394 Miscellanies. 



proposes for it the nameof Catlinite, in honor of the famous delinea- 

 tor of the Indians. The following is the result of chemical analysis. 



Water, - - - - - 8*4 



Silica, ..... 48-2 



Alumina, - - - . - 28-2 



Magnesia, - - . » . 6*0 



Carbonate of lime, .... 2*6 



Peroxide of iron, ... - 5-0 



Oxide of manganese, ... -g 



99-0 

 Loss, probably magnesia, - - - 1-0 



1000 



December 6, 1838. — Rev. F. W. P. Greenwood, Vice President, in 



the chair. 



Mr. Edwarb Tuckerman, Jr. read a paper entitled, " An enume- 

 ration of the Lichens of New England not included in our Floras, 

 with notices of some interesting species." He also read a historical 

 sketch of Lichenography ; these papers being the commencement of 

 a monograph to be prepared in connection with another gentleman. 



Dr. A. A. Gould exhibited living specimens of the beautiful Beroe 

 Pileus ; and also the Mysis Fabricii, a species of Crustacea, not pre- 

 viously observed in our waters, both taken from the river under 

 Cragie's bridge. 



December 18, 1838. — Geo. B. Emerson, Esq., President, in the 



chair. 



Dr. D. H. Storer stated that he had examined the donation of 

 fishes received last summer from Mr. Cordis, and had ascertained 

 that there were 87 species, belonging to the following 38 genera, viz. 

 Serranus ; Merra ; Plectropoma ; Mesoprion ; Holocentrura ; Poly- 

 nemus ; Sphyrtena ; Mullus ; Dactylopterus ; Cottus ; Scorp^na ; 

 Sciaena; Chostodon ; Holocanthus ; Caranx ; Zeus; Acanthurus ; 

 Mugil ; Blennius ; Julis ; Scarus ; Clupea ; Alosa; Chatoessus ; En- 

 graulis ; Monochamus ; Solea ; Echineis ; Ammodytes ; Hippocam- 

 pus ; Tetraodon ; Balistes ; Monacanthus ; Ostracion ; and Carcha- 

 rias. 



Dr. J. Wyman had examined as far as practicable the collection of 

 fossil bones recently received from Athens. They were principally 

 bones of large Ruminants mixed with those of Solidungulated ani- 

 mals. Those of the former consisting of fragments of jaws, head of 

 a tibia, and lower extremity of a femur ; those of the latter were 

 metacarpal and phalangeal bones. 



