484 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Nov., 



November 2. 

 The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., LL.D., in the Chair. 



Twenty-nine persons present. 



The meeting was held for the first time in the new Reading Room. 

 The following circular had been issued October 1 : 



"The removal of the Library of the Academy to the new building 

 has been completed, and the books have been permanently arranged 

 in the steel stacks. 



"While the old Library Hall is dismantled, the new Reading Room, 

 in which the ordinary meetings of the Academy will hereafter be held, 

 cannot be prepared for the purpose in time for the October sessions. 



"Attendance of members will not, therefore, be expected at either 

 of the October stated meetings." 



The Secretaries, the Librarian and the Curators reported on the 

 work accomplished during the summer. 



The Publication Committee reported that papers under the following 

 titles had been presented for publication since the meeting held May 18 : 



"On the Spinnerets, Cribellum, Colulus, Tracheae and Lung Books 

 of Araneads," by Thomas H. Montgomery, Jr. (May 21). 



"The Polychsetous Annelids dredged by the U. S. S. Albatross off 

 the Coast of Southern California in 1904. I. Gryllida?, Sphserodoridae, 

 Hesionidse and Phyllodocidse," by J. Percy Moore (May 24). 



"Notes on the Habits of the Birds of San Domingo, with a list of 

 species obtained, including a new Hawk," by A. E. Verrill and A. 

 Hyatt Verrill (May 26). 



"An Orthopterological Reconnoissance of the Southwestern United 

 States. Part III. California and Nevada," by James A. G. Rehn 

 and Morgan Hebard (June 22). 



"A new species of Scalpellum from British Columbia," by Henry A. 

 Pilsbry (July 5). 



"Note on the Morphology of Fulgur," by Burnett Smith (July 15). 



"Antiquities of the Ouachita Valley," bv Clarence B. Moore (July 

 26). 



"Report on an additional collection of Skeletal Remains from 

 Arkansas and Louisiana," by Dr. Ales Hrdl cka (July 26). 



"On the true status of the Genus Cacopoides," by Thomas Barbour 

 (September 9). 



