PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. II. JAN. AND FEB., 1845. No. 7. 



Stated Meeting, January 7, 1845. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



Mr. Haldeman presented a communication from Dr. Mel- 

 sheimer, containing additional descriptions of N. American 

 Coieoptera, which was referred to the committee on his former 

 papers. 



A communication was read from the Librarian of Congress, 

 returning acknowledgements for a copy of the Catalogue of 

 the Library of the Academy. 



A communication from the Corresponding Secretary of the 

 Georgia Historical Society, dated Savannah, Dec. 16, 1844, 

 acknowledging the receipt from the Academy, of a copy 

 of Harlan's Medical and Physical Researches. 



Stated Meeting, January 14, 1845. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Two specimens, (male and female,) with a number of the 

 eggs, of Coluber melanoleuca? from S. Carolina. From 

 Dr. William Blanding. 



Mounted specimen of Mephitis Americana, Desm. From 



Mr. Wm. S. Wood, of Philadelphia. 



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