»>18 [Nov. 20, 



teenth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical Amer- 

 ica. 



Prof. Houston presented a paper on Photography by a Light- 

 ning Flash during the storm of October 29, 1885. 



Dr. Frazer presented a resume of the proceedings of the re- 

 cent International Congress of Geologists held at Berlin, which 

 he had attended as one of the delegates from the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Frazer 

 exhibited an improved prismatic compass (made by Elliott, of 

 London), and a device for printing boundary lines automatic- 

 ally, and explained their advantages. 



Dr. Frazer also presented four track charts of the North 

 Atlantic ocean, made in 1882, 1883 and 1885. 



The minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Officers and 

 Council were submitted. 



Nominations Nos. 1064, 1065, 1066, and new nominations 

 Nos. 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 

 were read. 



The Committee of Finance, to which was referred the appli- 

 cation for a plate for Prof. Cope's paper on the brain of a 

 Theromorphous reptile, reported that the Society had in 

 hand funds sufficient for that purpose. The Committee stated 

 that its business was not to pass upon the merits or desirability 

 of any such application, but only upon the question if the 

 Society had funds available for such a purpose. That the 

 ordering of the plates was at the discretion of the Secretaries 

 in their disbursement of the annual appropriation made by the 

 Society for its publications. 



On motion, the plate was ordered by the Society at estimate 

 price, furnished by Breuker & Kessler. 



Dr. Frazer exhibited the Geological-Geographical Dictionary 

 of Senor Juan de Villa Nueva y Piera,and UAnnuaire Oeolo- 

 gigue Universelle of D'Agincourt, and offered the following 

 resolution, which was adopted: 



Resolved, That a Committee, consisting of Prof. Lesley, Prof. Cope, 

 Mr. Franklin Piatt, Mr. C. A. Ashburner and Dr. Frazer be appointed to 

 consider the propriety of assisting the International Geological Congress 



