2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Jan. 



The President is, ex-officio, a member of all Standing Committees. 



John W. Harshberger, Ph.D., made a communication on the 

 vegetation of the West Indies as contrasted with that of Mexico and 

 Central America, illustrated by lantern slides. (No abstract.) 



January 19. 

 Arthur Erwin Brown, Sc.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Thirty-eight persons present. 



The deaths of the following were announced : 



Lewis Haehnlen, a member, November 26, 1908; Joseph Wharton, 

 a member, January 11, 1909, and Jean Albert Gaudry, a correspondent, 

 November 29, 1908. 



Philip P. Calvert, Ph.D., made a communication on the power of 

 flight in dragon-flies and its relation to geographical distribution, 

 illustrated by lantern slides. (No abstract.) 



The following were elected members: Charles M. B. Cadwalader, 

 George H. Clapp, Herbert Fox, M.D., Lewis W. Steinbach, M.D., and 

 William Redwood Wright. 



The following were elected correspondents: Albert Calmette, Ph.D., 

 of Lille; John Mason Clarke, LL.D., of Albany; Sven A. Hedin, Ph.D., 

 of Stockholm; Robert F. Scharff, Ph.D., of Dublin. 



The following was ordered to be printed : 



