Intelligence and Miscellanies. 37 l J 



Major Delafield announced the discovery of the alcyonium, 

 in a green sand formation, near Annapolis Maryland, and ex- 

 hibited the fossil. The same gentleman presented a valua- 

 ble collection of European and American minerals; among 

 the latter were beautiful specimens from Warwick, Orange 

 co. N. Y. of massive brown and yellow brucite, granular do. 

 large crystals of a new ore of titanium, with spinelle pleonas- 

 te in brucite and serpentine. Large terminated crystals of 

 hornblende ; gray spinelle with brown brucite, and purple 

 jluate of lime. 



A paper was read by Dr. De Kay on the Lepidopus cauda- 

 tus, from the coast of North America, presented by Captain 

 Fowler, with a description by Dr. Mitchill, of a new species 

 of cod fish, from our waters. The gadus atro-marginatus 

 formerly described as the ophidium barbatum. 



The following officers were elected at the anniversary meet- 

 ing of the Society. 



Joseph Delafield, President. 



Abraham Halsey, > T .-. „ . , . 

 t t? t\ ir } Vice t residents. 



James L. De Kay, $ 



Jer. Van Rensselaer, Corresponding Secretary. 



J. S. Graves, Recording Secretary. 



March. — Major Delafield presented a suite of thirty speci- 

 mens from Easton, Pennsylvania, illustrating the mineralogy 

 of that interesting region. They consisted principally of 

 choice specimens of the talcose and serpentine rocks, with 

 their accompanying magnesian minerals. He, at the same 

 time, exhibited the crystalized serpentine of that locality, and 

 intimated a belief that the crystals were not pseudomorphous. 



Capt. LeConte communicated a paper entitled observa- 

 tions on the American plants of the genus tillandsia with de- 

 scriptions of three new species ; and another paper describ- 

 ing a new species of Siren, the S. intermedia. See An. Lye. 

 Vol. 2. 



A communication was received from Dr. De Kay, respect- 

 ing the lower jaw bone of a Mastodon, recently found at the 

 falls of the White river, Indiana. 



A box of bituminous coal was presented by governor Clin- 

 ton, from Pennsylvania, about twenty miles from Newton, 

 Cayuga county, N. Y. 



