymé, Oaxaca, Mexico.[[/underline]]---Collection from Oaxaca: obsidian flakes and cores, a hammer-stone, polished celts, one 11 inches in length, polishing-stones, water-worn pebbles, stones with grooves resembling Polynesian bark-beaters, but used in Mexico as chilli-crushers, small stone pendants, a stone slab with notches on one edge, fragment of a pestle, two large stone carvings representing human figures (one very good), part of a stone carving in the shape of a human head with widely-opened mouth, tiger's head of stone (part of a figure), small squatting figures (human), pierced for suspension, a well-polished disc of jadeite (pendant), fragments of worked alabaster, a piece of stucco, beads made of entire shells, either pierced with a hole or truncated at the apex, a large pierced shell ([[underline]]Strombus[[/underline]]), a shell bead, a shell disc with central hole, fragments of shells, and a large number of calcareous pebbles (use unknown); 212 specimens.

The above-mentioned shells have been identified by Mr. R. E. C. Stearns as follows: [[underline]]Agaronia testacea[[/underline]], Lam., [[underline]]Strombus galeatus[[/underline]], Wood, [[underline]]Conus brunneus[[/underline]], Wood, [[underline]] Conus pyriformis[[/underline]], Rve, [[underline]]Conus princeps[[/underline]], Lin., [[underline]]Conus purpurascens[[/underline]], Brod., [[underline]]Cassis coarctata[[/underline]], Sby., [[underline]]Oliva angulata[[/underline]], Lam., [[underline]]Margaritifera fimbriata[[/underline]], Dkr., and [[underline]]Mytilus palliopunctatus[[/underline]], Dkr.

"All of the specimens of Oliva," says Mr. Stearns in his note, "are [[underline]]Oliva angulata[[/underline]], and with an occasional exception belong to the variety of species known as [[underline]]Oliva julieta[[/underline]], Duclos.