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Recording Secretary, 

 Thomas Bulfinch. 



Treasui^erj 

 Patrick T. Jackson, Jr. 



Curators, 



T. William Harris, M. D. Of Entomology. 



J. E. Teschemacher, Botany. 



Martin Gay, M. D. Mineralogy. 



Jeffries Wyman, M. D. Icthyology and Herpetology. 



N. B. Shurtleff, M. D. Comparative Anatomy. 



Thomas T. Bouve, Geology. 



Samuel Cabot, Jr., M. D. Ornithology. 



John Bacon, Jr., M. D. Conchology. 



Librarian, 

 Charles K. Dillaway. 



Cabinet Keeper, 

 Samuel Kneeland, Jr., M. D. 



Prof. C. B. Adams presented a Synopsis of five species 

 of Shells from Jamaica, supposed to be new. They' were 

 Triton parvus, Cerithium gemmulosum, Lucina ornata, L. 

 subglobosa, L. pectinata. 



Prof. A. also submitted " Corrections of the Nomencla- 

 ture of some species of Shells." 



Prof. A. presented two Aculei of large size. He stated 

 that they were from an exogenous tree, whose botanical 

 name was unknown to him, but which was called by the 

 country people " Prickly Yellow." The thorns were an 

 elongation of the cuticle, and easily knocked off. 



Mr. Bouve nominated Charles J. Sprague for election into 

 the Society. 



Pwev. Theodore Parker was elected a member of the So- 

 ciety. 



