Geo. W. Lettermann stated that he had made a collection of 

 the birds of this county, which he would be glad to present to 

 the Academy. 



G. J. Engelmann moved that a committee of five, including the 

 chair, be appointed to consider the means best adapted to advance 

 the interests of Archaeology — whether it be to establish a Section 

 or a Committee on Archaeology — and to devise such rules and 

 regulations as may seem necessary for the good government of 

 such section or committee. The motion carried, and the chair 

 appointed the committee as follows : N. Holmes, W. B. Potter, 

 G.J. Engelmann, Wm. H. Pulsifer. 



October 2, 1876. 



C. V. Riley, President, in the chair. 



Ten members present. 



A letter was read from Mariano Barcena, a Corresponding 

 Member of the Academy, which accompanied a publication of 

 this gentleman on Mexican Meteorites. 



Vol. I. of the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sci- 

 ence was presented by the Corresponding Secretary, and the 

 Academy ordered a complete set of our Transactions (No. 1 of 

 vol. i. excepted) to be sent in exchange. 



Judge Holmes announced to the Academy the decease of Dr. 

 M. M. Pallen, one of the founders of the Academy, and moved 

 that a committee of three be appointed to draft resolutions of 

 respect to his memory. The President appointed N. Holmes, 

 E. Sander, and M. L. Gray, to constitute such committee. 



CENTENNIAL INSECTS. 



Mr. Riley made the following statements in regard to the insect 

 pests at the Centennial Exposition : 



It has been feared by many that the exhibition of foreign grains, pre- 

 served fruits, etc., at Philadelphia, might be the means of introducing 

 strange insect pests, and articles have been written by different parties, 

 stating that the foreign products on exhibition were badly infested, and 

 that great harm might result. They were particularly noticeable in the 

 collection from Brazil. There are certain species affecting preserved 

 grains, roots, fruits, woolens, and other products, which have been al- 

 ready carried to most parts of the civilized world, and are cosmopolitan, 

 and the presence of such at Philadelphia should cause no alarm. But if 



