PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 



January 15, 1866. 



President Frazer in the Chair. 

 Fourteen members present. 



The following papers were presented for publication in the Pro- 

 ceedings : 



" Synopsis of the genera and species of Pselaphidae, by Emil 

 Brendel. M. D. 



And was referred to a Committee. 



Mr. McAllister moved that Chapter 1, Article 6th of the By-Laws 

 be altered to read as follows : 



The Officers of the Society shall consist of a President, a Vice President, a 

 Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer and a Curator, 

 who shall be elected annually on the second Monday in December. 



Also, that in Chapter 9, Article 1, the word ''special," in the second line, be 

 stricken out. 



Laid over. 



On Ballot, the following persons were elected Corresponding Mem- 

 bers of the Society : 



Henry Jekel, and Auguste Salle, of Paris, France ; Henri de Saus- 

 sure, of Geneva, Switzerland ; George W. Peck, of New York, and 

 George Hunt, of Providence, Rhode Island. 



February 12, 1866. 

 President Frazer in the Chair. 



Ten members present. 



The following donations were received from Rathmell Wilson, 



Esq. : 



One handsome Mahogany Cabinet with twenty drawers. 



Ninety-three large quarto book boxes, corked, glazed and elegantly bound. 



Also about 20,000 Insect pins. 



The following donations to the Library were announced : 



From Rathmell Wilson, Esq.: — 



Exotic Butterflies, by W. C. Hewitson. Part 55. 4to. 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Parts 2 and 3, 1865. 8vo. 



The Zoologist for May, June, July and August, 1865. 8vo. 



