268 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 



May 1, 1805. 

 The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Seven members present. 



Letters were read from the Smithsonian Institution, April 

 7, 18<i5, announcing publications from foreign Societies ; from 

 the Amer. Phil. Soc, Philadelphia, April 12, 1865, announ- 

 cing Transactions sent ; and from L'Academie Koyale des 

 Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique, Brus- 

 sels, Sept. 18,1863; and the Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux, 

 Jan. 29, 1865, acknowledging receipt of the Transactions of 

 the Academy, and sending publications in exchange. 



The following publications were received : 



Canadian Jour, of Ind., Sci. & Art, No. 56, March, 1865, Toronto— from 

 the Canadian Institute. Soils and Subsoils of Michigan : An Address by- 

 Prof. Alexander Winchell, A.M., Lansing, 1865; Notes on Selandria cera- 

 si, (Harris,) by Prof. A. Winchell— from the Author. Geological Survey 

 of Canada, Sir Wm. E. Logan, F.R.S., Director; Figures & Descriptions 

 of Canadian Organic Remains, Decade II. ; Graptolites of the Quebec 

 Group, by James Hall, 8vo, Montreal, 1865— -from the Director. 



Dr. Engelmann presented, in the name of Mr. G. C. Broad- 

 head, a large collection of Plants made by the donor during 

 last season in the counties of Jackson and Cass in this State, 

 and which he had himself examined and labelled. 



May 15, 1865. 

 The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Five members present. 



Letters were read from the Smithsonian Institution, April 

 25, 1865, announcing packages forwarded from foreign Socie- 

 ties ; from the Royal Geological Society of Ireland, Dublin, 

 June 17, 1864, and the Museum Francisco-Carolinum, Linz, 

 Dec. 2", 1864, acknowledging the receipt of the Transactions, 

 and announcing publications sent in exchange. 



The following publications were received : 



(Notes on the Habits of some species of Humble Bees, and on the Leaf- 

 cutting Bee, by F. W. Putnam; and the Humble Bees of New England 

 and their Parasites, by A. S. Packard, Jr., Salem, 1864-5— from the Au- 

 thors. Royal Horticultural Society : Proc, Vol. V., No. 2, London, 1865 

 — from the Society. Royal Dublin Society : Jour., Nos. XXXII. & XXIII. , 

 1864, Dublin, 1865— from the Society. Royal Geol. Soc. of Ireland: Jour., 

 Vol. X., Pt. 2, 1863-4. Dublin— from the Society. Dublin Quar. Jour, of 

 Science, ed. by the Rev. Sam'l Haughton, M.D., F.R.S.,No. XVII., Jan., 

 1865— from the Editor. Leeds Phil. & Lit. Society : Ann. Report, 1863-4; 

 Early 'History of Leeds, by Thos. Wright, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., &c, Leeds, 



