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[May 16, 



ciete Impereale des Naturalistes, Moscow ; Physikalische Cen- 

 tral- Observatoriums, St. Petersburg ; Prof. Hugo von Meltzel, 

 Dr. M. Faths, Kolozsvar, Hungary ; Societe de Physique, etc., 

 Geneva ; Ronsdon Observatory, Devon ; Royal Observatory, 

 Greenwich ; Literary and Philosophical Society, Liverpool ; 

 Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence ; Cornell Univer- 

 sity, Ithaca ; Editor of " The Nation," New York ; State Li- 

 brarian of New Jersey, Hopewell ; Zoological Society, College 

 of Physicians, Franklin Reformatory Home for Inebriates, Mr. 

 Henry Phillips, Jr., Philadelphia ; Johns Hopkins University, 

 Baltimore ; National Academy of Sciences, Mr. Lester F. 

 Ward, Washington, D. C. ; Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 

 Raleigh, N. C. ; University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa ; Prof. 

 James B. Angell, Ann Arbor ; Public Library, Peoria, 111. ; 

 Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City ; Commissao 

 Geographica Geologica, S. Paulo, Brazil. 



Pending nominations Nos. 1209, 1210, 1211 and 1212 were 

 read, spoken to and balloted for. 



The proceedings of the Board of Officers and Council were 

 submitted. 



The Secretaries reported that the paper presented by Dr. 

 Bon will at the last meeting of the Society should appear, if at 

 all, in the Transactions and not in the Proceedings. 



On motion, the President was authorized to appoint at his 

 leisure a committee of three members to examine and report 

 upon the same. 



Prof. Cope made a communication on " The Dinosauria of 

 the Laramie Formation," illustrating the subject with many 

 fossil specimens. 



Prof. Ryder presented a paper entitled " On the Origin of 

 Sex through Cumulative Integration and the Relation of Sex- 

 uality to the Genesis of Species." 



On motion of Mr. Tatham, the Society adopted the follow- 

 ing resolutions : 



Resolved, 1. That whenever the Committee on Extended Accommoda- 

 tions, charged with the alteration and improvement of the building, 



