1901.] MINUTES. 55 



The President announced the appointment of Prof. Edward 

 Suess, of Vienna, to represent the Society at the jubliee cele- 

 bration of the K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft, to 

 be held at Vienna on March 30. 



The list of donations to the Library was laid on the table 

 and thanks were ordered therefor. 



Dr. E. W. Shufeldt presented for the Transactions a 

 memoir on " The Osteology of the Stegauopodes." 



The Society was adjourned by the presiding officer. 



Stated Meeting, March 15, 1901. 



Vice-President Wistar in the Chair. 

 Present, 25 members. 



Prof. Jacques Loeb, Prof. Arthur S. Mackenzie and Prof' 

 Josiah H. Penniman, recently elected members, were pre- 

 sented to the Chair and took their seats in the Society. 



Letters were received from Mr. Richard Garnett, of Lon- 

 don, and Prof. Oliver Joseph Lodge, of Birmingham, Eng., 

 accepting membership. 



The President announced the appointment of the Hon. 

 Charlemagne Tower and Prof. Albert II. Smyth as dele- 

 gates to the ninth jubilee celebration of the University of 

 Glasgow. 



An invitation to send delegates was received from the 

 President of the Fifth International Congress of Zoology, to 

 be held at Berlin, on August 12-16, 1901. 



Prof. Jacques Loeb, of the University of Chicago, read a 

 paper on ' ' Artificial Parthenogenesis, ' ' which was discussed 

 by Prof. Conklin. 



The Society was adjourned by the presiding officer. 



