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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 



HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. 



Vol. XIX. June to Decembek, 1881. No. 109. 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Continuation of "Notes on an Egyptian element in the Names of the 



Hebrew Kings," &c. 'Bj J. P. Lesley 419 



Stated Meeting, June 17 c 436 



Notes on the Geology of West "Virginia. By /. G. White 488 



Photoclynamic Notes, III. By P. E. Chase 446 



On Alaskaite, a new member from the series of Bismuth Sulpho- 



salts. By Oeo. A. Konig 473 



The Auriferous Gravels of North Carolina. By H. M. Chance, M. B. 477 



Stated Meeting, July 15 .' 481 



Stated Meeting, September 17 483 



On some Mammalia of the Lowest Eocene Beds of New Mexico. By 



JEJ. D. Cope 484 



Stated 3Ieeting, October 7 496 



Notes on the Quinuiraont Coal Group in Mercer Co. of West Vir- 

 ginia and Tazewell Co. of Virginia. Bj John J. Stevenson 498 



Notes on the Coal-field near Canon City, Colorado. By Jolm J. Ste- 



'oenson 505 



- Stated Meeting, October 21 521 



The Brain of the Cat, Felis domestica. 1. Preliminary Account of 



the Gross Anatomy. With four plates. By Burt G. Wilder, 31. B. 524 



Stated Jleeting, November 4 562 



Exploration of the River Bene, and the hitherto unexplored regions 



of Bolivia. By Br. E. B. Heath 564 



Stated Meeting, November 18 566 



Photodynamic Notes, IV. By P. E. Chase 567 



The Names of the Gods in the Kiche Myths, Central America. By 



B. G. Brinton, M. B .' 613 



Stated Meeting, Becember 2 647 



Stated Meeting, Becember 16 649 



Index to Vol. XIX 653 



