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May m, 1862. 

 Dr. Le Conte in the Chair. 



Sixteen members present. 



Mr. Cope stated that one of the few described species of North 

 American serpents not known to the zoologists of our country, the 

 Carphoptis JBarpesli of Dum. and Bib., had been recently discovered 

 in Texas. It belongs to the genus Virginia, of Baird and Girard. 



May 13*A, 1862. 

 Mr. Vaux, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Ninteen members present. 



May 20th, 1862. 

 Mr. Lea, President, in the Chair. 



Twenty-seven members present. 



The following papers were presented for publication, and referred to 

 Committees : 



Catalogue of the Fishes of Lower California, in the Museum of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, etc. Pt. III. By Theo. Gill. 



List of the Pseudo-neuroptera of Illinois, etc. By Benjamin D. 

 Walsh, M. D. 



Revision of the Gulls of North America. By Elliott Coues. 



Catalogue of Birds, collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expe- 

 dition, etc. By John Cassin. 



May 27th, 1862. 

 Dr. Bridges, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Twenty-one members present. 



On Report of the respective Committees, the following papers were 

 ordered to be published in the Proceedings : 



Catalogue of the FISHES of Lower California, in the Smithsonian Institution, 



collected by Mr. J. Xantus. 



BY THEODORE GILL. 



PART in. 



Family PERCOIDjE (Cuv.) 



Subfamily SERRANIN^E (Sw.) Gill. 



Genus Brachyrhinus Gill. 



Brachyrhinus creolus Gill. 



Synonymy. 



Serranus creolus Cuv. et Val. Hist. Nat. des Poissons, tome ii. p. 265. 

 " " Cuv. Regne Animal, ed. 111., Ichlkyologie, pi. 8, fig. 1. 



The Brachyrhinus of Lower California is undistiDguishable by me from the 

 B. creolus of the West Indies and South America. The proportions, number 



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