OP CONCHOLOGY. HI 



G. B. Sowerbj, London, England. 

 John H. Thomson, Ne\r Bedford, Mass; 

 Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Chicago, 111. 

 Patricio Maria Paz, Madrid, Spain. 



Meeting, April Uh, 1867. 



Ten members present. 



Mr. Tryon, Vice-Director, in the Chair. 



Donations to the Museum and Library were announced. 



Several letters requesting exchanges of specimens and publi- 

 cations were read, and appropriately referred. 



The American Journal of Conchology, Vol. III. No. 1, was 

 presented by the Publication Committee. 



The following papers were presented for publication, and re- 

 ferred to committees ; 



On the systematic arrangement of Buccinum altile and B. 

 JEscheri. By Prof. Theodore Gill. 



On the genus Fulgur and its allies. By Prof. Theodore Gill. 



Monograph of the Terrestrial Mollusca of the United States. 

 By Geo. W. Tr_yon, Jr. 



On the various principles of Zoological Classification. By 

 Prof. 0. A. L. Morch, of Copenhagen. 



The following resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to prepare for 

 publication, under the authority of this Section, a complete cata- 

 logue' of the described genera and species of recent Mollusca, 

 and their synonyms ; designating their localities and biblio- 

 graphy. 



Resolved, That the above work be published in parts contain- 

 ing families or genera, as fast as completed, and so arranged as 

 to be capable of being used in labelling collections. 



Dr. Samuel Lewis, of Philadelphia, was elected a member. 



