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Other scientific publications, show him to have been an acute and 

 intelligent observer of insect life. 



He had considerable correspondence with entomologists abroad 

 with whom he effected some valuable exchanges. 



The " Entomological News " says of him : " He was personally 

 a man of strong traits of character, upright and honorable in every 

 relation of life ; broad minded yet positive in his opinions ; genial 

 and courteous in his intercourse with friends and neighbors," — in 

 which we heartily concur. 



His death is sincerely mourned by his entomological friends, by 

 the members of this Academy and by this community, among whom, 

 more than three score years of his life was spent. Mr. Bunker was 

 married May 21st, 1854, to Miss Jane E. Bills, of Clarkson, N. Y., who 

 survives him. 



Respectfully submitted, 



S. A. Ellis, 

 Wm. Streeter, 

 James W, Allis, 



Committee. 



The following paper was then read : 



PRELIMINARY NOTE OF A NEW METEORITE FROM 

 KENTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, 



By H. L. Preston. 



On May 15th, Professor Henry A. Ward received a letter from 

 Mr. R. H. Fitzhugh, Bryson City, N. C, telling of a meteorite he had 

 identified in Kenton County, Kentucky. 



In Professor Ward's absence Mr. Frank A. Ward started me off 

 the same night to look up the meteorite. 



I arrived at Bracht station on the Cincinnati Southern R. R. 

 Friday morning and drove as far as the roads would permit toward 

 Mr. Geo. W. Cornelius' farm. He being away from home, his wife 

 showed me the " metal " as they called it, and it proved to be a beau- 

 tiful meteorite of the siderite variety, 533 x 356 x 203 millimeters 

 (21 X 14 X 8 inches) in its greatest diameters, and weighed 163.0665 

 kilograms ( 359/'2 pounds.) 



In form in certain directions it very much resembles a nautilus, 

 and has numerous but mostly shallow pittings, a few deep pittings 

 occurring however on the side shown in the accompanying cut, which 

 gives a good idea of the general outlines of the meteorite. 



