708 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 
Trans. Wisconsin State Agricul. Soc., 1858-9,—Trans. of the 
Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin, Vol. IV., 1857-8,—from I. A. Lap- 
ham, Esq. 
oe of Allorisma regularis from the Pacific Railroad 
in St. Louis county, and Spirigera ernie from Belleville, 
Ills., were presented by Mr. H. W. Leffingwell. 
Major M. L. Clark stated that, in the year 1836, a large 
persons may have discovered. In 5 
State, he had found small particles of gold in the sands of the 
streams, but nowhere in such quantities as would pay for the 
washin 
&- : 
Maj. Clark remarked that, many years ago, some tribes of 
Indians, then residing in the southwestern parts of Missouri, 
were in the habit of bringing gold dust to St. Louis to trade 
with the jewellers. He had himself seen it in the hands of 
these Indians ; but whether or not it was obtained within the 
limits of the State, he could not say. 
Edwin Leigh, M.D., was elected an Associate Member. 
August 6, 1860. 
The President in the chair. 
July, 1860, was read; and, also, letters from the Physicalisch- 
med. Gesellsch. in Wiirzburg, April 4, 1860; Verein zur 
