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Politique at Paris ; Astronomical, Geographical, Asiatic, and 

 Antiquarian Societies, and Editors of ISTature, London ; Rev. 

 0. Fislier ; Boston Society of N'atural History ; Mr. Samuel 

 Batclielder ; Yale College, and Professor Marsh, New Haven ; 

 Franklin Institute, Medical Il^ews, and Board of Public 

 Education, at Philadelphia ; Library of Congress, War 

 Department, and Engineer Department, at Washington ; 

 Buffalo Society of jN"atural Sciences ; and Editors of the 

 Western. 



Dr. Le Conte announced that he had been engaged for the 

 past three years, and Dr. Horn for the past eighteen months, 

 on a revision of the Rhyncophora of the United States. 

 The memoir will make from 500 to 600 printed pages of the 

 Proceedings. On motion a committee was appointed con- 

 sisting of Dr. Leidy, Mr. C. E. Hall and Mr. Lesley, to whom 

 it was referred. 



Mr. Lesley called attention to the valuable papers on 

 glacial drift at Washington and Richmond, read before the 

 Boston Society of Natural History, last Spring, by Prof. 

 W. B. Rogers. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Board of Officers 

 and Council were read. 



Pending noniination No. 79 1 was read. 



On motion, it was 



Resolved^ That the Society accept the bequest of Mrs. 

 Caroline E. G-. Peale under the conditions expressed in the 

 communication of Mr. Robert Patterson, executor. 



On motion, it was 



Resolved^ That until otherwise ordered by the Society, 

 this collection be deposited in the office of the Philadelphia 

 Saving Fund Society, and the Curators be authorized to 

 make arrangements with said Society for its safe keeping. 



On motion, it was 



Resolved, That, upon the recommendation of the Board of 

 Officers and Members in Council at its last meeting, the 

 edition of the Proceedings be increased from 750 to 1250 

 copies ; and that the Librarian be authorized to sell copies 

 at 50 per cent, above the actual cost price of publication. 



The meeting was then adjourned. 



