1886.] 455 



Societe E. des Sciences de Liege ; R. Accademia dei Lincei, 

 Borne ; R. Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, and Mr. 

 Alessandro Chapelli ; Institution Ethnographique, Paris ; 

 Royal Society, Royal Geographical Society. Meteorological 

 Council, " The Asclepiad," " Nature," of London ; and Sir 

 Lowthian Bell, Prof. C. Piazzi Smyth, of Edinburgh ; Boston 

 Society of Natural History, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 Cambridge ; Free Public Library of New Bedford ; American 

 Chemical Society, New York ; Historical Society of Pennsyl- 

 vania, Zoological Society of Philadelphia, Engineers' Club, 

 Fairmount Park Association, University of Pennsylvania, 

 College of Pharmacy, Charles A. Oliver, M.D., Hon. Richard 

 Vaux, Henry Phillips, Jr., and Prof. Edward Y. d'Invilliers, 

 of Philadelphia ; Johns Hopkins University and Chemical 

 Journal, Baltimore ; U. S. Naval Institute, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution ; Col. Charles C. Jones of Augusta, Ga., and the Iowa 

 State Historical Society. 



Letters of envoy were received from R. Instituto di Studi 

 Superiori in Firenze, and the Meteorological Office, London. 



Letters of acknowledgment were read from K. K. Central- 

 Anstalt fiir Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismiis (120) ; Fond a - 

 tion de P. Teyler van der Hulst (120, 121) ; Prof. W. P. 

 Blake, of New Haven (122). 



Notice was received from " The Young Men's Association " 

 and "The Young Men's Library," that they had consolidated, 

 and changed their name to " The Buffalo Library." 



On motion, the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Firenze, Italia, 

 was placed on the exchange list and ordered to receive the 

 Proceedings of the Society from No. 121. 



A letter accepting membership was read from Dr. Edward 

 Pepper (Paris, May 7, 1886). 



Prof. Cope presented for the Proceedings "An Analytical 

 Table of the Genera of Snakes." He requested a plate for his 

 paper on Amphiuma, which the Society ordered at an esti- 

 mated cost. 



Prof. T. B. Stowell presented through the Secretaries a paper 

 on the " Trigeminus Nerve in the Domestic Cat," accompanied 



