210 AMERICAN JOURNAL 



Descriptions of a new genus of Astartidce, and of new species 

 of Venericardia and Pecten. By T. A. Conrad. 



Description of a new species of Limnca. Bj Prof, S. S. 

 Haldeman. 



Mr. Mactier read a Prospectus of the Catalogue of the de- 

 scribed species of Recent Mollusca, to be published by the Con- 

 chological Section : which was ordered to be printed. 



Dr. Geo. H. Horn made some remarks on the localities of 

 shells in the Colorado Desert, and in Arizona. 



It was resolved that all duplicate books belonging to the Sec- 

 tion be sold, and the proceeds invested in the " Conservator's 

 Fund." 



It was also resolved that the thanks of this Section be tendered 

 to Messrs. Thos. Watson & Sons, and Messrs. S. & W. Welsh, 

 of Philadelphia, for their liberal offers to transmit packages by 

 their respective steamship lines, free of charge. 



A letter was read from G. W. Tryon, Jr., announcing that, 

 upon certain conditions, he had deposited in the Library about 

 one hundred bound, and sixty unbound volumes and pamphlets 

 on Conchology, all of which were desiderata to the Library. 



With this addition, the Conchological Library contains nearly 

 every paper or book published on the subject. 



Dr. E. J. Nolan, of Philadelphia, and Prof. S. F. Baird, of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C, were elected 

 members ; and Col. F. F. Cavada, U. S. Consul at Trinidad, 

 Cuba, and J. R. Willis, D. C. L., of Halifax, N. S., were elected 

 correspondents. 



Meeting, June Gth, 1867. 



Eight members present. 



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



Donations to the Museum and Library were read. 



A letter was read from Prof. S. S. Haldeman, of Columbia, 

 Pa., accompanying the donation of the entire remaining copies 

 of his "Monograph of the Limniades." 



Messrs. Alpheus Hyatt, of Salem, Mass., and Alex. Winchell, 

 of Ann Arbor, Mich., were elected correspondents. 



