242 IMay. 



Mr. Lea exhibited specimens of Eozoon Canadense, received 

 from Mr. Billings, of Montreal, in rough, polished and dis- 

 sected states. A discussion ensued, in which Prof. Hayden, 

 Dr. Le Conte, Mr. Barnes, Judge Hare, and Mr. Lesley took 

 part. 



Pending nominations Nos. 541, 547, 548, 549, were read 

 aiid balloted for, and there being no further business, the 

 presiding officer announced the following persons duly elected 

 members of the Society. 



Dr. Pliny Earle, of Northampton, Massachusetts. 



Dr. Owen Jones Wister, of Germantown, Pennsylvania. 



Mr. Thomas Davidson, of Brighton, England. 



Dr. Fridolin Sandberger, of Wurtzburg, Bavaria. 

 And the Society was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, May 4, 1866. 



Present, sixteen members. 



Vice-President Prof. Cresson, in the Chair. 



A letter accepting membership was received from Dr. 0. 

 J. Wister, dated Germantown, April 25th. 



A letter from Mr. J. E.. Snowden, Secretary of the Histo- 

 rical Society of Pennsylvania, requesting facilities for Mr. 

 Edw. Armstrong to examine sources of information on the 

 subject of the life of the late Mr. Duponceau, was read, and 

 on motion of Dr. Wood the request was granted. 



A letter respecting the publication of a treatise upon the 

 laws of the French Language was received from Prof. E. 

 Taliaferro, dated College of W^illiam and Mary, Williams- 

 burg, Va., April 25th. 



A photograph of Prof. S. S. Haldeman was presented by 

 Dr. Le Conte, for the Album. 



Donations for the Library were received from Sig. Lombar- 

 dini. Dr. Schinz, the Bureau of Mines, the Royal Astronomi- 

 cal Society, the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement 

 of Domestic Industry, Dr. B. A. Gould, Prof. W. A. Norton, 



