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are Vdfiessa J-alhum and Ceratocampa regalis. A specimen of 

 this beautiful moth was raised from a larva found by Willie 

 Allen on his father's farm several years ago. In this specimen 

 the left wings are undeveloped. 



Mrs. C. E. Putnam presented a specimen of a small snake 

 about six inches long which had died while engaged in shedding 

 its skin. The shed skin is turned back, inside out, for about 

 one-third of the length of the snake. Every scale, including 

 those of the head, is perfectly preserved. The snake had evi- 

 dently been killed while thus engaged, and being in a hot, dry 

 place, it is perfectly hard and dry, thus making a much more 

 perfect specimen than could have been obtained artificially. 

 Another living horned toad {Phrynosoma cornutum) was re- 

 ceived during the week, 



Mr. Haupt reported a list of twenty-one species of plants col- 

 lected in flower to-day, among them three new to the list :^ 

 Ptelea trifoUatalj., SpiroBa opuUfolia L., and Rhus toxicoden- 

 dron L. He also found a single plant of the scarlet painted 

 cup [Castilleia coccinea)^ a species once common here, but not 

 observed for several years. 



June 5th, 1876. ^Trustees' Meeting. 

 W. H, Pratt in the chair. 

 Five members present, 



Mr, Hume presented a new By-Law, Article X, relating to an 

 Endowment Fund, which was duly adopted.* 



June 9tH, 1876. — Historical Section. 



J. A. Crandall in the chair. 



Six members present. 



The following donations were reported : 



A photograph of Homer Henderson's picture of old Fort 

 Armstrong as it appeared in 1840, from D. P. Me Gown, of 

 Pock Island. 



Six City Directories of Davenport, Rock Island and Moline, 

 bearing respectively the dates 1858-59, 1859, 1863, 1866, 1869, 



*See Proceedings, Vol. 1, page 24*. 



