184 davenport academy of natural sciences. 



October 26tii, 1877. — Regular Meeting. 



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



Twenty members present. 



The Corresponding Secretary reported numerous letters re- 

 ceived and answered, mainly in reference to exchanges. 



The Curator reported many additions to the Museum and 

 Library. 



The following persons were elected regular members : Mr. A. 

 Burdick, Mrs. A. Burdick and Mr. C. E. Pickering. Mrs. E. 

 P. Kirby, Jacksonville, Ills., and Prof. L. G. Olmstead, Fort 

 Edward, N. Y., were elected corresponding members. 



Mr, C. H. Truax, of Maquoketa, presented a fossil Orthoceras 

 from the Niagara limestone, especially interesting as showing 

 in the fracture a portion of the siphuncle, unusually well pre- 

 served. 



The following paper was read and referred to the Publication 

 Committee : 



The Local Geology of Davenport and Vicinity. 



BY PROF. W. 11. BARRIS, D. D.* 



I^ovEMBER 3d, 1877. — Biological Section. 



Six members present. 



Mr. J. D. Putnam exhibited various specimens of the Cher- 

 netidm and Solpugidai of the United States. Special attention 

 was called to the specimens of Galeodes jpallijpes and G. 

 Huhulata collected by Prof. F. H. Snow in Colorado, and 

 Mr. G. W. Belfrage in Texas, showing beyond a doubt that 

 the}' are the two sexes ol but one species — j[>alli])e8 being the 

 female, and suJmlata the male. Three specimens of another 

 species, collected in Texas by Mr. Belfrage, corresj)ond per- 

 fectly with the description and figure of Gluvia genioulata 

 Koch, hitherto known only from the vicinity of the Oronoco in 

 South America. 



L*At the time of going to press with this sheet, Dr. Barris is so ill that he is unable to revise 

 his paper for publication. It is therefore omitted in this place, and will be inserted later.— Ed.] 



