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of the wing, not reaching the border, and a small faint 

 *white spot in the middle of the space between median and 

 submedian. Expanse of wings 1 1-3 in. The pointed- 

 ness of the apex of the primaries would lead one to sup- 

 pose this a male, but it has no black dash on the prima- 

 ries ; the abdomens of the only specimens I have seen 

 chance to be broken. Very rare ; I have only seen two 

 specimens from Conn., received from Mr. Norton. 



Mr. F. W. Putnam read a letter recently received from Prof. 

 M. Miles, of Lansing, Mich., accompanying a box contain- 

 ing a large collection of fishes, reptiles, <fcc., from that state, 

 and expressing a wish to continue the exchange of speci- 

 mens in natural history. A vote of thanks was passed to 

 .Mr. Miles for the above collection and the curators of the 

 department of Natural History were requested to continue 

 the exchanges. 



Prof. A. Crosby expressed the interest and pleasure he 

 had experienced in listening to the valuable remarks which 

 had been offered during the evening, and on his motion, 



Voted unanimously, that the thanks of the Institute be 

 tendered to Messrs. Yerrill and Scudder for the highly valu- 

 able remarks and 'communications presented this evening, 

 and the papers be referred to the Publication Committee. 



Donations were announced from the following : 

 To the Library from J. Fiske Allen ; Thomas Pinnock ; 

 Misses King ; George Nichols ; E. M. Stone of Providence, 

 R. I.; M. A. Stickney ; Mrs. Mary E. Wheatland ; Montreal 

 Society of Natural History ; Win. Brown ; Trustees Public 

 Library of Boston ; Canadian Institute at Toronto ; Mrs. 

 Geo. H. Chase ; C. B. Richardson of New York ; M. Miles 

 of Lansing, Mich.; Geo. C. Chase ; H. M. Brooks ; John G. 

 Felt : and John Robinson. 



