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[Feb. 5, 



march of the sun is terminated and its journey to the north 

 begins. 



Acknowledgments were received for Proceedings No. 121 

 from the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Cambridge, Mass.); 

 Messrs. Isaac Burke and Lewis A. Scott (Philadelphia) ; U. S. 

 Naval Institute, Annapolis ; J. H. C. Coffin. Surgeon-General's 

 Office, U. S. Geological Survey, Smithsonian Institution (Wash- 

 ington) ; Prof. Henry S. Frieze (Ann Arbor, Mich.) ; State His- 

 torical Society of Wisconsin ; John F. Carll (Pleasantville, Pa.) ; 

 also from the Philosophical Society of Cambridge (England), 

 for No. 120; Annales des Mines, Paris (117, 118, 120). 



Dr. A. S. Gatschet (Washington, D. C), by letter, acknowl- 

 edged the receipt of his diploma. 



Prof. Cope presented for the Transactions a paper on the 

 structure and affinities of the Amphiuma, which was referred 

 to Dr. Harrison Allen, Dr. George H. Horn, and Mr. Charles 

 A. Ashburner to examine. 



For the Proceedings were presented a paper from Dr. Hoff- 

 man of Washington, on some Indian Tribal Names, and a 

 paper by Prof. A. S. Packard of Providence, K. I., on the 

 discovery of thoracic feet in a carboniferous Phyllocaridan. 



Dr. Horn exhibited sketches of Chrysobotheris and anatomi- 

 cal details. 



Nominations Nos. 1064 to 1080 were read. 



On motion, the Society resolved to appoint a committee to 

 revise its work and to examine into its condition and suggest 

 what, if any, measures are necessary to increase its efficiency. 

 The Chair was desired to announce the committee at the next 

 meeting of the Society. 



On motion of Prof. Cope it was resolved that the Secretaries 

 be requested to publish the proceedings and papers read before 

 the Society in each year, so far as practicable, within the vol- 

 ume for that year. 



On motion of Prof. Cope the Committee on Publication was 

 requested to report on the desirability of increasing the size of 

 the edition of the Transactions from 500 to 1000. 



The rough minutes were read and the Society was adjourned 

 by the presiding officer. 



