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POLYPARIA. 



Cyathophyllum. 



C.profundum. Conoidal ; base incurved, single, acutely pointed ; longitu- 

 dinal lines obsolete ; interior profoundly excavated, with a thin erect margin ; 

 lamellffi rough, very prominent, alternated with a short intermediate finer one. 



Locality. Mineral Point, Wisconsin, (Lead-bearing limestone.) 



The Recording Secretary then read his Annual Report, 

 which was ordered to be published in the Proceedings. 



REPORT 



OF THE 

 RECORDING SECRETARY 

 For the year 1843. 



In the Report, which a twelvemonth since, in accordance with the estab- 

 lished rule of this Institution, it became my duty to present, it was the design 

 throughout to place before you a candid statement, embracing t very circum- 

 stance which it was believed would tend to give an encourageing view of 

 its condition at that time, and of its future prospects. 



A review of its proceedings for the present year will furnish conclusive 

 evidence that we have continued reason to be gratified with its position and 

 success. 



At home and abroad, its members, correspondents, and friends have 

 given ample proof of their zeal and interest in its welfare. The contribu- 

 tions to its Library and Collections have equalled those of former years ; 

 its usefulness has been thereby increased, and the field for investigation 

 and the study of the Natural Sciences enlarged. In all the departments 

 this has been the case, as the following summary will show : 



In Geology and Mineralogy there have been received twenty-three do- 

 nations from the following: Drs. Burrough ; Morton; Elwyn ; 

 Blanding; Lafon ; Goheen, of Liberia,"Africa; D. D. Owen, of 

 New Harmony, Indiana; Fussell, of Indiana; B. B. Brown, of 

 St. Louis; Professors Forchey, of Natchez, and H. D. Rogers; and 

 from Messrs. French and Demestre, of New Orleans; Codwise, 

 of St. Croix; J. Cassin ; S. B. Ashmead ; VV. S. Vaux ; G. R. 

 Gliddon ; Marsh ; Land ; Lessig, and Stephen Taylor, Jr. 



In Ornithology, eight donations, from Dr. G. Watson, and Messrs. 

 J. Cassin; Baird, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania; J. G. Strain, 

 U. S. N. ; J. Dundas, and Miss Percival, of Philadelphia. 



In Zoology, three donations, by Mr. Cassin, and Dr. Wm. Blanding. 



In Entomology, ten donations, by Drs. Watson, Owen, and Blanding; 

 and Messrs. Kilvington, Ashmead, Cassin, and Strain. 



In lcthyology, six donations, by Dr. J. Carson ; and Messrs. Cassin, 

 W. B. Maull, and Philip Lowry, Jr. 



In Herpetology, seven donations, by Messrs. James Read ; W. S. Vaux; 

 J. G. Strain; B. M. Norman, of New Orleans; and Drs. Go- 

 heen; C. W. Pennock; and P. B. Goddard. 



