206 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



TKUSTEES.' 



JAMES BLAKE, M.D. 

 JOHN HEWSTON, Jr. 



C. M. HITCHCOCK, M.D. 



D. D. COLTON. 



On motion of Dr. Henry Gibbons, the thanks of the Academy 

 were unanimously tendered to the retiring President for the dihgence 

 and fideUty with which he has performed his official duties. 



Donation to the Museum : A valuable collection of mounted 

 specimens of Lepidoptera was presented by Henry Edwards, Esq. 



Eegular Meeting, January 15th, 1872. 



Vice-President in the Chair. 



Twenty-five members present. On nomination of the Trustees, 

 W. G. W. Harford and H. G. Bloomer were elected life members, 

 in recognition of important .services rendered to the Academy. 



Donations to the Library : American Naturalist, Dec, 1872. Report of 

 Lib. Company of Phila., Jan., 1872. The Eng. and Mining Jour., Nos. 25 

 and 26. Am. Jour, of Science and Art, Jan., 1872. Appeal for Restoration 

 of the Strasbourg Library. Am. Chemist, Vol. II, No. 6. W. H. Dall on 

 the Limpets, etc., of the West Coast of America, 1871. Sitz. ver. Kon. Ak. 

 Wiss. Bay. zu Munchen, Bd. I and II; Abhandl. 1, 1870. Sitz. ber. Kais 

 Ak, Wiss. Ixi, Bd. II and III, 1870. Sitz. der. Nat. Ges. Isis, Oct.-Dec, 

 Dresden, 1870. Mem. Imp. Acad. Sci. St. Petersburg, XVI, Sei. vii, Nos. 

 1-8. Verh. Batav. Gen. v. Kunst. en Wetens., XXX-XXXIII, Batavia, 

 1863-4-6-8. Abh. Her. Lenkenburgische Natf Ges. Frankfort, 1870. Be- 

 richt. do., 1869-70. Abh. Nat. Ges. zu Halle, 1870-71, 2 Parts. Arachniden. 

 Australiens. Koch. Nurnberg, 1871. Jarb. Kais. Kon. Geol. Reichsanstalt, 

 Wien., 1870 ; Verhandl. do. Wien, 1870. Deukschr. v. Chr. E. H. v. Meyer, von 

 C. E. Zittel, Munchen, 1870. Deukschr. Naturf. Verein zu Riga, 1870. Zur. 

 Ges. Forsch. Phosphorite des. Mittel Russl., Riga, 1870. Tydsch. v. Ind. Taal 

 Land und Volkenkunde, Batavia, 1864-8, Batavisehe Genootsch. Dl. I-VII- 

 Zobl. Garten, Frankfurt am IMain, 1870, 12 Nos. Verhl. K. K. Zool.-bot. Ges. 

 Wien., Bd. XX, Hft. i-iv. Zeitschr. Deutsch. Geol. Ges., Berlin. May, 1870- 

 Jan. 1871, XXII Bd. Sver. Geol. Unders., 36-41. Bull. See. Imp. Nat. 

 Moscow, 1870, Nos. 1-2. Of. Finsk. Vet. Soc. Forh., Helsingfors. XII, 1869 



*Accorcling to the Constitution, the number of Trustees is seven ; the President, Treas- 

 urer and Recording Secretary, being ex-officio Trustees. 



