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the funds of the Institute, the animal interest thereof to 

 be considered as the payment of the annual assessment 

 of said member." 



CHAPTER IV. Lines 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th to be changed 

 so as to read ; " No specimen shall be taken from the rooms 

 except by permission of the Committee of the Department 

 to which it belongs, upon a written application made to 

 the Secretary or Superintendent.'' 



Amos Noyes of Newburyport, John Kinsman, Freder- 

 ick Lamson of Salem, were, elected Resident Members. 

 James 0. Ward of Northampton, was elected a Corres- 

 ponding Member. 



MONDAY, FKKKUAHY ^0. Regular meeting 1 . 



Vice President Gooclell in the chair. 

 Letters were read from : 



Prof. F. Poey of Havana ; Messrs. Triibncr & Co. of London ; Prof. A. 

 E. Yen-ill of Yale College ; J. A. Allen of Cambridge, relating to the 

 publications : II. Kennicott, Curator, Chicago A cad. Xat. Science ; Lt. 

 Col. Ordway, Bermuda Hundred, Va. ; A. L. Babcock of Sherborn, notice 

 of the transmission of specimens : Prof. Poey of Havana ; Dr. Winslow 

 Lewis of Boston ; F. C. Webster, accepting membership : Lyceum of 

 Natural History of Xew York ; Mass. Historical Society; Boston Society 

 of Natural History, acknowledging the receipt of publications : Xew 

 York Chamber of Commerce, giving notice of the transmission of books : 

 X. Bouton of Concord, X. II., in reply to questions respecting the lie- 

 cords of the Conventions, at Exeter, 1774 '75. Dr. S. A. Green of Boston, 

 J. S. Appleton of Boston, on business : H. G. Jones, Corresp. Sec't. 

 Penn. Historical Society, relating to the exchange of publications of the 

 State of Pennsylvania. 



Mr. Putnam read a communication from J. A. Allen, 

 entitled, " Notice of a Foray of a colony of Formica san- 

 guinea Latr, upon a colony of a black species of Formica 

 for the purpose of making slaves of the latter. 77 Referred 

 to the 1 Publication Committee. 



F. W. Putnam made a few remarks upon the develop- 

 ment of the fins of fishes, and the subsequent absorption 

 of certain fins in some species. 



