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weak attachment to the sphenoid. The lateral superior articular facets of 

 the exoccipital bone are characteristic of the family, and of the genus 

 Chilonyx. This skull also shows that the premaxillary bones may be dis- 

 tinct, and that they extend but a short distance on the superior face of the 

 muzzle. 



In this species the interorbital region is wide and concave, and the pa- 

 rietal regions are swollen and convex. The supraorbital border is nearly 

 straight, and has an open notch medially. 



The hyposphen varies in size in different parts of the vertebral column, 

 and is generally very large. The neural spines have bilobate extremities. 



Stated Meeting^ Jan. o, 1883. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



The resignations of A. E. Outerbridge, Jr., dated May 15, 

 1882 ; of B. B. Comegys, dated Nov. 1 1882 ; of Alfred 

 Stille, dated Dec. 28, 1883 ; and of Horatio C. Wood, dated 

 Jan. 3, 1833, were announced by the Treasurer, and on motion 

 accepted. 



The death of John Forsyth Meigs, M.D., at Philadelphia, 

 Dec. 17, 1882, aged 65, was announced. 



The death of the Rev'd Charles P. Krauth, D.D., Vice- 

 Provost of the University, at Philadelphia, Jan. 2, 1883, 

 aged 59, was announced. The President was authorized to 

 provide for obituary notices of the deceased. 



Donations for the Library were reported from the Geo- 

 graphical Societies at Munich, Bordeaux and Paris; the 

 Meteorological and Astronomical Societies in London ; the 

 Society at Riga ; the American Society at Paris ; the Pea- 

 body Fund and the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cam- 

 bridge ; the Boston Zoological and Natural History Socie- 

 ties ; American Journal of Science ; American Academy of 

 Medicine ; N. Y. Academy of Science ; Franklin Institute ; 



