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May 6. 



Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Seventeen persons present. 



Papei-s under the following titles were presented for publication : 

 ' ' Absorption and Secretion in the Digestive System of the Land 



Isopods," by John Raymond Murlin. 



" Additions to the Japanese Land Snail Fauna, VI," by Henry 



A. Pilsbry. 



The Chair having announced the death, on the 2d inst., of 

 Uselma C. Smith, the following minute was unanimously adopted : 



The Academy has heard with profound regret of the sudden 

 death of its member, Uselma C. Smith, whose devotion to the 

 welfare of the society was manifested for more than ten years by 

 an intelligent and accurate attention to its financial interests as 

 member of the Council, the Finance Committee and the Com- 

 mittee on Accounts, while his generous encouragement of and cooper- 

 ation in the scientific work of his associates caused him to be held 

 in affectionate esteem. The Academy tenders its heartfelt sympa- 

 thy to his widow and children in their irreparable bereavement. 



May 13. 



Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Eleven persons present. 



A paper entitled ' ' Descriptions of Two Species of Extinct Tor- 

 toises, one New," by O. P. Hay, was presented for publication. 



May 20. 

 Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Ten persons present. 



A paper entitled^'' Twenty New American Bats," by Gerrit S. 

 ^liller, Jr., was presented for publication. 



