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[Oct. 16, 1385. 



Prof. Cope presented for the Proceedings the following 

 papers : * 



1. On the Structure and Affinities of three Species of Fishes 

 from the Eocene of Wyoming Territory.* 



2. Eeport on the Coal deposits near Zacualtipan, Hidalgo, 

 Mexico. 



3. On the Structure of the Brain and Auditory Apparatus 

 of a Theromorphous Reptile, for which a plate was desired. 



Prof. Houston presented his views on the origin of earth- 

 quakes as shown by the late great explosion of dynamite 

 (285,000 lbs.), at Flood Bock, Hell Gate, upon which a discus- 

 sion ensued, participated in by Messrs. Davis, Koenig, and Cope. 



This being the stated evening for balloting for candidates, 

 the following gentlemen were declared duly elected members 

 of the Society : 



1049. William John Potts, Camden, N. J. 



1050. Prof. Scheele de Vere, University of Virginia. 



1051. Prof. Edwin North, Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. 



1052. W. J. A. Bonwill, M. D.. 1721 Locust St., Phila- 

 delphia. 



1053. Thos. M. Cleemann, C. E., 2125 Spruce St., Philadel- 

 phia. 



1054. Horace Jayne, M. D., 1836 Chestnut Street, Phila- 

 delphia. 



1055. Dr. Hermann Rollett, Stadt- Archivar, Baden bei Wien. 



1056. Tommaso Cannizzaro, Messina, Italy. 



1057. Everard F. im Thurn, M. A., Pomeroon river, George- 

 town, British Guiana. 



1058. Prof .John Pomialowsky, Secretary of La Socie!e Im- 

 periale d'Archeologie Russe, St Petersburg. 



1059. Dr. Ernest Haeckel, Jena. 



1060. Prof. Dr. Josef von Lenhossek, Buda Pesth, Hungary. 



1061. Prof. Louis Pasteur, Paris. 



1062. Prof. Giuseppe Sergi, University Roma, Rome, Italy. 



1063. Prof. Dr. Leopold von Ranke, Berlin. 

 Nominations Nos. 1064, 1065, 1006, were read, and the 



meeting was adjourned by the presiding officer. 



* Withdrawn by consent, Nov (i, 1885. 



