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Messrs. John B. Kettelle and John C. Dalton, Jr. were 

 elected members of the Society. 



On motion of Mr. Teschemacher, it was 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to Dr. 

 Storer, Dr. Cabot, and their associates of the Committee who 

 have labored with so much earnestness, perseverance, and suc- 

 cess, to raise funds for the purchase and adaptation of the build- 

 ing in which we now meet, for the use of the Society. 



A specimen of Tillandsia usneoides^ taken from a live- 

 oak tree growing at Bona Vista, about three miles from 

 Savannah, was presented by George Griggs, Esq. 



February 2, 1848. 

 The President in the Chair. 



Seventeen members present. 



Dr. Stone read an extract from the Penny Cyclopedia, 

 on Lampyris noctiluca, the Glow-worm, in which detona- 

 tion of hydrogen gas was said to have followed an immer- 

 sion of one of them in it. 



Dr. Gould considered the phosphorescence of insects as 

 analogous to the luminous appearance sometimes presented 

 by putrefying fish, rotten wood, &c. He stated that Prof. 

 Agassiz was at present engaged in investigating the subject. 

 The President remarked, that Prof. A. had, in a recent lec- 

 ture, spoken of the coincidence of the luminous portion 

 with the position of the nerves, seeming to indicate a con- 

 nection between the luminosity and nervous action. Dr. 

 Gould reminded the Society of the fact that the electric 

 power of certain animals also rested in the nervous system. 



The President compared the head of an Albatross with 



