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Mr. Try on announced that our fellow-member, Mr. Wm. M. 

 Gabb, was making collections for the Section in the Island of 

 San Domingo. 



Meeting May 6th, 1869. 



Eight members present. 



Dr. W. S. W. Ruschenberger, Director, in the Chair. 



A number of additions to the Museum and Library were re- 

 ported. 



The following papers were offered for publication and referred 

 to Committees : — 



''Descriptions of New Cretaceous Mollusca ;" by T. A. Con- 

 rad. 



"Notes on Recent Mollusca;" by T. A. Conrad. 



Mr. Conrad remarked that during the period that the im- 

 mense Saurians lived whose remains are found in New Jersey, 

 the shells were very fragile, indicating that the waters were still. 

 The shells of the same period from Mississippi are alike fragile. 



Mr. Albany Hancock, of New-castle-upon-Tyne, England, 

 and Dr. Edward Romer, of Marberg, Hesse, were elected cor- 

 respondents of the Section. 



MeetiJig June Zd, 1869. 

 Six members present. 

 Dr. W. S. W. Ruschenberger, Director, in the Chair. 



Donations to the Museum and Library were read. 



The following papers were read by title and referred to Com- 

 mittees : — 



" Descriptions of new species of Terrestrial Mollusca from 

 the Andaman Islands, Indian Archipelago ;" by George W. 

 Try on, Jr. 



" Notices and Review of New Conchological Works ;" by Geo. 

 W. Tryon, Jr. 



The death of Mr. Frederic Cailliaud, of Nantes, late an active 

 Correspondent of the Section, was announced. 



Mr. Tryon exhibited a valve of Pecten irradians, Lam,, on 

 which were growing specimens of Qrepidula unguiforynis. The 

 specimen was interesting on account of a recent assertion 

 made by Dr. J. E. Gray, in the London Zoological Proceedings, 



