580 TRANS. OP THE ACAD. OP SCIENCE. 



December 2, 1867. 



The President in the chair. 

 Eight members present. 

 Letters were read. 

 Publications were received, as follows : 



Path of the Total Phase of the Solar Eclipse, Aug. 17-18, 1868, from 

 Aden to Torres Straits ; Mem. de la Socie^e des Sciences Phys. et Nat. de 

 Bordeaux, T. iv. cahier i., T. v. i., 1866-7, from the Society. Annales 

 de la Soc. d' Agriculture, d'Histoire Nat., et des Artes Utiles de Lyon, T. 

 viii., 3d series, 1864, from the Society. Mem. de l'Acad^mie Imp. des 

 Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon, classe des Sciences, T. 13-14, 

 from the Academy. Wurzburger Med. Zeitschrift, vii. Band, 4-6 Heft, 

 from the Society. Verein fur Erdkiinde : Notizblatt, 1866, Darmstadt, 

 from the Society. K. K. Geol. Reichsanstalt : Jahrb. xvii., Bd. No. 2, 

 1867; Verhandl. No. 10, 1867, Wien, from the Society: K. Phys.-oko- 

 nom. Gesellschaft zu Konigsburg: Schriften. Jahrg. yi., 1865; vii., 1866, 

 from the Society. 



Mr. Fendler presented a specimen of Endoceras protei- 

 forme, from the Devonian strata, in the western part of this 

 county. 



Dr. Shumard offered for publication the Geological Report 

 of Dr. G. G. Shumard, of the U. S. Expedition for Boring 

 Wells in Texas and New Mexico, edited by Dr. B. F. Shu- 

 mard, with notes, which was read and referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Publication. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the decease of 

 Dr. George G. Shumard, of Cincinnati, O., and Dr. Henry P. 

 Sartwell, of Penn Yan, N. Y., late Corresponding Members 

 of the Academy. 



January 1, 1868. 



The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Eighteen members present. 



Letters were read. 



Publications received were laid upon the table, as follows : 



Acta. Acad. Car-Leopold. G. Nat. Curiosorum, vol. xxxiii., Dresden, 

 from the Academy. K. Akad. der Wissenschaften : Sitzungsb. math, 

 naturw. classe, Bd. liv., Heft. 4-5, Bd. Iv., Heft. 1-3, Wien, from the 

 Academy. 



Dr. Wislizenus presented for publication his Annual Re- 

 port of Observations on Atmospheric Electricity for the year 

 1867, with tables and diagrams, showing monthly means and 

 variations of electricity, temperature, and humidity for the 

 past six years. Referred to the Committee on Publication. 



Dr. Engelmann laid before the Academy his Annual Re- 

 port of Metereological Observations, made at St. Louis, for 

 the year 1867, and his reduction of the observations of the 



