1888,] E17 
Stated Meeting, February 17, 1888. 
Present, 19 members. 
President, Mr. Fraury, in the chair. 
Correspondence was submitted as follows: A letter acknowl- 
edging diploma from Dr. Edward Suess, Vienna. 
Acknowledgments for Proceedings from Fondation de P. 
Teyler, Harlem (125); Brooklyn Entomological Society (125, 
126); Philadelphia Library Co., Mr. Thomas Meehan, Phila- 
delphia (126); Mr. John F. Carll, Pleasantville, Pa. (126); Lack- 
awanna Institute of History and Science, Scranton (126); Kan- 
sas Historical Society, Topeka (126); Prof. Joseph LeConte: 
Berkely, Cal. (126). 
Request for exchanges from the Naturwissenschaftlicher 
Verein des Regierungs-Bezirks, Frankfurt a O.; which, on mo- 
tion, was granted from Proceedings, No. 96. 
A circular from the U.S. National Museum, Washington, 
relating to “rude or unfinished implements of the paleolithic 
type,” which was referred to the Curators. 
Envoys from the Mining Department, Melbourne; Natur- 
wissenschaftlicher Verein des Regierungs-Bezirks, Frankfurt 
a.0.; Bureau of Ethnology, Washington. 
A photograph was received for the album from Mr. Heber 
S. Thompson, Pottsville. 
Accessions to the Library were reported from Anthropo- 
logische Gesellschaft, Wien; Verein zur Beforderung des Gar- 
tenbaues in den K. P. Staaten, K. P. Landesanstalt und 
Bergakademie, Berlin; Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein des 
Regierungs-Bezirks, Frankfurt a.0.; Verein fiir Erdkunde, 
Haile a.S.; Verein fiir Erdkunde, Metz; R. Societd Italiana 
D'Igiene, Milano; R. Accademia dei Lincei, Roma; R. 
Academia de Ciencias Naturales y Artes, Barcelona; Mr. 
Horatio Hale, Clinton, Canada; Massachusetts Historical 
Society, Boston; Museum of Comparative Zodlogy, Harvard 
College Observatory, Cambridge; Astor Library, New York ; 
American Pharmaceutical Association, College of Physicians, 
