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June 1, 1SG3. 

 The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Nine members present. 



Letters were read as follows: from the Librarian of the 

 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 20, 186s ; Librarian 

 of Harvard College, Cambridge, May 18, 1863; U. S. Naval 

 Observatory, Washington, May 11), 1863 ; the Essex Insti- 

 tute, Salem, May 21,"l*63; Senckenbergische natnrf. Ge- 

 sellschaft, Frankfurt a. M., Feb. 3, 1863 ; '^Erztlicher Verein, 

 Frankfurt a. M., 1863 ; Verein fur Naturkunde, Wiesbaden, 

 Oct., 1862 ; Universite Catholique de Louvain, Dec. 10, 1862 ; 

 the Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, Oct. 23, 1862; 

 Smithsonian Institution, May, 1863; Washington University, 

 St. Louis, May 28, 1H63 ; Major L. A. Huguet-Latour, Mon- 

 treal, May 16, 1863, — acknowledging receipt of Transactions, 

 and announcing publications sent in exchange. 



The following publications were received : 



Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.: Proc. Feb. & April, 1863— from the Society. U. 

 S. Naval Observatory : Astronomical and Meteorological Ovservations 

 during 18G1, by Commander J. M. Gilliss, U. S. N., 4to, 18G2— from the 

 Institution. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philad.: Proc, No. 2, March, 1863— from 

 the Academy. Univ. of Michigan: Catalogue for 1863—; from the University. 

 Royal Society of London: Proc. Vol. XII., Nos. 52-54— -from the Society. 

 Royal Horticultural Society: Proc. Vol. III., Nos. 1-4, 1863, London— 

 from the Society. Algemeine Bibliographic von F. A. Brockhaus in Leip- 

 zig, No. 11 & 12, 1862— -from the Publisher. Senckenbergische Natnrf. Ge- 

 sellschaft: Abhandl., Band IV., Abth. 2, 4to, 1863, Frankfurt a. M.— from 

 the Society. iErztlichler Verein: Jahresbericht, IV. Jahrg. 1860, Frank- 

 furt a. M., from the Society. Socie'te' Linne'enne de Normandie: Bulletin, 

 Vol. VII., anne'e 1861-2, Caen, 1863— from the Society. L'Acad. Imp. des 

 Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Caen: Memoires, 1863; Prix Le Sau- 

 vage : Rapport, 26 Fevrier, 1858, par M. Roulland, 1862— -from the Acade- 

 my. Socie'te Geologique de France: Bulletin, T. XIX., Feuilles 59-68, 



1862, et X. XX., Feuilles 1-5, 1863; Notice sur la Vie et les Travaux 

 de M. Cordier, par M. le Comte Jaubert, Paris, 1862 — from the So- 

 ciety. Verein fur Naturkunde: Jahrbucher, Heft XVI., 1861, Wies- 

 baden — from the Society. Naturk. Verein : Bericht XV., Augsburg, 

 1862 — from the Society. Zoolog.-mineral. Verein: Correspondenz-Blatt, 

 Jahrg. XVI., Regensburg, 1862 — from the Society. K. Akad. der Wis- 

 senschaften : Sitzungsberichte, Abth. I., 3-7, Abth. II. 5-8, 1862, Wien 

 —from the Society. Verein fiir Erdkunde : Notizblatt, Folge III., Heft 1, 

 No. 1-12, Darmstadt, 18G2 — from the Society. Verein zur Beforderung des 

 Gartenbaues : Wochenschrift, Nos. 51-52, 1862, Berlin — from the Society. 

 Wiirzburger Med. Zeitschrift, Band III., Heft 6, 1862; Band IV., Heft 1, 



1863, from the Society. Universite' Catholique de Louvain: Annuaire, 18G2 ; 

 De Sepultura et Coemeteriia — Syntagma Doctrinse Theol, Adriani Sexti, 

 Pont. Max.; Theses ?— Theol. Nos. 2S&-264, Med. 56-58, Droit 6 ; Pro- 

 gramme des Cours 1862-3 — from the University. Natur. hist. Verein: 

 Verhandl.. Jahrg. XIX., Heft' 1-2. BoDn, 1862— from the Society. K. K. 

 Geologische Reichsanstalt : Jahrbuch, Band XII., No. 4, 1861-2, "Wien — 

 from the Society. I. R. Istituto Veneto : Atti, T. VII., Disp. 10 ; T. VIII., 

 Disp. 1-2, 1862-3— -from the Institute. Royal Academy of Sciences, Am- 



