TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
New YoRK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
Reeutar Business MEETING. 
October 2nd, 1893. 
President Bouton in the chair, and fourteen persons present. 
The following Amendment to Chapter XIT., of the By-Laws, 
proposed at the meeting of May 1, 1893, was adopted : 
To follow Section 3 and be numbered ‘“ 4,” the present Sec- 
tion 4 to be changed to “5.” 
4. The following shall be considered the order of procedure at 
meetings assigned to Sections : 
1. Reading the minutes. 
2. Reports of committees. 
3. Exhibition of specimens. 
4. Session of the section under the direction of the Chairman 
and Secretary of the Section. 
(a.) Reading minutes of the last meeting of the Section. 
(b.) Presentation and discussion of papers previously an- 
nounced. 
(c.) Any other Scientific communications relating to the work 
of the Section. 
5. Adjournment of the Section and resumption of the chair 
by the President. 
The Secretary announced the completion of Vol. XII. of the 
Transactions during the summer. 
The President exhibited the newly engraved seal of the Acad- 
emy, adopted by the Council. 
The following papers were read by title: 
“ Coleopterological Notices—V.” by Thomas L. Casey. [To 
be published in Vol. VII. ofthe Annals. | 
TRANSACTIONS N. Y. AcaD. Sci. VOL. XIII. Sig. 1, Nov. 3, 1893. 
