2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Jan., 



On Instruction and Lectures. — Benjamin Smith Lyman, 

 Uselma C. Smith, Henry A. Pilsbry, Sc. D. , Charles Morris and 

 Philip P. Calvert, Ph.D. 



Committee of Council on By-Laws. — Charles Roberts, Isaac 

 J. Wistar, Theodore D. Rand and Arthur Erwin Brown. 



January 14. 



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



Sixteen persons present. 



A paper entitled ' ' A New Genus and Three New Species of Chi- 

 lopods," by Ralph V. Chamberlin, was presented for publication. 



January 21. 



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



Nine persons present. 



A paper entitled "A New Pseudophyllus from Sumatra," by 

 James A. G. Rehn, was presented for publication. 



The deaths of Caleb C. Cresson, a member, and of Alpheus C. 

 Hyatt, a correspondent, were announced. 



January 28. 



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



Thirty persons present. 



Papers under the following titles were presented for publication : 

 " Contributions to the Life-Histories of Plants, No. XVI," by 



Thomas Meehan. 



" New Land ]\IolliL?ca from Japan and the Bonin Islands," by 



Henry A. Pilsbry. 



