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ultimo impresso ; apertura, rhombica, intus albida; labro acuto, expanso, valde 

 sinuoso ; columella incrassata, inflecta et valde contorta. 



Hab. Powell's River, near Cumberland Gap, East Tennessee, Capt. Lyon, 

 U. S. Army. 



Amnicola Currieriana. Testa laevi, suborbiculari, tenui, luteo-cornea ; spira 

 depressa, ; suturis impressis ; anfractibus quaternis, superne geniculate ; aper- 

 tura subconstricta, semi-lunata, intus diaphana; labro acuto, expanso, re- 

 trorso ; columella incrassata, lata et impressa. 



Bab. Huntsville, Alabama, W. H. DeCamp, M. D. 



Palttdina Milesii. Testa laevi, subpyramidata, subcrassa, imperforate ; spira 

 exserta ; suturis valde impressis ; anfractibus senis, subinflatis ; apertura parvi- 

 uscula, subovata ; labro acuto, parum sinuoso ; columella superne et interne 

 parum incrassata. 



Hab. Branch Lake, Antrim County, Michigan, M. Miles. 



June 2d. 



The President, Mr. Lea, in the Chair. 



Twenty-three members present. 



Mr. Vaux announced the death, on the 26th of May, of Mr. John 

 McCanless, and on the 29th, of Dr. John Y. Clark, late members; and 

 Mr. Lesley announced the death of Prof. C. Gr. C. Bernhardt, of Leyden, 

 late a correspondent. 



The following was presented for publication: 



Descriptions of two new species of Spermophilus. By Robert 

 Kennicott. 



June 9th. 



The President, Mr. Lea, in the Chair. 



Nineteen members present. 



Mr. Cassin announced the death, on the 8th inst., of Edward 

 Harris, of Moorestown, N. J., aged 64, late a member. 



Dr. Slack exhibited a living specimen of Capromys pilorides, from 

 Cuba. 



The following was presented for publication : 



Does the Moon influence the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere ? 

 By James Lewis, M. D. 



June lQth. 



The President, Mr. Lea, in the Chair. 



Fifteen members present. 



The following were presented for publication : 



Descriptions of eleven new species of Exotic Unionidae, and descrip- 

 tions of twenty-four species of Unionidse of the United States. By 

 Isaac Lea. 



[June, 



