186 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [aPr. 15, 
STATED MEETING. 
April 15th, 1895. 
The Academy met with Vice-President Stevenson in the chair, 
and twenty-five members present. The minutes of the previous 
meeting were read and approved. The following names were 
presented for resident membership: H. Deforest Earle, Francis 
Lynde Stetson, and were referred to the Council. 
The Secretary read the following memorial of the late Mr. J. 
H. Redfield. 
The Committee appointed by the Academy to prepare a min- 
ute relative to the death of Mr. John H..Redfield respectfully 
submits the following : 
The Academy has learned with sorrow of the death of Mr. 
John H. Redfield, at his home in Philadelphia, on February 27th, 
1895. 
Mr. Redfield was one of the earliest members of the Lyceum 
of Natural History, having been elected in 1836. During his 
years of residence in New York he was most active in further- 
ing the work of the Lyceum, a frequent contributor to its preceed- 
ings, and the author of several conchological papers which were 
printed in its Annals. In connection with his father, Mr. W. C. 
Redfield, he published, in Vol. IV. of the Annals, the first de- 
scription of fossil fishes from the Mesozoic rocks of America, 
proposing the name of the genus Catopterus, and its type 
species C. gracilis, beside some others, for specimens from the 
Triassic beds at Durham, Conn. He was thus the pioneer in 
this important branch of American paleontology. He held 
the office of Recording Secretary of the Lyceum in the years 
1857-8, and of Corresponding Secretary for the entire period 
from 1839 to 1860. After his removal, to Philadelphia 
he did not lose his interest in the Lyceum, but continued his 
relations with it as a corresponding member, not only through 
the whole period of its existence under the old name, but also 
when the organization was changed and enlarged into the Acad- 
