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Mr. Barnard, from the Committee to whom was referred 

 the letter of Prof. Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution, re- 

 ported, that the Committee recommend to the Society to 

 appropriate the sum of ^300 for the purposes mentioned in 

 the letter of Prof. Baird. 



After some debate upon this subject, the report of the 

 Committee was referred to the Council. 



Mr. Samuel L. Fletcher, of Cambridge, was elected Re- 

 sident Member. 



August 16, 1854. 

 Dr. Charles T. Jackson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Extracts from a letter of Prof. L. P. Yandell, of Louis- 

 ville, Ky., to Dr. J. B. S. Jackson, thanking the Society for his 

 election as Corresponding Member, and offering to contri- 

 bute Geological specimens, were read to the Society. 



Mr. Whittemore called attention to the large number of 

 glow worms now to be found in the neighborhood of Mil- 

 ton, and asked if they were a new species. 



Prof. Wyman remarked that he had seen, some years ago, 

 at West Cambridge, glow worms of peculiar character, with 

 luminous spots upon each segment. 



September 6th, 1854. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Durkee, for the Committee appointed to purchase 

 the collection of Acari and other insects belonging to the 



