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Steen carbonate and spytites at Sing Sing, a few miles from 
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Sept. 29.—New localities of epidote and fluor spar at 
St. Albans, and Bellows Falls, Vermont, were an- 
nounced by Prof. Hall of Middlebury college. Prof. 
Lamouroux of Caen, France, was elected an Sis 
Member. A paper on the Clupea hudsonia, a new species, _ 
was read by De Witt Clinton, accompanied by a drawing. ea 
Inserted p. 49 of the Annals. 
Oct. 6.—Mr. J. Cozzens communicated a paper on the 
acid, of the Rhus glabrum, with observations on the puice of the 
Sambucus canadensis asa delicate test. Vide p. 42 of the 
Apnals. Dr. Van Rensselaer read a letter from Judge 
M‘Kean relative to the recent mortality among the fishes in 
certain fresh water ponds near Poughkeepsie. 
Oct. 13.—The President read a description, accompanied 
by specimens, of a new species of Gorgonia, and also of a spe- 
_ cies of Pavonia, from Hell Gate. Dr. Dekay offered a com- 
munication on some ye ular fossils in the Cabinet of the Ly- 
ceum, labelled Bilobi Inserted p. 45 of the Annals. 
Oct. 20.—Professor Renwick read an examination of a 
“mineral from New-Jersey, to which he gave =i name of Tor- 
relite. Inserted p. 37 of the Annals. . J. Hooker of 
Glasgow, and R. K. Greville of Ldiaborgh, ” Seabatd, were 
elected ee members 
The President delivered a discourse introduc- 
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tory to the Diintores for the ensuing | 
a nee on several trilobites now in 
is epoced to be the first instance in which th 
been found in so higha latitude. It “ie be specifi- 
cally distinct from the four species Pie 8 by Leach in 
the appendix t to Tuckey’s expedition to the C } 
Nov. em Dekay read a papel on ania torpidity, 
founded on ons the mals of this 
country. ie x = Pasecmaniasion on the teeth 
of the Pic tie now fe he first time discovered in the 
United States: in a previous paper the learned President had 
conjectured it to be the Anoplotherium, but a more minute 
examination had resulted in ascertaining it to be the Megathe- 
rium resembling that of Paraguay. 
