706 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 
Jena, Feb. 18, 1860, acknowledging the receipt of the Trans- 
actions of the Academy. 
he following publications were received: Proc. Boston 
Soc. Nat. Hist., March--May, 1860, jrom the Society; Mém. de 
P Académie Imp. de Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Dijon, 
Tome VIL., Ser. 2, 1858--9, from the Academy; Mém. de I’ Acad. 
Imperiale de Caen, 1860, from the Academy ; List of Officers 
and Members of the I. R. Istituto Lombardo, Milan, May, 
1860, from the Institution ; Proc. Amer. Antiq. Soc., Boston, 
1860, from the Society ; Jour. Frank. Inst., Philad., June, 1860, 
from the Institute. 
aper offered for publication by B. F. Shumard, M.D., 
State Geologist of Texas, entitled “ Descriptions of five new 
species of Gasteropoda from the Coal Measures and a Brachi- 
opod from the Potsdam Sandstone of Texas,” was read by the 
Corresponding Secretary, and referred to the Committee on 
Publication. 7 
r. Pope presented two large cans containing snakes, and 
other reptiles, collected in the neighborhood of St. Louis. 
July 2, 1860. 
The President in the chair. 
Five members present. ae 
A letter was read from the Smithsonian Institution, an- 
nouncing the transmission of Vol. XI. of the Smithsonian 
Contributions to Knowle 
Donations to the Library were received as follows 2d 
Ann. Rep. of the Chicago Charitable E 
0 comgrniets 
nian Contr. to Knowl., Vol. XI., 4to, 1859, from the reapey 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Phil., May, 1860, from the Acad- 
emy. 
A paper presented for publication by Prof. G. C. Swallow, 
State Geologist, entitled “Descriptions of New F ossils from 
the Carboniferous and Devonian Rocks of Missouri,” was rea 
by the Corresponding Secretary, and referred to the Com- 
mittee on Publication. ; od 
Dr. Engelmann read a paper for publication, apie 6 
“Notes on the Grape-vines of Missouri.” Referred to the 
Committee on Publication. ) 
