2 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [oCT. 5, 



Mr. Arthur Hollick, by N. L. Britton. 



Mr. Ernest Lederle, " " " 



Mr. Heinrich Ries, " " " 



And the following as Corresponding Members: Josf; G. Agui- 

 LERA, of Mexico City, and Prof. L. Clerc, of Ekaterinburg, Russia- 

 both by Mr. George F. Kunz. 



The Secretary read a letter from Dr. Eugen Sell, of Berlin, 

 announcing that Prof. A. W. Hofmann would celebrate the jubilee 

 of his doctorate on August 9th, 1891. Dr. Bolton stated that by 

 chance he was in Berlin and assisted at the pleasant ceremonial. 



The Secretary read the following paper by title: — 



Coleopterological Notices, No. III. 



BY THOMAS L. CASEY. 



[This paper will be published in the Annals, Vol. YI, Nos. 2 

 and 3.] 



The Secretary announced that he had received a copy of the will 

 of Mme. Anne Emilte Clara Goguet, widow of Monsieur Marc 

 Guzman, who died at Pau, France, in the Convent of I'Esp^i-ance, 

 June 30th, 1891. By this will the New York Academy is to re- 

 ceive a legacy of 100,000 francs, provided two other institutions 

 decline the conditions; these institutions are, first, the Academy of 

 Sciences, Paris, and, second, the Academy of Sciences at Milan. 

 The conditions are peculiar, viz. : the sum named to be awarded as 

 a prize to the person who succeeds in communicating with one of 

 the planets and receiving a reply, the planet Mars being excepted 

 as it is suflBciently well known. A second clause, however, names 

 conditions which are more easily fulfilled, and it is highly improb- 

 able that the New^ York Academy of Sciences will receive the 

 legacy. The will is here given in full in the original language. 



Testament de Mad* Yeuve Guzman. 



I. 



Enveloppe r en ferment le testament. 



Ceci est mon testament que je prie Mess Mallet de garder dans 

 leur caisse, et de remettre en temps et lieux (a mon deje-) a M. le 

 Colonel Floridor Dumas, 11 rue des Beaux Arts, et a M. De la 

 Palme, notaire, 15 rue de la chaussee d'Antin. 



Anne Emilie Clara Goguet, Y* Guzman. 



Paris, 30 Octobre, 1889. 



