304 ' PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Eight hundred and t^venty-eighth Meeting* 



January 8, 1890. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The President read a letter from Mr. Edwin P. Seaver, 

 resigning Fellowship in the Academy. 



M. S. H. Scudder gave an account of an extensive discov- 

 ery of fossil insects (butterflies). 



Professor Dolbear made a short communication on the 

 causes producing the present state of the weather. Remarks 

 on this subject were made by Professor Searle, Mr. Ritchie, 

 and the Recording Secretary. 



Eight hundred and ttventy-ninth Meeting. 



February 12, 1890. — Monthly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The President read a letter from Charles de Marignac, 

 acknowledging his election as Foreign Honorary Member ; 

 also, a circular from the Physical-Economical Society of 

 Konigsberg, inviting attendance at its centennial festival. 



The following papers were presented : — 



On the Construction of Languages. By Henry W. Williams. 



Notes on the North American Species of Laboulbeniacese. 

 By Roland Thaxter. 



Eight handred and thirtieth Meeting. 



March 12, 1890. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The President announced the death of William P. Atkin- 

 son, Resident Fellow. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a letter from the Library 

 Restoration Committee of the University of Toronto, announ- 



