32 [March, 1846. 



A letter was read from Clot Bey, M. D., dated Cairo, 

 Egypt, Jan 21, 1846, acknowledging the reception of his 

 diploma as a correspondent, and expressing his desire and 

 intention to further the objects of the Academy. 



Dr. Morton offered some observations (intended for publi- 

 cation in the American Journal of Science) on the Ethno- 

 graphy and Archaeology of the Aboriginal race of America. 



Dr. Morton called attention to the cretaceous fossils pre- 

 sented this evening by Mr. Lewis Germain, and especially to 

 the numerous fine fragments of Ammonites Delawarensis, of 

 which only a single specimen had hitherto been discovered in 

 the cretaceous beds of New Jersey or Delaware. Even that 

 specimen had been lost or mislaid, and there remained no 

 voucher for the species, excepting an uncertain fragment from 

 Alabama, which is now identified with the A. Delawarensis, 

 by means of Mr. Germain's collection. 



The SeapJtites Cuvieri is more perfect than any other hitherto 

 found, excepting only the specimen in Mr. Conrad's cabinet, 

 and which is figured in Dr. Morton's synopsis of organic re- 

 mains. 



The Bacuiitcs ovatus of Say, heretofore a very rare species, 

 is here represented by nearly twenty finely characterised 

 specimens. The Nautilus Dekayi is also almost perfect ; and 

 the Ammonites placenta, Pholadomya occidentalis, Pecten 

 quinquecostatus, a Strombus, Turritella, and various other 

 genera, are found in this remarkable series, which was 

 obtained from a single marl excavation, about five miles east 

 of Burlington, in New Jersey. 



Meeting for Business, March 31, 1846. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



The Committee to whom was referred the following notice 

 by Prof. Locke, (contained in a letter addressed to Dr. Mor- 

 ton, and read at the meeting of March 10th,) of an Asterias 

 from the blue limestone of Cincinnati, reported in favor of 

 publication. 



"I herewith send you a drawing of an Asterias from the blue 

 limestone of Cincinnati. It seems to be five-rayed and free, thu? 



