1887.] NEW TOEK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 137 



tlie Hotel Brunswick, at 8 o'clock, on the evening of Friday, 

 April 29th. 



" Will the please appoint 



delegates to meet at this time and place ? And in case the date 

 is too soon for such formal appointment, will not the President 

 or other officers of the institution attend as informal representa- 

 tives ? 



" The special work before this conference will be the consider- 

 ation of ways and means, and the formation of permanent com- 

 mittees which, united, shall constitute a Local Committee for 

 the meeting of the Association. 



"This great national gathering of scientists will bean import- 

 ant event in the history of our city, and should mark an epoch 

 in the development of scientific interest in the community. It 

 is highly desirable, therefore, that the Association sliould find a 

 cordial welcome, and should receive a kind and degree of in- 

 terest and hospitality worthy of the great metropolis. 



''Yours very respectfully, 



Daniel S. Martin, CItairnian. 



J. A. Allen, 



N. L. Britton, 



H. Le Roy Fairchild, 



Jno. J. Stevenson. 



New York, April 12th, 1887." 



In response to this invitation, a meeting of representatives 

 had been held, and the initial steps in organization had been 

 taken. 



The President, Prof. J. S. Newberry, described 



CCELOSTEUS, A NEW GENUS OF FISHES FROM THE LOWER 

 CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE OF ILLINOIS. 



(Abstract.) 



Prof. Newberry exhibited jaws, teeth, and bones of this large 

 fish, recently discovered by Mr, William McAdams in the Moun- 

 tain Limestone at Alton, Illinois. The lower jaw is about one 

 foot in length, an inch and a half in width at the anterior ex- 



