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Mr. Storer also read a paper addressed to him by Mr. J. 

 A. A. Ribeiro, of Brazil, on the Large Serpents of Brazil, 

 containing numerous facts connected with their habits, and 

 various legends concerning them, current among the natives 

 of that country. 



The skeleton of a Black Capped Titmouse was presented 

 in the name of Mr. Samuels. 



Mr. Frank Moore and Mr. F. U. G. May were elected 

 Resident Members of the Society. 



March 17, 1853. 



Dr. A. A. Gould in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a Communication from Dr. W. I. Bur- 

 nett on the Cotton Worm of the Southern States, as follows: 



During the past winter I have been collecting materials for the 

 history of that most devastating of American insects, the " Cotton 

 worm." In this I have been aided and favored by several intel- 

 ligent Southern planters, whose severe losses from the ravages of 

 this animal, have made them keenly alive to many of its habits 

 and modes of life. Of these gentlemen, I am particularly in- 

 debted to Mr. Robert Chisolm, of Palmetto Hall, Beaufort, South 

 Carolina, an intelligent and extensive cotton-planter, who has 

 with much care watched the economy of this insect during 

 several of its later appearances. He has sent me several com- 

 munications, from which, together with an examination of the 

 larval specimens with which they were accompanied,! have been 

 able to prepare the following account : 



This insect appears to be but little known in science, although 

 the injury to property which it causes, is perhaps greater and 

 more deplorable than that occasioned by any other with which 



