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1888.) 217 
Lacertinta. , 
SWS ty 6 ads eis caleid o Weenie Wah walorsin'e sisioiene es Realising 
TESTUDINATA. 
LTLONAG, BP. voccvecevuseeseses SMvilawig Ries eaten TY | : 
LOVONY®, BPvias cies sivviviee sis sree te Bivlintinists paren hans Pa Ga 
EDTOMNS, (RDU bins vin senebe resin § Nee Anca s pte 
Roprnrra. : 
CUHON, BDod os sd aves Leheiee ENG vas alla cess Fee NNO carla 
CARNIVORA., 
Galecynus GTEGATIUs...e.screrecrecercres a Rea i 
Hoplophonews, 8p. wsscvecseeeeees pete meant 44 
? Hoplophoneus, Sp..eeereeees es eae | pd aiecaniene Rivne 
PERISSODACTYLA. 
Acerathertum, 8p.rveccceeeeesees i ataid dna ah qondoige'™ velviieies : 
Aceratheriwm, SP..ccseeccescevecenccessseccsecsonsees ( & 
Anchitherium, sp. .+++ See Rea taaaas SG Live ata ce eld 
ARTIODACTYLA. 
Mlotherium TUMOBUM. ocvvcrecrerencees olesicanes Ce ee 
TTyopotamus, SP... soceveeccececers eee owing ne Gbig NEL Das 
Oreodon,. BP. ...++0. ewe MUO doe ke RaQNACN TO Mesa bekin ayy dng ‘ 
ORE0G 07s RDU vin aha ive Tei CG aap ML MiMi UTNE Waa We 
GREOAOT, BDiscsecuvuccersstenracers tse. A Na i rie 
Leptomerya, sp..cccccecevee cecencnces Weave eh 064 aes 
Hypertragulus, 8p. .csccecvreeeccaecees PE SACO RN URE Dc 0 
9 
Total species.....-++++sseee5: PUMA GSN EA Cen ale ¢ 20 
“Interesting features of the above catalogue are : The absence of Hyra- 
codon and Poébrotherium, go abundant in the beds of this age elsewhere ; 
the presence of fishes, not hitherto detected in them ; and the presence of 
the genus of tortoises, Trionyw. The latter genus has not hitherto been found 
in our Western lacustrine beds of later than Eocene age ; while they are 
abundant in our modern rivers. This discovery partially bridges the in- 
terval. The same is true of the fishes mentioned, which represent the 
order Nematognathi.”’ 
From Mr, Joseph Lesley, a letter to the Secretary, dated 
Princeton, Mass., August 22, was r sad, and specimens of seeds 
exhibited which had germinated between blocks of ice in the 
ice-house attached to the hotel of Mr. Edwin Grimes. 
“In 1882 Mr. Grimes noticed that seeds, which had been dropped in 
packing the ice, had thrown out stems and roots, In the winter of 
1882~'83, he experimentally scattered seeds of rye, barley and wheat be- 
PROC, AMER. PHILOS. SOC, XxI, 114. 28. PRINTED OCTOBER 380, 1883. 
