186 AMERICAN JOURNAL 



Meeting Nov. 2d, 1871. 

 Dr. Ruschenberger, Director, in the Chair. 



Donations to the Museum and Library were read. 



Mr. Try on read a letter from Mr. Thomas Bland stating that 

 the valuable Conchological Library and Museum of Mr. Schramm, 

 of Guadeloupe, W. L, had been destroyed by fire. The de- 

 struction by fire also, of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, and 

 the private collections of its director, Dr. Wm. Stimpson, were 

 announced. 



The following papers were offered for publication : 



" On the Lingual Dentition of Blandiella, Geomelania and 

 Amphibulina." By Thomas Bland and W. G. Binney. 



" Synonymy of Patella exarata," Reeve. By Wm. Harper 

 Pease. 



" Descriptions of four species of Land Shells inhabiting the 

 Papuan Islands." By Wm. Harper Pease. 



" Polynesian Chitonidse.'' By Wm. Harper Pease. 



On motion it was 



Resolved, That we tender our sympathies to the Chicago 

 Academy of Sciences ; that we offer such assistance as may be in 

 our power to render, and that the Director be requested to com- 

 municate the same to the Academy. 



