NATURAL SCIENCES OP PHILADELPHIA. 311 



Oct. 1st. 



Vice President Bridges in the Chair. 



Twenty-six members present. 



The following papers were presented for publication : 



" On the American Chilopoda, with a Catalogue of all the specimens 

 in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution," by Horatio C. Wood, Jr. 



" Description of a new species of Thelyphonus," by Horatio C. 

 Wood, Jr. 



"On the Reptiles of Sombrero and Bermuda," by E. D. Cope. 



Description of a new species of Rodent of the genus Spermophilus," 

 by J. H. Slack, M. D. 



Oct. 8th. 

 Vice President Bridges in the Chair. 



Twenty-nine members present. 



The followiug papers were presented for publication : 



"Description of new Cretaceous Fossils, collected by the North- 

 western Boundary Commission on Vancouver and Lucia Islands," by 

 F. B. Meek. 



" Descriptions of new species of Cretaceous Fossils from New Jersey, 

 Alabama and Mississippi," by Wm. M. Gabb. 



Oct. 22d. 

 Mr. Lea, President, in the Chair. 



Twenty-four members present. 



The following papers were presented for publication : 



" Catalogue of Land and Fresh-water Molluscs, collected in British 

 North America by Messrs. Kennicott and Dresler, and deposited in the 

 Smithsonian Institution," by W. G. Binney. 



" Notes on the Molluscs of the Peninsula of California," by W. G. 

 Binney. 



" Description of two new species of Helix," by A. D. Brown. 



Oct. 29th. 



Vice President Bridges in the Chair. 



Twenty-two members present. 



On report of the respective Committees, the paper entitled 



" On the American Chilopoda, with a Catalogue of all the specimens 



in the Collection of the Smithsonian Institution," by Horatio C. Wood, 



Jr., was ordered to be published in the Journal, and the followiug in 



the Proceedings : 



1861.] 



