PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1879. 



January 7, 1ST9. 

 The President, Dr. Ruschenberger, in the chair. 

 Forty-seven persons present. 



A paper entitled "Description of a New Species of Goniobran- 

 chns," by Andrew Garrett, was presented for publication. 



The death of the Rev. Dr. E. R. Beadle was announced. 



A committee consisting: of Mr. J. H. Redfield, Dr. R. E. Rogers, 

 and Dr. Jos. Leidy was appointed to draft a resolution expressive 

 of tne Academy's esteem for the late Rev. Dr. Beadle. 



January 14. 

 The President, Dr. Ruschenberger, in the chair. 

 Forty persons present. 



A paper entitled " List of Land Shells inhabiting Rurutu. one 

 of the Austral Islands," by Andrew Garrett, was presented for 

 publication. 



The Committee appointed to prepare a resolution upon the 

 death of the late Rev. Dr. Beadle presented the following, which 

 was unanimously adopted: 



Resolved, That in the death of our late associate, the Rev. Dr. 

 Elias R. Beadle, we have to mourn the loss of an ardent, reverent, 



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