546 TRANS. OP THE ACAD. OP SCIENCE. 



Letters were read from B. Westermann & Co., New York 

 July 17, ordering copies of No. 2, vol. ii., Transactions ; 

 Naturhistoiischer Gesellschaft, Hanover, Feb. 1, 1865 ; Ve- 

 rein fur Naturkunde, Wurtemburg, June 21, 1865 ; Naturf. 

 Gesellschaft, Danzig, May 8, 1865; Universite Catholique de 

 Lou vain, Jan. 13, 1865 ; Verein fur Naturkunde, Presburg, 

 May, 1864, announcing the receipt of the Transactions of the 

 Academy, and the transmission of publications. 



Publications received, were laid upon the table, as follows . 



Dublin Quar. Jour, of Science, No. 18, 1865, from the Editor. Trans. 

 Amer. Geographical and Statistical Soc. New York, 1864, pp. 117-174, 

 from the Society. Amer. Jour, of Science and Art, vol. xl., No. 118; 

 Proc. Royal Horticultural Sec. London, vol. iv., No. 10, July, 1864, from 

 the Society. Annals of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist., New York, vol. viii., 

 No. 2-3, 1864, from the Society. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology, No. 1, Ophiuridrc and Astrophytidae, by Theo- 

 dore Lyman, Cambridge, 1865, from the Institution. Atti dell' I. R. Isti- 

 tuto Veneto, T. ix., Disp. 10, 1863-4, T. x., Disp. 1, 1864-5, from the So- 

 ciety. XIV. Jahr. der Naturh. Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1863-4, from the 

 Society. Verzeichniss der Namen der fossilen und lebenden Art. der Gat. 

 tung Paludina Lam., von Geo. Ritter von Frauenwald, Wien, 1865 ; Zool- 

 ogische Miscellen, 1-3, 1864 ; Entomologische Fragmente, i. ; Ueber 

 Scenopimts und Platypeza, 1863 ; Vorkommen des Parasitismus, Wien, 

 1864, from the Author. Ueber Juncus pygmccus Rich, und J., von Dr. 

 Franz Buchenau, from the Author. 



August 21, 1865. 

 The President, Dr. Emgelmanm, in the chair. 



Six members present. 



The following publications were received : 



Canadian Jour., No. 58, July, 1865, Toronto, from the Canadian Insti- 

 tute ; Bulletin de la Societe' Imp. Zool. dAcclimatation, T. v., No. 5-6, 

 Paris, 1865, from the Society. 3d and 4th Ann. Rep. of the Supt. of Pub- 

 lic Instruction of the State of Kansas, 1863-4, from Isaac T. Goodnow, 

 Superintendent. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., No. 2, 1865, from the Acad- 

 emy. Proc. Amer. Phila. Soc. Phil., vol. x., No. 73, from the Society. 

 La Tatouage aux lies Marquises, Paris, 1860; Re'cherches sur la Tatou- 

 age, Paris, 1861 ; Une (Jhapitre des Lacunes, Erreurs et Imperfections 

 de la Litterature Medicale ; De L'Eraploi Me'thodique des Anasthesiques 

 dans le Service de Sante de la Marine, Paris, 1861 ; Etude sur les Frac- 

 tures du CraintS, par M. le Docteur Berchon, D. M. P., from the Author. 



Dr. Shumard presented from Dr. M. D. Senter a collection 

 of characteristic minerals from the Copper Region of Lake Su- 

 perior. 



Dr. Potter presented to the Academy a copy of Cook's 

 Voyages of Discovery, in years 1776 to 1780, in 3 vols., Dub- 

 lin, 1784. 



Dr. Engelmann read a report of his meteorological observa- 

 tions for July, compared with those of Mr. Fendler, made in 

 the country. 



Mr. Augustus Steitz and Dr. Jas. W. Clements, of St. Louis, 

 were elected Associate Members, and Isaac T. Goodnow, Esq.. 



