676 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE, 



the Society. Deutsche Naturh. Verein von Wisconsin, Bericht, 1866, 

 from the Society. K. Preuss. Akad. der Wissenschaften : Monatsb. 

 Dec, 1866, Berlin, from the Academy. 



May 20, 1867. 



The President in the chair. 

 Nine members present. 

 Letters were read. 

 Publications received were laid upon the table, as follows: 



Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. vi.,pp. 65-80, 1867, from the Society. 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philad., No. 1, 1867, from the Academy. Amer. 

 Jour, of Sci., No. 129, 1867 ; Canadian Jour, and Proc, No. 63, 1867, 

 from the Society. Preliminary Notice of new Genera and Species of 

 Fossils, by C. A. White, State Geologist of Iowa, and O. H. St. John, 

 Assistant, from the Authors. On Species of Fossil Plants, from the Ter- 

 tiary of Mississippi, by Leo Lesqnereux, from the Author. Proc. Royal 

 Horticul. Soc. of London, vol i., No. 7, 1867, from the Society. Bulletin 

 Imp. de la Soc. Zool. d'Acclimatation, T. vi., No. 3, 1867, from the So- 

 ciety. K. Zoologisch-bot. Gesellschaft : Verhandl., xvi. Band., 1866, 

 Wien; Nachtrage zur Flora von Neiderosterreich, von Dr. Aug. Neilreich, 

 Wien, 1866 ; Contribuzione pella Fauna de Molluski Dalmati per Spiri- 

 dione Brusina, Vienna, 1866, from the Society. K. K. Geol. Reichsan- 

 stalt : Jahrb. xvi. Band, No. 4, 1866, from the Society. K. Gesellschaft 

 de Wissenschaften und des Georg.-August. Universitat : Nachrichten, 

 1866, from the Society. Naturf. Verein in Brunn :• Verhandl. iv. Band, 

 1865, from the Society. Verein der Freunde der Naturg. in Mecklenburg : 

 Archiv. xx. Jahrg. 1866, from the Society. Verein fur Naturkunde in 

 Presburg: ix. Jahrg., 1866, viii. Jahrg., 1864-5, from the Society. Jah- 

 resbericht iiber die der Krankanstalten und die Gesundheitsverhaltnisse 

 der Freien Stadt Frankfurt, vii. Jahrg. 1863, from the Society. Naturh. 

 Gesellschaft zu Nurnberg, iii. Band, 2 Halfte, 1866, from the Society. 

 Naturw. Verein in Hamburg : Abhandl. v. Band, 1 Abtheil., 1866, iv. 

 Band, 4 Abtheil., from the Society. 



Dr. Baumgarten presented from Dr. Ward, of Rochester, 

 N. Y., an illustrated catalogue of fossils. 



Dr. Sander exhibited a reddish powder which fell during 

 a rain-storm in Tennessee, which proved to be the pollen of 

 Pines, supposed to have been carried by the winds from the 

 pine forests lying to the southward of that State. 



Dr. C C. Parry reported some observations which he had 

 made on the Pines and other trees of the Rocky Mountains. 



June 3, 1867. 

 The President in the chair. 

 Eleven members present. 

 The following publications were received : 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, vol. xiv., 1865 ; Misc. Collec- 

 tions, vols, vi., vii., 1867, from the Institution: Herbarium Diluvianum ; 

 Versteinerungen aus der Kalkschiefer Formation von Solenhofen von 

 Edward Riippel, Frankfurt a M., 1829, from Dr. B. F. Shumard. K. 



