■^^^ [May 6, 



Prof. Cope presented a paper " On the Skull of the Dino- 

 saurian Lselaps Incrassatus." 



A paper by Prof. G. Baur (Worcester, Mass.), entitled 

 " Additional Note on the Taxonomy of the Genua Emys," was 

 presented. 



Pending nominations Nos. 1233 and 1241 were read. 



The following report of the Curators was presented and its 

 consideration was postponed. 



In response to the resolution of the Society, in which the Curators are 

 instructed to state the nature of the Society's collections at present housed 

 outside of this Hall, together with the space they would occupy if prop- 

 erly displayed, we have to report as follows : 



1. Coins at Memorial Hall, deposited about 1878. The collection is 

 small, probably not five hundred pieces. These could be easily displayed 

 in a case such as that now at the southwest corner of this meeting room. 

 There is, however, a fine oak cabinet belonging to the Society, at present 

 in charge of the Numismatic Society, which is of ample capacity, and 

 could be utilized if necessary. 



2. The Poinsett and Keating collections of Mexican and other objects. 

 These comprise about twenty-eight hundred objects of archaeological inter- 

 est. TLe combined collection is perhaps unique in some respects, and 

 was deposited at the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1878. We believe 

 that this collection could be displayed fairly well in such space as that now 

 occupied by the cases on the north wall of this meeting room, west of 

 the door. 



3. Various paleontological specimens deposited at the Academy of Nat- 

 ural Sciences in 1864. 



4. The French metre, loaned to the Coast Survey some forty or fifty 

 years ago, and in use by them as a standard. 



5. A stone cannon ball fired at Queen Mary and Douglass as they were 

 escaping from Loch Leven Castle. Loaned to the Historical Society 

 March 31, 1874. 



Patterson DuBois, 

 R. Meade Bache, 

 J. Cheston Morris. 



And the Society was adjourned by the presiding member. 



