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Dr. Burnett also presented the drone and the female of 

 the African Ant, (Termes bellicosus,) in the name of Dr. A. 

 N. Bell, of Newtown, Conn. The thanks of the Society 

 were presented for the donation. 



Dr. Burnett presented the skin of a Black Snake, (Coluber 

 constrictor,) six feet long, which the animal had cast off 

 without a single break ; even the corneae were in their pro- 

 per places, and firmly attached. 



A fossil Shark's tooth, from Malta, was presented in the 

 name of Mr. Luther Ellis. The thanks of the Society were 

 voted for the donation. 



A fossil Shark's tooth, from Alabama, taken from a de- 

 posit seventy feet beneath the surface, was presented by Dr. 

 Silas Durkee. 



Messrs. Augustus Brown, Charles L. Flint, and Charles 

 B. Fessenden, were elected resident members. 



September 1, 1853. 



Dr. Silas Durkee in the Chair. 



Dr. W. I. Burnett read a paper, entitled " A remarkable 

 case of bisexual Hermaphroditism, with some remarks on 

 the Embryological and Anatomical relations of these abnor- 

 mities." 



The case in question is one that has already attracted no little 

 attention, and an account has recently been published, in which 

 are given some of its details;* but the subject has been regarded 



=^ Amer. Jour. Med. Sc, July, 1853, by Blackwell. 

 PROCEEDINGS B. S. N. H. 23 MARCH, 1854. 



