426 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Apirl, 



April 19. 

 The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., in the Chair. 



Seventy-six persons present. 



The deaths of Edwin Sheppard, April 7, and E. W. Clark, April 9, 

 members, were announced. 



The Publication Committee reported that papers under the follow- 

 ing titles had been offered for pubHcation : 



"A Monograph of the Genus Dendrocincla Gray," by Harry C. 

 Oberholser (April 8). 



''Post-Glacial Nearctic Centers of Dispersal for Reptiles," by Arthur 

 Erwin Brown (April 11). 



Dr. E. G. Conklin made an illustrated communication on the earli- 

 est differentiations of the egg, with special reference to the mechanism 

 of heredity and evolution. (No abstract.) 



The following were elected members: Everett F. Phillips, Herbert 

 Guy Kribs, Henry R. M. Landis, M.D. 



The following were ordered to be printed : 



