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  2. 
  Tails 
  long, 
  band 
  of 
  secondaries 
  narrow, 
  fulvous 
  beneath 
  P. 
  A^terias. 
  

  

  3. 
  Tails 
  moderate, 
  band 
  of 
  secondaries 
  broad, 
  particularly 
  at 
  anterior 
  mar- 
  

  

  gin 
  ; 
  underside 
  without 
  fulvous 
  spots 
  P. 
  Bairdii 
  

  

  b. 
  Macular 
  band 
  perfectly 
  straight 
  on 
  inner 
  edge. 
  Abdomen 
  

   with 
  yellow 
  lateral 
  line. 
  

  

  4. 
  Tails 
  very 
  short 
  P. 
  Indra. 
  

  

  5. 
  Tails 
  long 
  P. 
  Pergamus. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  derived 
  the 
  specific 
  name 
  from 
  Virgil's 
  "^iieid," 
  thus 
  translated 
  by 
  

   Dryden 
  : 
  

  

  "With 
  eager 
  haste 
  a 
  rising 
  town 
  I 
  frame, 
  

   Which 
  from 
  the 
  Trojan 
  Pergamus 
  I 
  name." 
  

  

  —^neid, 
  Book 
  III. 
  

  

  S. 
  C. 
  Hastings 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  " 
  The 
  Coming 
  Earthquake 
  

   also 
  one 
  on 
  small 
  mounds 
  of 
  Pacific 
  plains 
  and 
  valleys. 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  December 
  21st5 
  1874, 
  

   Vice 
  President 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  Thirty-two 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  Jeremiah 
  Clark 
  was 
  proposed 
  as 
  a 
  candidate 
  for 
  resident 
  mem- 
  

   bership. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Sulphur 
  Banks, 
  

   Lake 
  County, 
  Cal. 
  Case 
  of 
  alcoholic 
  specimens 
  from 
  Alaska, 
  from 
  

   Dr. 
  Jones. 
  Three 
  cases 
  containing 
  specimens 
  taken 
  in 
  deep 
  sea 
  

   soundings 
  from 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  steamer 
  Tusoarora, 
  presented 
  by 
  Ad- 
  

   miral 
  Rogers, 
  by 
  authority 
  of 
  Commodore 
  Ammon, 
  being 
  the 
  ma- 
  

   terial 
  collected 
  by 
  Wm. 
  J. 
  Fisher, 
  of 
  the 
  Tuscarora 
  expedition, 
  

   under 
  Commander 
  Geo. 
  E. 
  Belknap. 
  

  

  