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appeared not to have been excluded for six successive years ; and 

 the mass exhibited, on a cress section, as many layers, distinctly 

 marked at the line of junction. 



Mr. Perkins exhibited splendid specimens of the Goliath 

 Beetle, {Goliaihus Drurii,) male and female. The female 

 is supposed to be the first which has ever been brought 

 across the Atlantic. On motion, it was voted, that a de- 

 scription, with figures, of these insects be prepared for our 

 Journal. 



Mr. Bouve made a report upon the specimens (Conolites) 

 from Meadville, Pa. exhibited at the last meeting. 



He had not been able to ascertain their nature, or to decide 

 whether the bodies were concretionary, crystalline, or organic. 

 He was of the opinion, that they were not organic. Nothing 

 of the kind is described in any work to which he had access. The 

 great want of books in our library on this branch of Geology was 

 greatly to be lamented. 



He also gave some account of the Sulphurs and other minerals 

 of Vesuvius, recently presented by Dr. Randall. 



Dr. Abbot continued his account of the birds' skins from 

 Surinam, and exhibited the following: 



Psittacus menstruus, L. 

 Psittacus purpureus, L. 

 Psittacus passerinus, L. 



Psittacus Guianensis, L. 

 Psittacus purpuratus, L. 

 Crimson & blue collared Parrot. 



Seeds of the Aleurites grandiflora, from the Sandwich Islands 

 were presented by James J. Jarves. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Dec. 1842. 8vo. Lond. 

 Courtis Fund. 



American Bacillaria, by J. W. Bailey, 8vo. pam. 1842. Au- 

 thor. 



Transactions of the American Philosophical Society of Philadel- 

 phia, Vol. VIII. Part. II. New Series. 4to. Philad. 1842. From 

 the Society. 



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