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The following papers wore presented for publication in the Pro- 

 ceed in us : 



" On certain North American species of Satyrus, by "Win. II. Ed- 

 wan Is." 



■• Notes from a Journal for 1865, kept at Coalburg, Kanawha To., 

 West Virginia, by Wm, II. Edwards." 



"Coloradian Butterflies, by Tryon Reakirt." 



All of which were referred to the Committee on Lepidoptera. 



Dr. Samuel Lewis offered the following alterations and amendments 

 to the By-Laws of the Society, which were read and laid over: 



Add to Chapter ."> <>f the By-Laws, the following: — 



'•Akt. 6. — The duties of the Curator shall be to take charge of the collection 

 of the Society : keep the keys thereof, subject to the call of the various Com- 

 mittees, attend to the increase and preservation of the collection, and to report 

 annually on it- condition." 



Strike out Article 1 of Cnap. 7, and insert the following: 



"Art. 1. — The keys of the cases containing the collection, shall be kept by 

 the Curator, subject to the call of the members of the Committees attached to 

 the different depart m snts, who with the Curator, shall have the liberty to open 

 the cases, and shall be responsible for all specimens committed to their 

 charge." 



Alter Article 4 of Chapter 7. to read as follows: — 



" Akt. I. — .-should any one tie desirous to inspect more closely the specimens 

 in the collection, for the purpose of study or description, he must apply to the 

 Curator or any member of the Committee on that Department." 



Alter Article ,; of Chapter 7, to read as follows: — 



••Ant. fi. — The Curator shall superintend the exchange of duplicates (which 

 must be, in all cases, for the benefit of the Cabinet); but before exchanges are 

 made, he shall see that four specimens of each species are reserved for the 

 Cabinet, all over that number may be considered as duplicates." 



On ballot, the following named persons were elected Corresponding 

 Mi mbers of the Society: 



Agustin Legrand, Jose A. Xieto, A. Boteri, Aniseto Moreno and 

 Francois Soumichrast, of Mexico; Samuel L. Boardman, of Augusta. 

 Maine, and A. B. Russell, A. M., of Shreveport, La. 



April 0, 18G6. 

 President Frazer in the Chair. 

 Sixteen members present. 



The following donation to the Cabinet was made by Baron I!. 



Oaten Sm-l.-i a : 

 18 species (92 specimens) of determined European Cynipidoe, viz: — Cy 



