PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



TAKEN FROM THE SOCIETY'S RECORDS. 



My 2, 1856. 



Prof. Jeffries Wyman in the Chair. 



Dr. Wyman, on taking the chair, announced to the 

 Society his acceptance of the office of President, to 

 which he had been elected at the last meeting, and 

 entered upon his duties as presiding officer. 



The Committee appointed to take into consideration 

 the expediency of making summer excursions, asked for 

 further time to report ; which was granted. 



A ninth letter was read from Mr. E. Samuels, giving 

 a list of specimens collected in California for the Society. 



Two letters were read from Dr. James Lewis, of 

 Mohawk, N. Y., dated June 18th and June 21st, pre- 

 senting eighty-seven species of shells from his own 

 neighborhood and twenty-five species from Georgia, 

 Alabama, and Ohio, with the following list of 



PROCEEDINGS B. S. N. H. VOL. VI. 1 OCTOBER, 1856- 



