158 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1880. 



•tracted condition of oval shape, they measured 0"18 mm. long by 

 0"15 mm. broad. The nucleus, 0*03 mm. in diameter. 



Ehrenberg and Stein give for S. igneus one-sixth of a line 

 length, so that the variety indicated would appear to be much 

 longer. 



April 20. 

 Mr. Thomas Meehan, Vice-President, in the chair. 

 Twenty-nine persons present. 



April 27- 

 The President, Dr. Ruschenberger, in the chair. 

 Thirty-four persons present. 

 Lionel S. Beale, of London^ was elected a correspondent. 



May 4. 



Mr. Thomas Meehan, Tice-President, in the chair. 

 Twenty -eight persons present. 



May 11. 



The President, Dr. Ruschenberger, in the chair. 



Twenty-two persons present. 



The following papers were ordered to be printed in the 

 Journal of the Academ}'. 



" The Terrestrial Mollusca inhabiting the Cooks or Harvey 

 Islands," by Andrew Garrett. 



" The Placenta and Generative Apparatus of the Elephant," 

 by Henry C. Chapman, M. D. 



