1855.] 285 



March nth, 1855. 

 Vice President Bridges in the Chair. 



Letters were read 



From Henry Piddington, Esq., dated Calcutta, 5th Dec. 1854, trans- 

 mitting certain publications, intended for the Academy. 



From the New York Lyceum of Natural History, dated 20th Feb. 

 1855, acknowledging the receipt of the Proceedings, Vol. 7, No. fi. 



From the Trustees of the New York State Library, dated Albany, 

 5th Feb. 1855, also acknowledging the receipt of the Proceedings. 



From the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, dated 

 8th March, 1855, acknowledging the receipt of a copy of the Pream- 

 ble and Resolutions adopted by the Academy 27th Feb. last. 



March 20th. 



The President, Mr. Ord, in the Chair. 



Letters were read 



From Dr. Hiram D. Prout, of St. Louis, dated March 9th, 1855, and 

 from Professor Ernest Briicke, dated Vienna, 24th Dec. 1854, seve- 

 rally acknowledging the receipt of their notices of election as Corres- 

 pondents. 



March 27th. 

 Vice President Bridges in the Chair. 



ELECTION. 



Mr. Wm. Cadwalader, Mr. W. Frederick Rogers, and Mr. Isaac Barton 

 of Philadelphia, were elected Members, and 



Senor F. A. Sauvalle, of Havana, was elected a Correspondent. 



April 3d. 

 Mr. Lea, Vice President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read 



From the Imperial Society of Sciences, &c., of Lisle, transmitting Vol. 

 1 of their Memoirs, and acknowledging the receipt of Nos. of the Jour- 

 nal and Proceedings. 



From the Trustees of the New York State Library, dated Albany, 23d 

 March, 1855, acknowledging the receipt of the Proceedings, Vol. 7, 

 No. 7. 



Dr. LeConte presented for publication in the Proceedings, the follow- 

 ing papers, viz : 



" Synopsis of the Lathridiides of tin United States, and contiguous 

 Territories," and " Analytical table of tlie species of Hydroporus, found 



PROCEED. ACAD. NAT. SCI. OF PHILADELPHIA. VOL. VII. NO. VIII. 23 



