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Mr. Desor also stated that Mr. Logan had obtained from 

 the Laurentian deposit great numbers of fossil Mallotus of 

 the same species as that now found living in the waters of 

 the Atlantic seaboard; also many marine Algae, the whole 

 skeleton of a Manatus, and part of the bones of a whale, all 

 from Bytown on the Ottowa, one hundred and eighty feet 

 above the sea. 



Dr. Durkee exhibited under the microscope several spe- 

 cimens of TJlva calophylla, which he had received from 

 Prof. Harvey, of Dublin. 



Mr. Bouve presented, in the name of Mr. Edward 

 Winslow, several living specimens of the larva of the May 

 Fly (^Phryganea,) inhabiting the cases which they construct 

 for their protection. 



Mr. Bouve announced the donation of forty specimens 

 of Tertiary shells, from the Paris basin, in the name of 

 Miss Chambeaux, of Paris. 



Two books, "The Footprints of the Creator," and " The 

 Old Red Sandstone, by Hugh Miller," were presented in 

 the name of Messrs. Gould and Lincoln, the Publishers. 



Eight jars, containing specimens of Natural History, 

 from Florida, were presented in the name of Dr. Henry 

 Bryant, a member of the Society. 



Messrs. George M. Dexter, Horatio R. Storer, Charles 

 Hale, Amos Binney, and Henry C. Brooks were elected 

 Resident Members. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to Messrs. Gould 

 and Lincoln, and to Miss Chambeaux, for their donations. 



