66 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1884. 



March 18. 

 The Rev. Dr. McCook, Vice-President, in the chair. 



Fifty-three persons present. 



The following papers were presented for publication : — 



" Notes on Species of Fishes improperly ascribed to the Fauna 

 of North America." By David S. Jordan, 



" Notes on Tertiary Shells." By Otto Meyer. 



The deaths of Dr. A. L. Elwyn, a member, and of Dr. S. B. 

 Buckley, a correspondent, were announced. 



Dr. Benjamin Sharp delivered a lecture on the study of biology 

 in Germany introductory to his spring course of lectures on 

 Invertebrate Zoolog3^ 



March 25. 

 The President, Dr. Leidy, in the chair. 

 Thirty-nine persons present. 

 The death of J. T. Audenried, a member, was announced. 



On Eiimeces chalcides. — Prof. Leidy remarked that the little 

 lizard presented this evening had been sent to him by a former 

 pupil, Dr. E. A. Sturge, of Petchaburi, Siam. It appears to be a 

 young individual of Eumeces chalcides Gunther, the Lacerta 

 chalcides of Lin., and Lygosoma hrachypoda of Dum. et Bib. It 

 is remarkable for its diminutive limbs, provided with five minute 

 toes. Dr. Sturge says the natives regard it as a snake ; and, as 

 is common in such cases, consider it to be venomous. 



The following were elected members : Albert S. Bolles,Ph. D., 

 R. W. Fitzell, and Jos. W. Grisoom, 



The following were elected correspondents : Ludwig von 

 Graff, of AschafFenberg ; G. Dewalque, of Liege ; Hans Bruno 

 Geinitz, of Dresden ; E. Renevier, of Geneva ; Henry N. Moseley, 

 of Oxford ; and J. T. Burdon Sanderson, of London. 



The following were ordered to be printed : — 



