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marked that a similar deformity had been noticed and fig- 

 ured by Yarrell, when describing Pleuronectes rhombus. 



Dr. S. also presented a beautiful specimen of Pleuro- 

 nectes maculatus or aquosus, Mitchill, called by the fisher- 

 men, on account of its translucency, the Watery Flounder. 



From Mitchill's inaccurate figure, Dr. S. had been led to sup- 

 pose this fish to be the Platessa oblonga, and he had so arranged it 

 in his " Fishes of Massachusetts ;" but had been corrected by the 

 good description and figure of this fish by Dr. De Kay. The speci- 

 men now presented was the first he had heard of as being taken in 

 the waters of this State. It was caught at Provincetown. 



Dr. Storer also stated that a Sunfish, Orthagoriscus molo^ 

 weighing from 300 to 400 pounds, had been recently taken 

 at the upper south bridge, in this city, where it had strayed 

 and was harpooned. 



A specimen of Copper Ore, from Lake Superior, was pre- 

 sented by R. Gale, Esq. 



Henderson Inches, Esq. and B. A. Gould, Jr. were elect- 

 ed members. 



August 21, 1844. 

 Dr. Storer, Vice President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Wyman exhibited specimens of male and female 

 Ichneumon Wasp ; also their larvae, inhabiting the pupae 

 of a Vanessa. Of numerous specimens which he had ex- 

 amined, more than one half were infested with these larvae, 

 in different stages of development. 



Prof. Lewis R. Gibbes, of Charleston, S. C, read a de- 

 scription of a new species of Salamander, recently discov- 

 ered by him in the neighborhood of Charleston, S. C. Its 

 characters are as follows : 



Salamandra melanosticta. Toes four ; inferior surface sil- 

 very white, dotted with jet black spots ; snout yellow ; tail twice 

 the length of the body. 



The description, with a beautiful drawing, was placed 

 in the hands of the Publishing Committee. 



