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Meeting September 5th, 1867. 



Seven members present. 



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



Donations to the Museum and Library were read. 



The following papers were read and referred to Committees : 



Catalogue of the Families Mactridas and Solenidse. By T. A. 

 Conrad. 



Descriptions of two Species of Cephalopods. By S. B. Howell, 

 M. D. 



Thirty-eight gentlemen were elected Correspondents of the 

 Section. {See Appendix.) 



Meeting October Sd, 1867. 



Donations to the Museum and Library were read. 



The death of Joshua Alder, of England, late a Correspondent 

 of the Section, was announced. 



Mr. G. W. Tryon, Jr., presented the following paper, which 

 was referred to a Committee : " Monograph of the Terrestrial 

 Mollusca of the United States, continued." 



A communication was read from Mr. Tryon, depositing his 

 entire Conchological collection in the Museum of the Academy, 

 subject to the control of this Section. The collection embraced 

 about 10,000 species, including over 100,000 mounted speci- 

 mens. 



Mr. A. 0. Currier, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was elected 

 a Correspondent. 



Meeting November 1th, 1867. 

 Seven members present. 



Donations to the Museum and Library were read. 



The following papers, intended for publication in the .Journal, 

 were read and referred to Committees. 



Descriptions of New Species of American Miocene Shells, 

 &c. By T. A. Conrad. 



Descriptions of New Species of Marine Gasteropoda inhabi- 

 ting Polynesia. By Wm. Harper Pease. 



Mr. Cope made some observations on 3Iesodon major, Binney. 

 He had found it abundantly on the summits of the Salt Pond 

 and neighboring ridges in Giles and Bland Counties, Virginia, 

 beinor a much more northern habitat than hitherto observed in 



