680 PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
be seen. The resemblance when in motion to a spider is most 
strikin ig. 6 represents the pupa of Diplax 
Essex Instrrutr, March 4, 1867.— Mr.’E. S. Morse spoke of the 
Cephalopods, and alluded to the many fallacious stories regarding the 
Cuttle-fish, citing Victor Hugo’s description of the Devil-fish, in which 
the characters of two entirely different animals were mix 
Vice-president Goodell called the attention of the m ssthi to the 
Hi y, and the reply of the Trustees. 
F. W. Putnam, TA sym of the Museum, introduced the fol- 
lowing AAR 
t ifi g 
pe 5 eve inhabitants of the County of Essex, of the steady pa knowledge of the Natu tural 
; x tizen. 
and sical Sciences, and of their application to the Useful Ar ts;” and w citizens 
of this ” county, the membi of t te are ju roud that this a comes 
tive of the nti they are most deeply rages of the honor confe: upon 
eg Geor, shat te Loring voabiada. the Resolution with appropriate 
remarks, and it was unanimously adopted. 
committee of seven members of the Institute was gaa to 
confer with the Trustees of. the. Peabody Fund in regard to the 
operation of the Institute. 
May 8. Annual Meetin -— Reports of the officers were read; seven- 
ty-seven resident, and sixteen corresponding members have been 
ected during the year, and notices of the death of five resident, and 
four corresponding members have been received. Five field eR. 
publication of the Proceedings and Historical Collec ctions, it is hoped, 
will not occur again, now that the i has established a printing 
office. ni is meara koe a0 peers of My: Bicknell as a pre- 
rk will prov ve instrumen- 
tal in h promotion of some of the objects of the — The total 
nditure 
expe e year was $2,491.41, receipts 1.33. Four 
thousand and sight? six volumes, and parts of couse, pamphlets, 
etc., were received the year, from two con- 
= Thirteen thousand specimens have been added to the 
‘Natural story Department, by two hundred and eighty-eight dona- 
- tions; and sixty-six donations have been made to the Historical De- 
_ Partment. Over four hundred zodlogical specimens have been pre- 
T eoar societies, and to individuals during the year. 
