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May 7. 



The President, General Isaac J. Wistar, in the Chair. 

 Thirty-one persons present. 



May 14. 



The President, General Isaac J. Wistar, in the Chair. 

 Thirty-five persons present. 



The death of Eckley B. Coxe, a member, was announced. 

 Dr. Vickera Oberholtzer read a paper on the geology of the 

 Island of GEland. (No abstract). 



May 21. 



The President, General Isaac J. Wistar, in the Chair. 



Fifty-five persons present. 



The death of Henry John Carter, of London, Eng. , a correspon- 

 dent, was announced. 



The following papers were presented for publication : 



"The Extinction of Species." By Charles Morris. 



"Synopsis of the Stizini of Boreal America." By Wm. J. Fox. 



"Protoptychus Hatcheri, a New Rodent from the Uinta Eocene." 

 By Win. B. Scott. 



"The Jelly-like Secretion of the Fruit of Peltandra undulata." 

 By Ida A. Keller. 



May 28. 

 The President, General Isaac J. Wistar, in the Chair. 

 Thirty-one persons present. 



