1876.] 413 [Wright. 



from agua and ictericus in size, shape and size of head and glands, 

 and coloration; and from D' Orbignyi in color, glands and orbital 

 ridges. 



From near Goyaz, on the highlands of east Brazil, we have two 

 specimens of a toad agreeing with this in size and outline which has 

 been named B. rvfus on account of the red color on the hinder half 

 of the body. It differs principally in the small points or granula- 

 tions which cover the ventral surface, in the paratoids which taper 

 less and are more widened posteriorly, and in the coloration, which is 

 a light rusty brown with indistinct spots of darker on the back, nar- 

 row bands and spots of brown on the thighs, and narrow transverse 

 bands of the same on the legs, from the knee to the toes, and with 

 the hinder parts, in life, tinted with red. The differences are cer- 

 tainly sufficient to mark these specimens as belonging to a distinct 

 variety, and most probably other collections from this region will 

 establish them as of specific value. 



Section of Botany. June 26, 1876. 



Dr. W. G. Farlow in the chair. Nineteen persons present. 



Mr. Chas. Wright said that he had paid some attention re- 

 cently to Amelanchier canadensis, but had been unable to 

 find any satisfactory distinction between the varieties, oblon- 

 gifolia and botryapium\ the former, however, seems to 

 bloom later and ripen earlier than the latter. 



July 5, 1876. 



The President, Mr. T. T. Bouve, in the chair. Fifteen 

 members present. 



Prof. E. Ray Lankester, of London, Lt. G. M. Wheeler, 

 U. S. A., and Maj. J. W. Powell, of Washington, were 

 elected Corresponding Members. 



Messrs. Woodbridge H. Birchmore, W. O. Crosby, Thos. 

 J. Emery, J. W. Fewkes, Bernard Whitman Flagg, Edw. G. 



