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legged kitten ; F. Eckstein, thirty-three Histological Stides ; Dr, J. H. 

 Hunt, three slides of Diatoms ; Chas. Diuy, two specimens of skins of 

 Dendroeca virens ; from the Natural Histor}^ Society of Glasgow, its 

 proceedings. Vol. 3, part 2 ; American Inventor, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-9, in- 

 clusive ; J. B. Pearce, Secretary of the Board, 2d Geological Survey of 

 Pennsylvania, books Q and R ; publishers, Scientific American, Vol. 

 39, Nos. 10 to 14 ; Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 10, No. 8 ; Polytech- 

 nic Beview, Vol. 6, Nos. 10, 11 and 12 ; Psyche, Vol. 2, Nos. 47 and 

 48 ; American Journal Jlicroscopy, Vol. 3, Nos. 1 to 9 ; Proceedings 

 Central Ohio Scientific Association, Vol. 1, part 1 ; Science Observer 

 for September ; Quarterly Journal of Conchology, Leeds, England, 

 Vol. 1, Nos. 11 to 15. 



Society met November 5, 1878, — the President in the Chair. The 

 minutes were read and adopted. 



Regular members were elected as follows : Dr. F. Kebler, Dr. R. 

 Sattler and Mr. Edward M. Cooper. 



Prof. A. G. Wetherby read a paper on " the Deformities of Some 

 Tennessee Helices," also " a Description of a New Genus of Lower Si- 

 lurian Crustacea." 



S. A. Miller, Esq., called attention to a collection of Cystideans of 

 remarkable beautj^ and size, including some new species, all recently 

 found in the Niagara Rocks of Indiana. 



The death of Mr. J. C. Shroyer, the librarian of the Society, was an- 

 nounced ; also the death of Hon. J. H. Klippert, long a corresponding- 

 member of this Society. On motion, a committee w^as appointed to 

 draft resolutions pertinent to the occasion. 



The Society met December 3, 1878, — Vice-President L. S. Cotton in 

 the Chair. The minutes were read, corrected and approved. 



Messrs. James Bindley and J. R. P. Brown were elected regular 

 members. 



Mr. E. O. Ulrich read a paper on a re-classification of fossil coralsi 

 and Mr. James F. James a catalogue of plants, ferns and fungi of 

 the vicinity of Cincinnati. 



A special meeting of the Society was held Jan. 23, 1879, — L. S. Cotton, 

 Vice-President, in the chair. On motion of S. A. Miller, Esq., it was 



Besolved, that a committee of ten, who take a special interest in the 

 study of the Lower Silurian Rocks of South-western Ohio, South-east- 

 ern Indiana, and Kentucky, be appointed, by the chair, to report to this 

 Society upon what seems to them to be the correct nomenclature of 

 these rocks. 



For the Committee's Report, see page 193. 



