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1853, Soojoulee; May 13, 1855, Island of Oesel, Russia; 
June 7, S. Denis Westrem, Belgium; Aug. 5, Petersburgh, 
Lincoln Co., Tennessee; Dec. 9, 1858, Aussnu, France; dis- 
covered in 1846, Assam. Jrons—Himalga, Chili, found in 
1840; Kurrukpur near Monghir, found in 1848; Orange Rivy- 
er, 8. Africa, found in 1856. 
otion, it was ordered, that the Corresponding Secre- 
tary be authorized to cause a suitable specimen to be cut off 
from the mass and transmitted, through the Smithsonian In- 
stitution, to the Imperial Mineralogical Museum. 
The following publications were received: N.O. Med. & 
Surg. Jour., May, 1860, from the Editors ; Jour. Frank. Inst. 
Phil., May, 1860, from the Institute ; 42d Ann. Rep. of the N. 
York State Library, 1860, from the Trustees ; Silliman’s Amer. 
Jour., May, 1860. 
A paper presented for publication by B. F. Shumard, M.D., 
State Geologist of the State of Texas, entitled “Observations 
upon the Cretaceous Strata of Texas,” was read by the Cor- 
responding Secretary, and referred to a committee. 
paper presented for publication by Sidney 8. Lyon, of 
Jeffersonville, Ind., entitled “Descriptions of four new species 
of Blastoidea, from the Subcarboniferous Rocks of Ken- 
tucky,” illustrated by drawings for a plate, was read by the 
Corresponding Secretary. The paper and drawings were re- 
ferred to a committee. : 
A paper offered for publication by Mr. 8. 8. Lyon, entitled 
Pap ” 
“ Strati i f the Rocks of Kentucky, 
ratigraphical Arrangement 0 a by the Cor- 
Fr. : # 4s f new Cretaceo 
Shumard, being “ Descriptions 0 blication in the Trans- 
aper of Dr. B. 
ron from Tex- 
Dr. G. H. E. Baumgarten presented anu 
Preserved in alcohol, consisting of turtles, 
collected in the neighborhood of St. Louis. 
June 4, 1860. 
Vice-President Dr. ENGELMANN in the 
£8 Acmeogaiel pa J. Sloan, Santa Fé, N. Mex., 
A letter was read from Dr. W. I 
acknowledging his election as & Corresponding Member. 
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chair. 
