PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



|OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1916. 



January 18. 

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



Thirty-six persons present. 



The death of Daniel Giraud Elliot, a member, December 22, 1915, 

 was announced. 



The Publication Committee announced the presentation of papers 

 under the following titles: 



"Revision of Cayuga Lake spiders," by Nathan Banks, December 

 2, 1915. 



"Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of the Coastal Plains 

 and Piedmont Region of the southeastern United States," by James 

 A. G. Rehn and Morgan Hebard, January 17. 



"Fossil birds' eggs," by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, January 18. 



Prof. William P. Magie and Daniel Moreau Barringer made 

 communications on the Meteor Crater of Arizona, illustrated by 

 lantern slides. (No abstract.) 



The following were elected members: 

 Walter Sonneberg. 

 William S. Huntington. 

 Samuel T. Bodine. 

 David Wilbur Horn, Ph.D. 



The following was ordered to be printed: 



