June, 1845.] 253 



A communication was read from Dr. Dunglison, Secretary 



of the American Philosophical Society, addressed to Vice 

 President Morton, stating that Prof. John Miiller, of Berlin, 

 was desirous of establishing a system of exchanges of specL 

 mens of Natural History with Institutions in this country, 

 and requesting the attention of the Academy to the subject. 

 Referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Vaux, Phillips 

 and Cassin. 



A letter was read from Dr. Edmund Ravenel, of Charles- 

 ton, S. C, dated June 14, 1S45, containing a description and 

 drawing of a recent specimen of Scutella, found at sea, off 

 the coast of South Carolina, and supposed by him to be new. 

 Referred to the following committee: Dr. Robert E. Griffith, 

 Dr. Morton and Mr. Phillips. 



Meeting for Business, June 24th, 1S45. 



Vice President Wetherill in the Chair. 



The Committee on the Rev. Mr. Zeiglers paper, de- 

 scribing new North American Coleoptera, read April Sth, 

 1S45, reported in favour of publication.* 



The Committee on the following notice, by Dr. Ravenel, 

 of a new Scutella found off the coast of South Carolina, read 

 at last meeting, reported in favour of publication. 



Description of a new recent species of Scutella. 

 By Edmund Ravenel, M. D., of Charleston, S. C. 



Scutella gibbosa. 



Specific character.— Subpentagonal, truncated posteriorly ; 

 margin thick and rounded; ambulacra large, oblong-ovaJ, with 

 open apices; upper surface convex, the convexity terminating 

 rather abruptly at the apices of the ambulacra; lower surface 

 slightly concave, with five simple, broad, compressed grooves 



*To appear in a future No. of the Proceedings. 



