1885.] NEW TOKK ACADEMY OF SCIES'CES. 55 



In entomology, besides Say, were the two Le Contes, Mels- 

 lieimer, Von Osten Sacken, "W. H, Edwards, Scudder, T. W. 

 Harris, Haldeman, Hunter, Clemens, Uliler, Hagen, J. D. Dana, 

 and many of later date, names now familiar to all through their 

 valuable labors. 



The great work of Dana on the " Crustacea of the N. E. Ex- 

 ploring Expedition " stands as a monument to his fame as an 

 observer and investigator. Say and Stimpson, Kandall, Gibbs, 

 Packard, Kingsley, Hager, Faxon, Herrick, Birge, Lockington, 

 and S. I. Smith, are prominent names in this department of 

 sciences. 



The Venues have received attention from Leidy, Girard, 

 Stimiison, Minot, Webster, Wyman, VerrilJ, Benedict, Sager, 

 Wright, and Whitman. The Brachiopods have been studied 

 largely by Dall and Morse, and the Polyzoans by Hyatt. 



The mollusks of North America have been studied by Say, 

 Gould, Lesueur, Kaflnesque, H;i,ldeman, Lea, Conrad, Anthony, 

 Adams, Stimpson, the Binneys, Mighels, Conthouy, Bland, 

 Prime, Morse, Verrill, Sanderson Smitli, Dall, Tyson, and others. 



The anatomy of molluscs has been elaborated by Leidy, 

 Wyman, Morse, Dall, Brooks, and Osborn. Sharp has studied 

 especially their visual organs. 



The Ccelenteredei have been observed and studied by the two 

 Agassiz, by Say, Stimpson, Desor, Ayres, McCrady, H. J. Clark, 

 Lyman, Verril'l, Brooks, S. F. Clarke, Feukes, and several others. 



The Porifera have received very close attention from Hyatt, 

 Clark, Potts, and Mills, and the Protozoa from Leidy, Bailey, 

 H. Jullask, Stokes, Ryder, and Kellicott. 



November 23, 1885. 

 Stated Meeting. 

 The President, Dr. J. S. Newberry, in the Chair. 

 Thirty-five persons present. 

 A paper by Mr. George N. Lawrence was read by title: 



CHARACTERS OF TWO SUPPOSED NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM 



YUCATAN. 



These are named Polioptila albiventris, ClmHra peregrinator, 

 (Published in the Annals, Vol. Ill,, No. 9.) 



