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(2) That any individual who shall contribute one hundred 

 dollars to the maintenance of the Academy may be elected a 

 patron of the Academy. 



On the recommendation of the nominating committee, con- 

 sisting- of Prof. W. L. Poteat. Prof. Collier Cobb and Mr. 

 C. S. Brimley, the following officers were elected: 



President, Chas. Baskerville. 



Vice-President, J. I. Hamaker. 



Secretary-Treasurer, Franklin Sherman, Jr. 



Executive Committee, Chas. Baskerville and Franklin 

 Sherman, Jr., ex-officio, and W. L. Poteat, F. L. Stevens and 

 C. S. Brimley. 



Sixteen new members were elected. 



The presentation of papers was now taken up for the re- 

 mainder of the morning session and continued through the 

 afternoon session. 



The following papers were presented: 



Approaching Sun-Spot Maximum, /no. F. Lamieau, Wake 

 Forest. (Published in full in this Journal). 



Notes on Some Pacific Sponges. H. V. Wilson, Chapel 

 Hill. 



Southeastern Box Tortoises. C. S. Brimley, Raleigh. 

 (Abstract). 



The six species of Terrapene are enumerated and their 

 alleged characters given with observations on specimens of 

 Terrapene from Raleigh, N. C, several points in Florida, 

 Mimsville, Ga., and Colmesneil, Texas, showing that these 

 characters are frequently not diagnostic. The author is con- 

 vinced that Terrapene ornata, T. major and T. Carolina are 

 distinct species, and he is inclined to believe that T. bauri is 

 at least subspecifically distinct from T. major, and that T. 

 triungis is a southern form of T. Carolina and not a distinct 

 species; however he is by no means certain in either case and 

 furthermore he is not even certain that the triungis from 

 Georgia are specifically identical with those from Texas. 

 Number of specimens examined 57 in all. 



Terrapene triungis Mimsville, Ga. 20 living; 7 alcoholic; 



