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NoVEMBliR 26. 



The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D. , in the Chair, 

 Twenty-one persons present. 



Papers under the following titles were presented for publication: 



" Cockscomb Fasciation of Pineapples," by John W. Harsh- 

 berger. 



" Myctophum phengodes in the North Atlantic," by H. W. 

 Fowler. 



" New Land Mollusks of the Japanese Empire," by Henry A. 

 Pilsbry. 



The death of Thomas Meehan, Vice-President of the Academy, 

 on the 19th inst., having been announced, the following minute 

 was unanimously adopted : 



The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia is 

 again called on to recoi'd its sense of loss in the death of one of its 

 oldest and most devoted associates. Since Mr. Meehan's election to 

 membership forty-one years ago he never neglected an opportunity 

 to manifest his interest in the society, and for much the greater part 

 of that period he gave freely of his time, means and best thought 

 for the increase of its prosperity. His special care for the welfare 

 of the Botanical Department was manifested with singular devo- 

 tion until physical exertion was no longer possible, and the Academy 

 is well aware that the present prosperous condition of the herba- 

 rium is mainly due to his intelligent efforts. 



While his extraordinary accuracy as an observer and his clear- 

 ness as a recorder of natural phenomena place a high value on his 

 scientific work, he was personally endeared to his fellow-members 

 by unfailing courtesy, integrity and generosity. Their regard 

 enables them to appreciate the more fully the loss sustained by his 

 wife and family, to whom they tender this assurance of their 

 heartfelt commiseration. 



John M. Macfarlane, D.Sc. , was requested to prepare a bio- 

 graphical notice of Mr. Meehan, to be read at a meeting of the 

 Academy and published in the Proceedings. 



Messrs. Roswell C. Williams, Jr., Henry C. Savage, WiUiam 

 B. Davis and S. Harbert Hamilton were elected members. 



T. D. A. Cockerell, of East Las Vegas, N. M., was elected a 

 correspondent. 



The following were ordered to be printed: 



