2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Jan., 



Th e Chair announced the deaths of the following : — 



Charles T. Yerkes, a member, December 29, 1905. 



George Bowdler Biickton, a correspondent, September 25, 1905. 



J. B. Ellis, a correspondent, December 30, 1905. 



Mr . Stewardson Brown made a communication on a botanical 

 trip to the Bermudas taken during the last summer. (No abstract.) 



January 16. 



Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Thirty-four persons present. 



Dr. Sharp having taken the Chair, Mr. A. E. Brown made a commu- 

 nication on theories of evolution since Darwin. (No abstract.) 



The following w^ere elected members: 



H. S. Jennings, Robert G. LeConte, M.D., and Henry Leffman, M.D. 



The following was ordered to be printed : 



