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September 5tk, 1848. 



Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



A letter was read from Dr. J- J. Kaup, dated Darmstadt, Auf^ust 4, 

 1848, acknowledging the receipt of his notice of election as a Corres- 

 pondent, and recommending the purchase by this Society, of certain 

 collections of fossil remains and European Lepidoptera offered for sale 

 in Germany, and enclosing catalogues of the same. 



A communication was read from the Secretary of the Linnean 

 Society, of London, dated June 22d, 1848, acknowledging the receipt 

 of Part 1, Vol. 1, New Series of the Journal of the Academy, and of 

 recent Nos. of the Proceedings. 



An extract from a letter from Francis S. Holmes, Esq., dated, 

 Charleston, South Carolina, August 24th, 1848, was read, proposing an 

 exchange of a series of fossils from the Eocene of that State, for a 

 copy of j.the first series of the Journal of the Academy; which was 

 agreed to, and the Publication Committee directed to make the ex- 

 change. 



September 18tk, 1848. 



Dr. Bridges in the Chair. 



Letters were read from Dr. A. A. Henderson, U. S. N., dated Septem- 

 ber 16, 1848, and from Wm. F. Van Amringe, Esq. dated Montgomery, 

 Orange Co., N. Y., September 12th, 1848, severally acknowledging 

 the receipt of their notices of election as Correspondents. 



A communication from the Secretai-y of the American Philosophical 

 Society, dated Philadelphia, September 15, 1848, acknowledging the 

 receipt of late Nos. of the Proceedings. 



Prof. Haldeman exhibited specimens of a fruit, which he supposed to 

 be hybrid between the Chinquapin and the common Chestnut. A hy- 

 brid between the Chinquapin and the Spanish Chestnut, was also shown 

 to exist. 



The following resolution was adopted : 



Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to address a letter to the 

 officers of the American Association for the advancement of Science, 

 inviting the members of that body to visit the Hall of the Academy 

 during their stay in Philadelphia. 



October 3d, 1848. 



Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



Dr. Hallowell read a paper intended for publication, entitled "Notes 

 of the post-mortem appearances observed in a Cynocephnlus porcarius,'' 

 which was referred to a Committee consisting of Drs. Leidy, Zant- 

 zinger and Morton. 



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