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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



reptiles, viz.: Edestosauinis torior, Cope; Holcodus corypJiseus., 

 Cope ; H. ictericus, Cope ; and Liodon curtirostris, Cope. Tlie 

 first was regarded as a very slender form, with a cranium two 

 and one-half feet in length, and with compressed teeth. The 

 others were much stouter species, the H. coryphseuH having a 

 high occipital crest and long acute teeth. Length thirty feet. 

 The two remaining species were about the same size. 



The following gentlemen were elected members: Richard Day, 

 Thos. E. Parke, M.D., Commodore John P. Gillis, U.S.N., Samuel 

 W. Pennypacker, Richard A. Lewis, W. Grier Hibler, Louis Stille, 

 M.D., Jas. A. Ogden, Roland G. Curtin, M.D., Allen Shryock. 



The following were elected correspondents : Geo. Stewardson 

 Brady, M.D., of Sunderland, Eng'd., Prof. W. C. Kerr, of Raleigh, 

 N. C, Dr. Jos. K. Corson, U.S.A., J. Van A. Carter, M.D,, of Fort 

 Bridger, Wyoming. 



On favorable report of the committee, the following paper was 

 ordered to be published : — 



[February 13, 



