RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS. 1-13 



Prof. D. S. Sheldon presented the following list of shells to 

 be added to Mr. Pratt's list, published in Vol. I of these Pro- 

 ceedings : 



Vnio Higginsii, Lea. Helix perspectiva, Say. 



Unio grandiferus, Lea. Pupa armifera, Say. 



Limnophysa palustris, Muhl. 



Miss Emma A. Smith, of Peoria, Assistant State Entomolo- 

 gist of Illinois, was present, and called the attention of the 

 members to the bark louse on the soft maples of this city, and 

 gave a very interesting account of it, and of its various insect 

 enemies, of which the lady birds are the most useful and abund- 

 ant. Various methods of fighting it were discussed by Messrs. 

 Nissen, Putnam and other members present. An account of 

 this insect was first published by Walsh and Riley in the Amer- 

 ican Entomologist, Yol. I, page 14, under the name of I,eca- 

 nium acericola, where a very poor illustration is given. Mr. 

 Putnam stated that he had examined this insect in 1871* and, 

 was now engaged in further observations. 



June 23d, 1877. — Trustees' Meeting. 



Rev. S. S. Hunting, President, in the chair. 



Nine members present. 



Mr. Chas. E. Putnam, on behalf of Mrs. P. Y. Xewcomb, 

 presented the following deed, conveying to the Academy three 

 additional feet of land on the north of the tract formerly con- 

 veyed, making forty-eight feet in all : 



Know all men by these presents., That, whereas, on the 22d day of Feb- 

 ruary, A. D. 1877, by deed of that date, I conveyed to " The Davenport 

 Academy of Natural Sciences," for certain purposes and considerations 

 therein named, a certain tract of real estate, adjoining the Presbyterian 

 Church in the city of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. And, xchereas, the 

 description of property in said deed did not include all the tract intended to 

 be conveyed thereby. Now, therefore, this Indenture witnesseth : That I, 

 Patience Viele Newcomb, in consideration of One Dollar, to me in hand 

 paid, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto ^ The Davenport 

 Academy of Natural Sciences," of Davenport, Iowa, the following de- 

 scribed tract of real estate in said city, to-wit : a part of out-lot No. Six- 

 teen (16), bounded and described as follows, viz : commencing at a point 



*See these Proceedings, Vol. I, page 37. 



