^^^ [March 15, 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from Mr. M. 11. 

 Bo}e, Coopersburg, Pa.; Mr. George Stuart, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 (No. 128). 



Letters of envoy were received from the Observatoire Astro- 

 nomique et Physique, Tachkent, Eussia ; Meteorological Office, 

 London, Eug.; Royal Irish Academy, Dublin ; Museo Nacional, 

 Buenos Aires, S. A. 



Accessions to the Library were announced from the South 

 African Philosophical Society, Cape Town ; Societe des Natu- 

 ralistes, Kieff, Russia ; K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesell- 

 schaft, Vienna, Austria ; Prof. Leopold Einstein, Niirnberg, 

 Bavaria ; S. A. le Prince de Monaco, Paris, France ; R. Acade- 

 mia de Ciencias Naturales y Artes, Barcelona, Spain ; York- 

 shire Geological and Polytechnic Society, Halifax, Eng.; Me- 

 teorological Office, Geological Society, Dr. Benjamin Ward 

 Richardson, London, Eng.; R, Irish Academy, Dublin; Mr. 

 Charles J, Hoadley, Hartford, Conn.; Scientific Association, 

 Meriden, Conn.; New York Academy of Medicine, Prof. J. S. 

 Newberry, New York, N. Y.; Mr. William John Potts, Cam- 

 den, N. J.; Mr. Henry PhiUips, Jr., Dr. J. T. Rothrock, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. ; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; 

 Smithsonian Institution, Col. Garrick Mallery, Washington, 

 D. C; University of Nebraska, Lincoln ; Museo Nacional, 

 Buenos Aires, S. A. 



The death of Mr. John Ericson, New York City, N. Y., 

 March 7, 1889, set. 83, was reported. 



The Committee on the Codex Poinsett reported progress, 

 and was continued. 



The consideration of the question of publishing the minutes 

 of the Board of Officers and Council was postponed until the 

 next stated meeting of the Society. 



Pending nominations 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186 and 1187 were 

 read. 



On motion of Prof. Cope, permission was granted him to 

 withdraw the paper lately offered by him for the Transactions 

 of the Society. 



And the Society was adjourned by the presiding member. 



