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and the recent periods. It is indeed questionable whether some of 

 the genera here included in the Carnivora are not gigantic Insec- 

 tivora, since the tibio-tarsal articulation in many, the separation 

 of the scaphoid and lunar bones in Synoplotherium, the form of 

 the molars, and the absence of incisor teeth in some, are all char- 

 acteristic of the latter rather than the former order. 



February 23. 

 The President, Dr. Ruschenberger, in the chair. 

 Twenty-four members present. 



Dr. Geo. H. Horn was elected a member of the Council, to fdl 

 the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr. LeConte. 



J. Towers Pennypacker, Peter F. Rothermel, and Charles E. 

 Hall were elected members. 



The Committees to which they had been referred recommended 

 the following papers to be published : 



