174 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 



January 20, 1862. 



The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Nine members present. 



The following donations to the library were received : 

 Proc. Califor. Acad. Nat. Sciences, 1860--1, from the Jcademy. Proc. 

 Amer Antiq. Soc, Worcester, 1861, from the Society. Proc. Entomol. 

 Soc, Philad., Nov. &. Dec. 1861, from the Society. Circular of the Editor 

 of Dr. T. W. Harris' Work on Insects destructive to Vegetation. 



Wm. H. Clark, Esq., presented a " Diamond Beetle " from 

 Brazil, and deposited a series of specimens obtained by him 

 from the celebrated Porcelain Tower of Nankin, China, de- 

 stroyed in 1854. The specimens consist of three bricks, with 

 their exterior surfaces highly glazed, and the inner ones coat- 

 ed with the original cementing material ; an ornamental slab, 

 which formed a part of the facings ; and a section from the 

 grand arch, representing in beautiful relief a part of the five- 

 toed Dragon. 



Dr. Engelmann presented a collection of several hundred 

 marine shells, from various localities. 



Dr. Stevens exhibited some curious silicio-calcareous con- 

 cretions from Macoupin Co., 111. 



Dr. Engelmann presented a Report of his Meteorological 

 Observations for 1861 ; also, a Table showing the amount of 

 fall of Rain at St. Louis from 1839 to 1861 inclusive, embra- 

 cing a period of twenty-three years, with a profile exhibiting 

 the maximum and minimum of rain during that period. Re- 

 ferred to Publication Committee. 



Prof. H. A. Warriner, of Antioeh College, Ohio, was elected 

 a Corresponding Member. 



February 3, 1862. 

 The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Eleven members present. 



Letters were read from Prof. H. A. Warriner, Jan. 22, acknowledging 

 his election as a Corresponding Member; Col. S. H. Long, Bureau of 

 Ton. Eng'rs, U. S. A., Washington, Jan. 20, 18(51, sending publications; 

 Prof. Jules Marcou, Boston, Jan. 25, 1862, announcing publications sent. 



The following publications were received: 



Trans. Ills. Nat. Hist. Soc, 2d ed., Bloomineton, 1862,/rom the Society. 

 Report upon the Physics & Hydraulics of the Mississippi River, by Capt. 

 A A. Humphreys & Lieut. H. L. Abbot, Top Engrs. U. S.A., 4to, 1861, 

 from the Bureau of Top Engineers. New species of Lower Silurian Fos- 

 sils by E Billings. F.G.S., Montreal, 1862. from the Author. Proc. Bos- 

 ton'soc. Nat. Hist.^ Nov. & Dec. lmijrom the Society. Taconic & Lower 



