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habits, showing that it does not actually fly, but leaps from 

 tree to tree like the flying squirrel. 



A Moloch {Moloch horridus, Gray), from West Austra- 

 lia, a dangerous looking but harmless creature, though its 

 habits are little known. 



A cobra snake {JSTaja tripudians, Merrem.) from Java, 

 which in an upright position extends its neck to a kind of 

 disk. It is found in southern India, Java, Sumatra, and is 

 considered the most venemous snake. 



An asp {Aspis naja nage, Linn.) from Tunis, Africa. 

 It was known to the ancient Egyptians and its representa- 

 tions are found in old temples. Cleopatra is said to have 

 used one of them for her suicide. The snake charmers of 

 Morocco and Egypt use them in their performances, how- 

 ever, first removing the fangs. 



May 7, 1906. 



President Adolf Alt in the chair; attendance thirty. 



The Secretary reported that the Academy had received five 

 hundred dollars as a bequest from Mr. M. L. Gray, President 

 of the Academy in 1896 and 1897. 



The President presented a medal received from the "Society 

 des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de Bordeaux," struck 

 in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of that society. 



Mr. Julian Bagby delivered a lecture on "Natural and 

 Artificial Springs and Pools of the Ozarks. " 



May 21, 1906. 



President Adolf Alt in the chair ; attendance thirty. 



The Corresponding Secretary presented a medal conferred 

 upon the Academy in honor of its fiftieth anniversary by the 

 Academic Internationale de Geographic Botanique." 



A collection of minerals and Indian Clubs from Leslie, 

 Franklin County, Mo., was presented by Mr. August Rem- 

 mert of Leslie, Mo. 



Miss Mary Klem read a paper by Mr. Otto Widmann, en- 

 titled "Introduction to a Preliminary Catalogue of the Birds 

 of Missouri." 



