PROCEEDINGS, 361 



E. J. Molera announced the recent death of General Carlos Ibafiez, 

 Connt of Mulhacen, President of the International Geodetical and Statis- 

 tical Societies and President of the International Board of Weights and 

 Measures, and read a notice of his life and works. 



Professor Carl Lumholtz read a paper on his recent explorations in 

 Mexico, giving his experiences and discoveries in the hitherto unexplored 

 Sierra Madre country. 



On motion, a vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Liimholtz for his in- 

 teresting paper. 



The President announced the death of Professor John LeConte, and 

 Mr. T. H. Hittell and General J. F. Houghton were appointed a committee 

 to draft resolutions of respect and condolence. 



June 1, 1891. — Stated Meeting. 

 The President in the chair. 



Donations to the Museum were reported from William Rjan, Walter E. 

 Bryant, Mrs. J. Lawley, Adolph T. W. Erzgraber, Dr. J. G. Cooper, J. G. 

 Chalker, Miss Alice Eastwood, Dr. E. S. Clark, Mrs. R. A. A. Wright. 



Additions to Library: 



From correspondents 144 



By donation 284 



By purchase 15 



The thanks of the Academy were voted to Dr. Gustav Eisenfor his dona- 

 tion of 279 books and pamphlets on Geology, Zoology, Anatomy and 

 Botany. 



Lieutenant John P. Finley read a paper on the Hot Winds of California, 

 illustrated with numerous maps and charts. 



Specimens of opals in the matrix from Mexico, Australia and Hungary, 

 presented by Melville Attwood, were exhibited, and a short paper on opals 

 by Mr. Attwood was read. 



The following memorial of Professor John LeConte was read by Mr. T. 

 H. Hittell: 



A great and honored member of this Academy has passed away from 

 amongst us, a man loved by all who knew him for the kindness and 

 geniality of his disposition, revered for the elevation and purity of his 

 character, and eminent for the breadth and depth of his scientific and 

 scholarly attainments. 



Professor John LeConte, of the University of California, closed his long 

 and honorable career at Berkeley on April 29, 1891. He was born in 

 Liberty County, Georgia, on December 4, 1818, and was consequently 

 seventy-two years and a few months old at the time of his death. He re- 



