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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



■OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1917. 



January 16. 

 The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., LL.D., in the Chair. 



Two hundred and forty-eight persons present. 



A paper entitled "Ohgocene fossils from the neighborhood of 

 Cartagena, Colombia, with notes on some Haitian species," by 

 Henry A. Pilsbry and Amos P. Brown, was presented for publication 

 (December 30, 1916). 



Dr. William E. Hughes made a beautifully illustrated communi- 

 cation on Japan of To-day. (No abstract.) 



Samuel J. Castner was elected a member. 



The following were ordered to be printed: 



