234 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 



Montreal, from the Society ; and the Amer. Journal of Sci- 

 ence & Arts, New Haven, for Sept., 18G3, No. 107. 



Dr. Engelmann exhibited specimens of the cones and 

 branches of the Himalayan Cedar and the Cedar of Leba- 

 non, which, together with the Cedar of the Taurus and that 

 of Mount Atlas, all seem to be geographical varieties of a 

 single species. He also exhibited cones of numerous other 

 Pines, Spruces, and Larches. 



John J. Bigsby, M.D., F.G.S., of London, Eng., was elected 

 a Corresponding Member. 



October 19, 1863. 

 Vice-President, Dr. Wislizenus, in the chair. 



Six members present. 



Letters were read from the Royal Academy of Sciences, 

 Lisbon, Aug. 8, 1863 ; Verein fur Naturkunde, Presburg, Jan. 

 V7, I860 ; and the Verein der Krainischen Landes-Museum, 

 Laibach, January 1, 18G3, — acknowledging the receipt of the 

 Trans, of the Academy, and announcing publications sent in 

 exchange. 



The following publications received were laid upon the 

 table : 



Studi stratigraphici e paleontologici sull' Infralias nelle Montagne del 

 Golfo della Spezzia, del Prof. Giovanni Capellini, 4to, Bologna, 1862 ; 

 Carta Geologica dei Dintorni del Golfo della Spezzia e Val di Magra infe- 

 riore, da Prof. Cav. G. Capellini— -from the Author. Correspondenz-blatt 

 des Vereines fiir Naturkunde zu Presburg, Jahrg. I., 4, 1862 ; Verzeich- 

 niss von Pflanzen - Doubletten— from the Society. Jabresheft des Vereines 

 des Krainiscben Landes-Museum, III., 1862, Laibach— from the Society. 

 Journ. of Education, Vol. VII., Nos. 7-8, Montreal, 1863— from Major L. 

 A. Huguet-Latour. 



Mr. Holmes presented in the name of Mr. Edward Holden 

 some quartz crystals from Herkimer Co., New York, one of 

 which enclosed a drop of water. 



Dr. Shumard presented specimens of Gold Fish and a small 

 Turtle. 



Dr. Engelmann said that, in a recent conversation with 

 Prof. Jules Marcou, who had just returned from an explora- 

 tion of Nebraska, he learned that the Professor had be- 

 come satisfied that the strata there containing dicotyledon- 

 ous leaves were clearly of the age of the Cretaceous period, 

 and not of Tertiary origin, as lie had hitherto supposed, mis- 

 led by the apparent analogy of the leaves in question with 

 European Tertiary fossil plants. 



Dr. Shumard remarked that Messrs. Meek & Ilayden had 

 long since referred these Nebraska beds to the Cretaceous 



