500 TRANS. OP THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 



September 3, 1866. 

 The President in the chair. 

 Five members present. 

 Letters were read from several societies. 

 Publications were received, as follows : 



Actes de la Soc. Linn^enne de Bordeaux, T. v., Livr. 4-6, from the 

 Society. Etat actuel de la Sericulture et Description du nid d'un Bom- 

 byx exotique, par Henry Trimoulet, 1865, from the Author. Notice sur 

 les gisements des Centilles trilobitiferes taconiques de la Point Levi, au 

 Canada, par M. Jules Marcou ; Le Niagara quinze ans apres, par M. J. 

 Marcou ; Une Reconnaissance Geologique au Nebraska, par M. Jules 

 Marcou; from the Author. Wurzburger Med. Zeitschrift, xvii. Band, i. 

 Heft. 1886, from the Society. Der Zoologische Garten, vii. Jahrg., Jan.- 

 June,1866, from the Editor. K. K. Botan. Gesellschaf t : Verhandl. xv. 

 Band, Wien, 1865, from the Society. The Grand Traverse Region in Mich- 

 igan : Report by Prof. A. Winchell, 1866 ; A Plea for Science : An Ad- 

 dress, by A. Winchell, June 28, 1866, from the Author. K. Preuss. 

 Akad. der Wissenschaften : Monatsb. Feb., 1866, Berlin, from the 

 Academy. Bulletin de la Soc. Imp. Zool. d'Acclimatation, T. iii., No. 

 5-7, Paris, from the Society. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philad., No. 2, 

 1866, from the Academy. Geol. Survey of Canada : Report to 1863, with 

 Atlas and Appendix, Montreal, 1865, from the Director. American Jour. 

 of Science and Arts, vol. 42, No. 125, 1865. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. x., pp. 369-384, from the Society. 



Drs. Engelmann and Wislizenus stated that their meteoro- 

 logical observations gave no peculiar results in reference to 

 the prevailing cholera epidemic. 



September 17, 1866. 

 The President in the chair. 



Four members present. 



Letters were read from correspondents. 



Publications received . 



Notes on the Affinities of the Belenophontidae, by F. B. Meek, from 

 the Author. Le Bassin hydrographique du Conzeau dans ses Rapport 

 avec la valine de la Dordogne ; le question Diluviale et les silex ouvre"s, 

 par M. C. Des Moulins; Etudes sur les Cailloux routes de la Dordogne, 

 par C. Des Moulins ; Note sur la Lettre de M. Alphonse de Rochebrune 

 relative aux Plantes importers ; Etymologie du nom de l'Aconit, par M. 

 Le Chev. de Paraney, from M. C. Des Moulins. Message and Doc. : 

 State Depart., Pts. 1-4, 1864-5; Navy Depart., 1864-5; Interior Depart., 

 1864-5 ; War Depart., 1864-5 ; Patent Office Rep., vol. 1-2, 1863 ; Smith- 

 sonian Rep., 1864 ; 8th Census U. S., 1860, from Hon. B. Gratz Brown. 



Dr. Engelmann communicated from Dr. A; Schott a paper 

 on the Cactacete of Yucatan, Mexico, which was read and 

 referred to the Committee on Publication. 



October 1, 1866. 

 The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 

 Eight members present. 



