JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 



NEW SERIES. 



POBLISSED BY THK 



CONCHOLOSICAL SECTION of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 



Vol. V. 1869-70. Part 3. 



Meeting Oct 1th, 1869. 



Eight members present. 



Dr. Ruschenberger, Director, in the Chair. 



Numerous donations to the Museum and Library were an» 

 nounced. 



The following papers were presented for publication in the 

 Journal, and referred to Committees : 



"On the Pterocerse of Lamarck and their mutual relations ;" 

 by Theodore Gill, M.D. 



"Materials for a Monograph of the Family Lepetidge ;'* by 

 Wm. H. Dall. 



" On the Land and Fresh-water Mollusca of Nicaragua ;" by 

 Ralph Tate. 



" Descriptions of New Species of Marine Mollusca ;" by Wes- 

 ley Newcomb, M.D. 



"Description of a new American Helix;'* by Wesley New- 

 comb, M.D. 



" Catalogue of the Shells of the Coosa River, Alabama ;" by 

 James Lewis, M.D. 



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