338 proceedings of the academy of [1898. 



June 7. 

 The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., in the Chair. 



Twenty-eight persons present. 



The deaths of Professors Jules Marcou and Fridolin Sandberger, 

 Correspondents, were announced. 



June 14. 



The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., in the Chair. 



Twenty-five persons present. 



Papers under the following titles were presented for publication : — 

 " List of Fishes collected at the Canary Islands by Mr. O. F. 



Cook, with Descriptions of Four New Species." By David Starr 



Jordan and James Alexander Gunn, Jr. 



" Hyalodendron navalium, a New Genus and Species of Euplec- 



tillid Sponge." By J. Percy Moore. 



June 21. 



Mr. Benjamin Smith Lyman in the Chair. 



Nineteen persons present. 



A paper entitled "A New Chipmunk from northeastern China," 

 by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., was presented for publication. 



June 28. 

 Mr. Charles Morris in the Chair. 

 Thirteen persons present. 



The Committee on the Hayden Geological Memorial 

 Award reported in favor of conferring the medal and the interest on 

 the fund for 1898 on Professor Otto Martin Torell, the Di- 

 rector of the Geological Survey of Sweden, in recognition of the 

 value of his contributions to the literature of geological science, his 

 able direction of the Swedish Geological Survey, and the eminence 

 of his standing among geologists. 



The award was made by the Academy in accordance with the 



recommendation of the Committee. 



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The following were ordered to be printed : — 



