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AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 



HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. 



Vol. XXIII. December, 1886. No. 124. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



The Trigeminus Nerve in the Domestic Cat (Felis domestica). By 



T. B. Stowell (toith a plate) 459 



An Analytical Table of the Genera of Snakes. By E. D. Cope. . . 479 



Subjective After-Color (Complementary Color). By Charles A. 



Oliver 500 



On the Ikonomatic Method of Phonetic Writing, with Special Ref- 

 erence to American Archaeology. By Daniel G-. Brinton 503 



Synonymic List of the North American Species of Bufo and Rana, 

 with descriptions of some new Species of Batrachia, from speci- 

 mens in the National Museum. By E. D. Cope 514 



Is there Reciprocity in Trade and the Consumption of Manufac- 

 tured Commodities ? By Thos. H. Dudley 526 



The Conception of Love in some American Languages. By Daniel 



O. Brinton 546 



Notices of New Fresh-Water Infusoria. By Alfred C. Stokes (with 



a plate) 562 



Biographical Memoir of the late Honorable Eli K. Price, LL.D. By 

 J. T. Rothrock 572 



Obituary Notice of Dr. Albert H. Smith. By Harrison Allen 606 



Stated Meeting, September 3, 1886 535 



Stated Meeting, October 1, 1886 541 



Stated Meeting, October 15, 1886 544 



Stated Meeting, November 5, 1886 569 



Stated Meeting, November 19, 1886 571 



Stated Meeting, December 3, 18S6 611 



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