April, 1S45.] 223 



ScTRTF.S, Illig. 



S. solstitialis. Black; antenna, palpi, tibia? and tarsi, testaceous, lj I. 

 long ; f 1. wide. Pennsylvania. 



Black, very finely pubescent or hirsute : head and thorax very minutely and 

 somewhat densely punctured, the former tinged with rufous, both glossy : elytra 

 very finely and densely wrinkled : beneath and femora dull reddish-brown, the 

 posterior of the latter more than ordinarily incrassated : antennae, palpi, tibiae, 

 and tarsi, testaceous. 



(To be Continued.') 



An amendment to the 8th Art. of Chap. VII of the By- 

 Laws was adopted, so as to make the article read thus : 



"But no works shall be loaned from the Hall of the Aca- 

 demy, except those marked with an asterisk in the catalogue, 

 unless by an affirmative ballot vote of three-fourths of the 

 members present, when the application is made ; the name 

 of the borrower and the title of the book to be recorded on 

 the minutes, and security given for its safe return by Vote or 1^- 

 otherwise, for the full value thereof, according to the estimate 

 of the Librarian or Library Committee." 



Stated Meeting, Jipril 1, 1845. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



A numerous collection of fossils and geological specimens 

 from the secondary strata of the Upper Missouri, especially 

 from the vicinity of the Great Bend. Presented by Mr. 

 Edward Harris. 



A collection of Reptiles from South America, including the 

 following, presumed to be new, and described by Dr. Hal- 

 lo well in a paper read at the meeting of 11th March last — 

 viz : 



Coluber Spixii : C. fuscus : C. vittatus : C. fuliginosus : C. 

 Ashmedii : C. variegatus : C. atratus : C. Blandingii : C. 

 Pickeringii : Trigonocephalus Colombiensis : and Leiolepis 



Auduboni. Presented by Mr. Samuel Ashmead. 



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