﻿academy 
  of 
  sciences. 
  245 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  January 
  19th, 
  1874. 
  

   President 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  Thirty 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  George 
  W. 
  Smiley, 
  and 
  L. 
  Livingston, 
  were 
  elected 
  life 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  ; 
  Judge 
  S. 
  S. 
  Wright, 
  W. 
  H. 
  L. 
  Barnes, 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Hudson, 
  

   Dr. 
  Gustavo 
  Eisen, 
  August 
  Drucker, 
  Charles 
  Schultze, 
  Everard 
  

   Stiele, 
  E. 
  E. 
  Ilaft, 
  and 
  A. 
  B. 
  Paul, 
  were 
  elected 
  resident 
  mem- 
  

   bers. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  : 
  It 
  was 
  announced 
  that 
  the 
  Academy 
  

   had 
  received 
  from 
  Prof. 
  Henry, 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  a 
  

   large 
  collection 
  of 
  standard 
  works 
  of 
  reference, 
  proceedings 
  of 
  

   learned 
  societies, 
  etc. 
  — 
  in 
  all 
  about 
  two 
  thousand 
  volumes 
  — 
  of 
  

   which 
  a 
  catalogue 
  is 
  in 
  preparation. 
  For 
  this 
  magnificent 
  donation 
  

   a 
  special 
  vote 
  of 
  thanks 
  was 
  tendered 
  by 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees, 
  

   and 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  Academy. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  From 
  E. 
  P. 
  Upton, 
  of 
  Castle 
  Broth- 
  

   ers, 
  specimens 
  of 
  Japanese 
  manufacture, 
  embracing 
  seventy-five 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  tanned 
  and 
  preserved 
  skins 
  ; 
  Trapa 
  Mcornis, 
  an 
  edible 
  

   Chinese 
  water 
  nut 
  ; 
  linen 
  cloth 
  with 
  fiber 
  ; 
  sample 
  of 
  tea 
  from 
  

   Mount 
  Mohea, 
  in 
  China, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  finest 
  made, 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  sold 
  in 
  this 
  city 
  for 
  twenty-five 
  dollars 
  per 
  pound, 
  at 
  whole- 
  

   sale; 
  also 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  seeds 
  of 
  the 
  tea-plant 
  in 
  the 
  capsules; 
  

   from 
  E. 
  T. 
  Lorquin, 
  stuffed 
  specimens 
  of 
  Pelecanus 
  fuscus, 
  from 
  

   the 
  Bay 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco 
  ; 
  also, 
  specimens 
  of 
  Cupidonia 
  cupido, 
  

   purchased 
  in 
  this 
  market, 
  probably 
  from 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  region 
  ; 
  

   from 
  J. 
  P. 
  Dameron, 
  specimens 
  of 
  lignite 
  from 
  Lincoln, 
  and 
  Mount 
  

   Diablo 
  coal 
  ; 
  from 
  Captain 
  John 
  H. 
  Mortimer, 
  of 
  the 
  ship 
  " 
  Isaac 
  

   Webb," 
  specimens 
  of 
  Halohatis 
  sericeus 
  ; 
  Phyllosoma 
  commune, 
  or 
  

   glass 
  crab 
  ; 
  LeptocepJialus, 
  or 
  ribbon 
  fish 
  ; 
  Litiopa 
  hombyx, 
  with 
  

   fiber 
  and 
  ova 
  attached 
  ; 
  Fucus 
  navalis, 
  or 
  Sargasso 
  weed, 
  entan- 
  

   gled 
  with 
  byssus 
  threads 
  spun 
  by 
  the 
  Litiopa 
  homhyx 
  ; 
  three 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  birds 
  caught 
  at 
  sea; 
  a 
  flying 
  fish; 
  Salpa 
  pinnata 
  ; 
  Velel- 
  

  

  