A-MERIOAlsr 



JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOCtY. 



NEW SERIES. 



fUBLISKED BY THE 



CONCHOLOCrlCAL SECTION of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 



Vol. V. 1869-70. Part 3. 



Meeting Oct. 1th, 1869. 



Eight members present. 



Dr. Ruschenberger, Director, in the Chair. 



Numerous donations to the Museum and Library were an- 

 nounced. 



The following papers were presented for publication in the 

 Journal, and referred to Committees : 



"On the Pfcerocerge of Lamarck and their mutual relations ;" 

 by Theodore Gill, M.D. 



" Materials for a Monograph of the Family Lepetidre ;" by 

 Wm. PL Dall. 



" On the Land and Fresh-water Mollusca of Nicaragua ;" by 

 Ralph Tate. 



" Descriptions of New Species of Marine Mollusca ;" by Wes- 

 ley Newcomb, M.D. 



"Description of a new American Helix;" by Wesley New- 

 comb, M.D. 



" Catalogue of the Shells of the Coosa River, Alabama :" by 

 James Lewis, M.D. 



