240 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



REPORTS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SECTION. 



RECORDER'S REPORT. 



During the year ending Dec. 2d, 1869, there have been elected one member 

 and three correspondents. 

 One member has resigned. 



Papers have been accepted for publication in the Journal, by the following 

 authors : 



T.A.Conrad, 5 John H. Redfield 1 



G. W. Tryon, Jr 9 S. R. Roberts 1 



W. M. Gabb 5 Theo. Gill, M.D 1 



AV. Harper Pease 3 W. H. Dall 1 



Jas. Lewis, M.D 2 Ralph Tate 1 



Temple Prime 1 Wesley Newcorab, M.D 2 



Binney and Bland 1 J. G. Cooper, M.D 2 



Respectfully submitted, 



S. R. Roberts, Recorder. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



To the Conchological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia : 



The Corresponding Secretary would respectfully report that letters have 

 been forwarded and received as follows, viz. : 



1868. Dec. 31. — To Dr. Leopold von Schrenck, St. Petersburg, with publi- 

 cations. 



1869. Jan. 5. — To Hugh Nevill, F.R.A.S., Galle, Ceylon, accepting proposal? 

 for exchange. 



May 13. — To Luigi Benoit, Messina, letter of acknowledgement. 



May 21. — To Dr. H. E. v. Rijgersma, St. Martins, W. I., soliciting collec- 

 tions. 



To W. B. Pryor, Esq., Shanghai, China, soliciting collections. 



June 11. — To Prof. Joseph Henry, Smithsonian Institution, soliciting publi- 

 cations. 



June 22. — To the Society Malacologique de Belgique, Bruxelles, exchange of 

 publications. 



To E. A. Bielz, Hermanstadt, Transylvania, exchanges. 



To Bulletino .Malacologico Italiano, Pisa, for exchange of publications. 



June 23. — To R. J. Lechmere Guppj', Trinidad, exchange of specimens. 



Nov. 5. — To Sylvanus Hanley, Middlesex, England, letter of acknowledge- 

 ment. 



The following letters have been received : 



1868. Dec. 29. — M. de Malzine, Bru.xelles, with publications. 

 Mons. Terver, Lyons, France, acknowledgment of election. 

 Dr. Leopold vou Schrenck, St. Petersburg, with publications. 



1869. Jan. 7. — D. F. Heynemann, Frankfort, with publications. 

 Arthur Morelet, Dijon, France, letter of acknowledgment. 

 Mons. J. Crosse, Paris, with publications. 



Frederick Calliaud, Nantes, France. 



Feb. 4. — T. B. Bourningnat, acknowledgment. 



Feb. 16. — F. M. Souverbie, Bordeaux, acknowledgment of election. 



Capt. J. Mitchell, Madras, with publications. 



March 4. — L. H. Abbott, Boston, letter of acknowledgment. 



Philip Lutley Sclater, London, letter of acknowledgment. 



Zoological Society, London, letter of acknowledgment. 



March 30. — F. de Malzine, Brussels, proposals for exchange. 



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