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species of Humble Bees, and the Humble Bees of New Eng- 

 land, by F, W. Putnam and A. S. Packard, Jr., presented by 

 the authors ; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 of Philadelphia, for November and December, 1864. 



Messrs. Kennicott and Dall made some remarks on the 

 workings of the Essex Institute. 



Dr. Jackson spoke of the progress and condition of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History. 



Dr. Jackson also mentioned the discovery by him, in the 

 Mammoth Mining District, near Austin, Nevada, of Tungstate 

 of manganese and Tungstate of lime. 



Regular Meeting, June 19th, 1865. 

 President in the chair. 



Nine members present. 



Donations to the Cabinet : Specimen of coral from the 

 Farallone Islands, by Mr. Hubbard ; Specimens of silver and 

 copper ores and cinnibar from Mexico, by the Editor of La 

 Voz de Mejico; Skull of the Sea-otter, (dug out of the sand 

 near the Cliff House,) by Mr. Daniel E. Webb ; Fibrous bark 

 from China, by Mr. C. A. McNulty. 



Donations to the Library : Notes on the Genus Gundlachia 

 and of the fossil crab of Gay Head, by Dr. Wm. Stimpson ; 

 Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 

 for January, February and March, IS65 ; Silliman's Journal, 

 May, 1865 ; Annual Report of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology of Cambridge ; Report of the ninth census Of the U. S. 



Mr. Hubbard presented the following paper from Mr. W. 

 H. Pease, of Honolulu : 



On the existence of an Atoll near the west coast of 

 America, and proof of its elevation. 



BY W. HARPER PEASE, OF HONOLULU, H. I. 



Having read an interesting paper by Dr. Blake, in a late number of the Pro- 

 ceedings California Academy, on the proofs ol a recent elevation of the coast 



