INDEX. 



IX. 



ribbean Sea, in the Province of Vera- 

 guas and Isthmus of Panama, 142 ; on 

 Dr. Woodhouse's description ol' Canis 

 frustror, 147; on Dr. Berlandier's 

 communication on Mexican wolves, 

 156 ; on Dr. Le Conte's paper on the 

 lon^icorn coleoptera of America north 

 of Mexico, 266, 351; on Mr. Lea's pa- 

 per on the genus Acostrea, 278; on Mr. 

 Cassin's catalogue of Caprimuigidce in 

 the Acad. Nat. Sci., 278; on Dr. 

 Leidy's new species of fossil Croco- 

 dile, 310. 



Report of Committee appointed to su- 

 perintend alterations in room adjoin- 

 ing the Library, 54 ; of committee on 

 a proposal from the Historical Socie- 

 ty of Pennsylvania, 205; of commit- 

 tee on the expediency of enlarging 

 the Hall of Academy, 351. 



Report of Entomological committee for 

 1849, 5; of Conchological committee, 

 on a proposal of Mr. Lecoq, 9; of 

 Zoological committee on a proposed 

 scientific expedition to Africa, 22. 



Resolutions: to rescind resolution pass- 

 ed Jime 29, 1817, in relation to sub- 

 scription to Proceedings, 4 ; to pre- 

 sent vol. 1, new series, of Journal, to 

 the Royal Hist, and Geog. Soc. of Rio 

 Janeiro, 4 ; in relation to admission of 

 visitors to museum, 11; to present to 

 the American Academy certain nos. 

 of 1st series of Journal, 22; to ex- 

 change with the Royal Soc. of Van 

 Diemen's Land, 34 ; to present 8th 

 vol. of 1st ser. of Journal to H. E. 

 Strickland, Esq., 34 ; of thanks to Dr. 

 Joel Y. Shelley, 53 ; of thanks to H. 

 Bond Dewey, Esq., 54 ; in relation to 

 decease of Ale.x. Maclure, 54 : in re- 

 lation to decease of Dr. Wm. Gambel, 

 55 i in relation to decease of Dr. R. 

 E. Griffith, 65; to present a copy of 

 the Proceedings to the Agricultural 

 Soc. of Lyons, 84; to solicit an ap- 

 propriation from U. S. Government 

 towards an expedition to Missouri and 

 Oregon, 139; in relation to decease of 

 John J. Audubon, 146 ; in relation to 

 decease of Dr. J. K. Townsend, 169; 

 to authorize the Treasurer to receive 

 amount of Mrs. Stott's legacy from 

 the executors, 169 ; in relation to the 

 portrait of Mr. George Ord, 170; of 

 thanks to Mr. Ord for his portrait, 

 203; in relation to decease of Dr. S. 

 G. Morton, 203, in relation to decease 

 of Wm. Hembel, 213; to confer on 

 widows of certain deceased members 



the privilege of endorsing tickets of 

 admission to museum, 235 ; appoint- 

 ing a member to prepare a " Notice 

 of the Academy," 275 ; inviting stu- 

 dents in the Medical Colleges of Phila- 

 delphia to visit the Museum, 276 ; to 

 entitle certain contributors to the 

 museum and library to a ticket of ad- 

 mission to the museum for six mos., 

 277 ; in relation to Dr. Meigs' memoir 

 of Dr. Morton, 309; of thanks to Dr. 

 E. K. Kane, 310; to appoint a com- 

 mittee to inquire into the expediency 

 of enlarging the Hall, 322 ; conferring 

 the right of endorsing tickets of ad- 

 mission to museum on Mrs. Emily 

 Taylor, 322 ; of thanks to Mons. De- 

 mers, 328 ; precluding the lending of 

 keys of entrance to the Hall, toothers 

 than members or correspondents, 356. 



Roberts, E. W., don. to mus., 61. 



Royal Academy of Sciences of Madrid, 

 don, to lib.. 361. 



Royal Acad, of Sciences of Stockholm, 

 don. to lib., 361. 



Royal Agricultural Soc. of Lyons, don. 

 to lib., 113, 232. 



Royal Soc. of Van Diemen's Land, don. 

 to mus., 38; don. to lib., 51. 



Royal Institution of Great Britain, don. 

 to lib., 137. 



Ruschenberger, Dr. W. S. W., don. to 

 mus., 191 ; don. to lib. 46 ; appointed 

 to prepare a " Notice of the Acade- 

 my," 275. 



Say, Mrs. Lucy W., don. to lib., 134, 



232. 

 Sergeant, J. Dickinson, memorial by, 



54; don. to mus., 229. 

 Schellinger, D. M., don. to mus., 298. 

 Seal, Theodore F., don. to mus., 13, 107. 

 Sherman, Dr. Wm., don. to mus., 297. 

 Shaffirt, F.,don to mus., 61. 

 Shelley, Dr. Joel Y., don. to mus. 61. 

 Sheppard, Prof., don. to mus., 159. 

 Silliman's Journal, don. of, by editors, 



18, 41, 62, 109, 135, 164, 192, 230, 



300, 358. 

 Sims, H. H., don. to mus., 297. 

 Smith, Charles E., don. to mus., 357. 

 Smith, G. K., don. to mus., 14. 

 Smith, Aubrey H., don. to mus., 256. 

 Smithsonian Institution, don. to mus., 



298, 357 ; don. to lib., 160. 257. 

 Southwark Library Company, don. to 



mus., 159, 191. 

 Stimpson, William, don. to lib., 362. 

 Stewardson, Dr. T., don. to mus., 358. 



