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obliged to Dr. De Kay for his course in this matter, and only wish I 

 could stop here. But I am compelled to go on. In his description 

 he also speaks of the belly being " punctured with black," and 

 again, " the punctures extend over the belly, inside of the legs, and 

 upper parts of the body and tail," and still, with these innumerable 

 little punctures before him, he gives his characteristics of the spe- 

 cies as follows : M Olive, with crimson spots ; the two colors above 

 and beneath distinctly separated ;" or, in other words, whiie his de- 

 scription agrees with mine, he loses sight of the true specific char- 

 acters, and supposes the word " millepunctatus'" to apply to a few 

 crimson spots upon the flanks, which, in Ms words, " vary from 

 one to ten in number." 



The Legislature of Massachusetts, having recently placed 

 at the disposal of the Society, fifty copies of each of the 

 Zoological and Botanical Reports of the State, Messrs. Bin- 

 ney, Gould and Emerson were chosen a Committee to take 

 into consideration the best mode for their distribution. 



On motion of the President, it was unanimously voted, 

 that a copy of the Society's Journal, and copies of the 

 State Reports be sent to Prof. Agassiz of Neufchatel. 



DONATIONS TO THE CABINET. 



A specimen of Emys biguttata from Dr. Newcomb of Troy, N. Y. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Proceedings of the Acad, of Nat. Sciences, Philad. for Jan. and 

 Feb. 8vo. pam. From the Academy. 



Recherches d'Anatomie Comparee sur le Chimpanse, par W. 

 Vrolick. fol. Amsterdam. 1841. Courtis Fund.. 



North American Review, for April, 1843. 8vo. Bost. Exch. 



Aprils, 1843. 



Regular meeting — Dr. C. T. Jackson. Vice President, in 

 the Chair. 



Mr. Teschemacher reported on the Transactions of the 

 Imperial Mineralogical Society of St. Petersburg, 2 vols. 



