1894.] 



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Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. ; Mr. C. E. Jones, Au- 

 gusta, Ga. ; University of Nebraska, Lincoln ; Instituto Fisico- 

 Geografico y Museo Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica, C. A, ; 

 Museo de La Plata, Argentine Republic, S. A.; Ministry of 

 Foreign Affairs, Caracas, Venezuela, S. A. ; South African 

 Philosophical Society, Cape Town; Agricultural Experiment 

 Stations, Manhattan, Kans., Madison, Wis. 



A photograph for the Society's Album was received from 

 Mr. H. A. ITill, Boston, Mass. 



A circular from the R. Accademia delle Scienze, Tarin, 

 Italy, announcing the death of its President, Prof. Comm. 

 Michele Lessona. 



The deaths of the following members were reported to the 

 Society : 



Brugsch Bey, Berlin, Prussia ; died September 10, 1894, 

 get. 67. 



Prof. Heinrich Helmholtz, Charlottenberg, Germany ; died 

 September — , 1894. 



Prof. William D wight Whitney, New Haven, Conn. ; died 

 June 7, 1894, set. -67. 



Dr. William T. Barnard, Boonton, N. J.; died May 9, 

 1894. 



Rear- Admiral Edward Yorke Macauley, Philadelphia; died 

 September 14, 1894, ^t. 68. 



Dr. Robert Peter, Lexington, Ky, ; died April 26, 1894, 

 set. 89. 



On motion, the President was authorized and requested to 

 appoint a suitable person to prepare the usual obituary notice 

 for the late Admiral Macauley.* 



Dr. Cope presented for the Transactions a paper on the 

 " Taxonomy of the Ophidia," which was, on motion, referred 

 to a Committee of three members, to be appointed by the 

 President.! 



Prof. Cope made an oral communication in reference to a 

 late review in the Archiv fur Anthropoloyie (Braunschweig, 



*Dr. Persifor Frazer was subsequently appointed. 



t Drs. Ryder, Cliapmau and Sharp were subsequently appointed. 



