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the commimication of the Secretaries respecting the publica- -' 

 tion of geological surveys in the. "West. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Royal 

 Societies and Academies of Tasmania, Hungary, Prussia, Ba- 

 varia and Belgium, the Societies at Moscow, Gcirlitz, Bremen, 

 Penzance and Liverpool, the Observatories at Munich, Brus- 

 sels, Washington and Cincinnati, the Geological Societies at 

 Berlin and London, the Geographical Societies at Paris and 

 London, M. Barrande, M. Zantedeschi, the Astronomical and 

 Meteorological Societies at London, the Boston Public Library, 

 Massachusetts Historical Society, Peabody Museum and Har- 

 vard College, the Franklin Institute, the Peabody Institute, 

 the Bureau of Refugees and War Office at Washington, and 

 the Wisconsin Historical Society. A large number of Edu- 

 cational volumes and pamphlets were received in exchange 

 from the Massachusetts Historical Society. 



The report of the Committee on Dr. Horn's paper was read 

 and accepted, and the paper referred to the Publication Com- 

 mittee, with instructions to publish in the Transactions. 



The death of Dr. C. D. Meigs, at his residence in Media, 

 Pa., June 28, in the 78th year of his age, was announced by 

 Dr. Rushenberger, and on motion the President of the Society 

 was requested to nominate a member to prepare an obituary 

 notice of the deceased. 



Prof. Cope exhibited drawings of the fossil remains of a large 

 Cretaceous Mosasauroid. He offered also for the acceptance 

 of the Society six 8vo lithographic plates already prepared 

 on stone to illustrate two papers of fossils found in "Virginian 

 caves. On motion the plates were accepted, and the Secreta- 

 taries directed to have the requisite number of impressions 

 taken to illustrate the two papers, for the next number of the 

 Proceedings. 



On motion the balloting for nominations 626 — ^637 was 

 postponed until October, on account of the small number of 

 members present. 



Pending nominations 638, 639, 6-10 were read, and the 

 Society was adjourned. 



