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recognized some well-preserA-ed and characteristic foraminifera, 

 of which two forms appeared identical with Textularia globulosa 

 and Rotalia globulosa, now living in the Atlantic Ocean, The 

 fossils Mr. Thomas supposes to be derived from a soft yellow 

 rock, cretaceous shale and lignite, forming part of the drift. He 

 also reports the finding of fragments of marine diatomes in the 

 clay. 



The following were elected members : — • 



Benjamin R. Smith, Rev. Wayland Hoyt, Wm. Thomson, M.D., 

 H. W. Stelwagon, M. D., John Struthers, D. G. Brinton, M. D., 

 Thomas H. Fenton, M. D., and Miss Helen Abbott. 



The following were elected correspondents : — 



Karl A. Zittel, of Munich ; Marquis de Gaston de Saporto, of 

 Aix ; Quintino Sella, of Rome ; August Daubrie, of Paris ; and 

 Albert Gaudr.y, of Paris. 



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