1890,] NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 157 



May 5, 1890. 



Kegular Business Meeting. 



The President, Dr. Newberry, in the chair. 



Twenty-five persons present. 



The following recommendations of the Council were ap- 

 proved: — 



I. The election as Resident Members of 



Edward K. Dunham. 

 John Tatlock. 

 E. B. Dunn. 

 Byron B. Goldsmith. 



II. The payment of the following bills: 



Publication of Annals, Vol. V., Nos. 4, 5, 6, 



and Index to Vol. IV $359.30 



Printing Notices of Meetings 28.35 



Minor Bills 32.45 



Stationery 20. 50 



The paper announced for the evening was then read, upon 



termites of the isthmus of PANAMA. — PART II. 

 BY p. H. DUDLEY. 



(Abstract.) 



In the previous paper on the " Termites, or so-called White 

 Ants, from the Isthmus of Panama," I stated that three genera 

 had been identified by Dr. Hagen, viz., Termes, Eutermes, and 

 Calotermes, the latter being represented by only one species. 

 Since then several more have been found. The species of this 

 genus on the Isthmus have not given any evidence of building 

 exterior galleries, do not break the surface of the wood they 

 are in, and are therefore difficult to find until extensive damage 

 has been done to the woodwork. The principal evidence of 

 their presence is a few partially digested pellets of wood, one- 

 fiftieth of an inclilongby one-one-hundredth in diameter, which 

 may be found upon the floor of cars or furniture they are at- 

 tacking. 



Further study of the habits of the different genera of the 



