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Seience on the early stages of the Brachiopods, in which he had 
shown the intimate connexions existing between this group and the 
that i in the evidence een giv e ee rawn his ene 
papers of Lacaze-Duthiers, Claparéde, Mesesikow, Hancock, Huxle E. 
Vogt, Hyatt, Williams, De Morgan, and others. He felt dac impor- 
tance of first examining Ling gula i in a living condition before making 
these announcements ; and for this reason he had P rund visited the 
coast of North Carolina for the express purpose of ng, if possi-~ 
ble, the rare Lingula pyramidata of Stimpson, imi. discovered by 
rof. Agassiz in South Carolina. After nearly a week's fruitless 
ah. he had found it, had studied it alive, and had brought with 
tav living examples, which he had the pleasure of exhibiting before 
the Society. 
He als here express his deep sense of grease to Dr. Elliott 
Coues, Surgeon U.S.A. at Fort Macon, N.C., 5e d to the Commandant 
of the Post, Major J aon Stewart, U.S.A., for the constant aid and 
sympathy rendered to Dr. A. S. Packard — himself during their 
visit there. He would not 2 into a description of Lingula, as he 
had already in preparation a memoir upon the subject, but would 
call our tam simply to the additional evidence in support of the 
views advanced. 
Et was found in a sand-shoal at low-water mark, buried 
instances the peduncle was broken in a Di ‘hen from the sand, 
zm the wound was quickly repaired, and another sand-case was 
ormed. 
ox 
Fig. 1. eere perfect, retaining portion of sand-tube. 
Fi e 2. Showing valves in motion; peduncle broken and forming new 
Fig. x Peduncle broken close to the body, and forming new sand-case. 
