212 [May, 1847. 



Aspergillum 1 species ; Gastrochseia, 4 do. ; Toredo, 4 do. ; 

 Pholas, 8 do.; Solen, 12 do.; Solecurtis, 2 do.; Mesodesma, 5 

 do.; Leguminaria, 1 do.; Panopcea, 2 do.; Periploma, 1 do.; 

 Lutraria, 4 do ; Mactra, 15 do.; Crassitella, 3 do.; Erycina, 

 2 do.; Mya, 2 do.; Corbula, 1 do; Pandora, 4 do.; Anatina, 

 1 do.: Thracia, 1 do.; Telliua, 78 do.; Psammobia, 11 do. 



A fine specimen of Isis hippuris, from the China seas. Pre- 

 sented by Capt. John Land. 



Calamites approximatus, from Hazleton, Luzerne county, 

 Pennsylvania. From Prof. Johnson. 



Dr. Leidy presented a paper by John L. Le Conte, M D., 

 of New York, entitled " Fragmenta Entomologica," describ- 

 ing the following new species of Coleopterous Insects, viz.: 



Triplax atriventris, T. vittata, T. ruficeps, T. taeniata ; Dyctiop- 

 tera substriata ; Digrapba affinis, D. apicalis, Celetes basalis, 

 C. tabida ; Pedilus Pulcber, Canthon perplexus ; Hybosorus 

 carolinus ; Ocbodseus obscurus ; Bothynus uiorio, B. obsoletus, 



B. pyriformis, B. variolosus ; Cantbaris fulgii'er, C. nigricomis, 



C. filiformis; Spondylus spbcericollis ; Eros incestus, E. timi- 

 dus, E. seger, E. solicitus, E. socius, E. mollis, E. lascivus, 

 E. vilis ; Phanaeus torrens, P. difformis ; Zenoa vulnerata ; 

 Steropes occidentals ; Monocerus bifasciatus, M. serratus ; 

 Pyrota Engelmanii ; Heliophilus latimanus ; Opatrum fossor ; 

 Tetraopes femoratus ; T. annulatus. 



The paper was referred to the following Committee : Prof. 

 Haldeman, Dr. R. E. Griffith, and Dr. Pickering. 



Meeting for Business, May 25, 1847. 



Yice President Morton in the Chair. 



After some preliminary business had been concluded, Dr. 

 Morton made a few remarks on an aboriginal cranium ob- 

 tained by Dr. Davis and Mr. Squier, during their researches 

 in the mounds near Chilicothe, Ohio. Dr. M. observed that 

 it possessed in a remarkable manner all those characteristics 

 which pertain, in varioiis degrees, to the Indian skull in every 

 region of this continent, viz.: the vertical occiput, great 

 vertical diameter, and corresponding width between the parie- 



