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June i8, 1883. 



A. Todd in the chair. Eight members present. 



Dr. Hambach presented forty-one volumes of reports, for which 

 a vote of thanks was passed. 



Mr. Lettermann presented a collection of spear and arrow- 

 points, and also a large implement of unknown use weighing 20 

 lbs., all found near Allenton. 



Baron Ferdinand von Miiller and Judge Nathaniel Holmes 

 were elected to corresponding membership. 



October 15, 1883. 



Dr. Leete in the chair. Six members present. 



Mr. Tivy presented specimens of Mvalina and Chonetes from 

 the coal measures at Atchison, Kansas. 



Dr. Curtmann presented a copy of his translation of Beilstein's 

 Chemical Analysis, with additions by the translator, which was 

 received with a vote of thanks. 



November 5, 1883. 



Dr. Engelmann in the chair. Six members present. 



Dr. Engelmann presented a specimen of flexible sandstone 

 from North Carolina. He remarked that this stone was also 

 found in Brazil, and is supposed to be the diamond-bearing rock. 



Dr. C. A. Todd made a short communication on a subcutane- 

 ous pocket found just in front of the ear of a man. The pocket 

 had a depth of a quarter of an inch, and readily admitted a probe. 

 It secreted regularly, the secretion being the same as in the fatty 

 glands. This pocket is always found in a similar position in the 

 Asiatic and African elephants. 



Ferdinand Sands, H. A. Wheeler and Dr. Wellington Adams 

 were elected to associate membership. 



