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September 6. 

 Professor Henry A. Pilsbry in the Chair. 

 Eight persons present. 



September 13. 



Mr. Benjamin Smith Lyman in the Chair. 



Seventeen persons present. 



A paper entitled " New Cretaceous Fossils from an Artesian 

 Weil-Boring at Mount Laurel, N. J.," by C. W. Johnson, was pre- 

 sented for publication. 



September 20. 



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



Fifteen persons present. 



The deaths of Win. H. DeCamp and J. C. H. Crosse, Correspond- 

 ents, were announced. 



A paper entitled " Contributions to a Knowledge of the Hymen- 

 optera of Brazil, No. 5, Vespidse," by Wm. J. Fox, was presented 

 for publication. 



September 27. 



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



Thirty persons present. 



A paper entitled "New Species of Odontostomus from Brazil 

 and Argentina," by Henry A. Pilsbry, was presented for publica- 

 tion. 



Thomas L. Montgomery was elected a member. 



The following were ordered to be printed : — 



