CONTENTS OF VOL. XXIII. 



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General Meeting, January 2, 1884 1 



Election of Members 1 



Mr. Thos. T. Bouve. Notes on gems 2 



Dr. S. Kneeland. Remarks on earthquakes 6 



General Meeting, January 16, 1884 7 



Prof. W. O. Crosby. Relations of the conglomerate and slate in the Boston basin 7 

 Messrs. Q. E. Dickerman and M. E. Wadsworth. An olivine, bearing diabase, 



from St. George, Maine 28 



General Meeting, February 6, 1884 29 



Mr. Thos. T. Bouve. The genesis of the Boston basin and its rock formation 29 



Prof. N. S. Shaler. On the origin of kames 36 



General Meeting, February 20, 1884 44 



General Meeting, March 5, 1884 45 



Election of Members 45 



Prof. A. Hyatt. Larval theory of the origin of cellular tissues 45 



Dr. S. Kneeland. Remarks on habits of water snakes 163 



General Meeting, March 19, 1884 164 



Mr. S. Garman. On the use of polynomials as names in zoology 164 



General Meeting, April 2, 1884 171 



General Meeting, April 16, 1884 172 



Dr. M. E. Wadsworth. Relation of the Keweenawan series to the eastern sand- 

 stone in the vicinity of Torch Lake, Mich 172 



Annual Meeting, May 7, 1884 180 



Prof. A. Hyatt. Curator's report 180 



Mr. Edward Burgess. Secretary's report 190 



Mr. C. W. Scudder. Treasurer's report 193 



Award of the Grand Walker Prize to Prof. James Hall 194 



Award of the Annual Walker Prize 195 



Electionof Officers for 1884-85 196 



Election of Members 196 



Dr. M. E. Wadsworth. The theories of ore deposits 197 



On a supposed fossil from the copper-bearing rocks of Lake Superior 208 



General Meeting, May k 21, 1884 212 



Prof. James Hall. Letter acknowledging award of Grand Walker Prize 212 



General Meeting, October 1, 1884 214 



General Meeting, October 15, 1884 214 



Section of Entomology. Meeting, November 25, 1884 214 



General Meeting, December 3, 1884 215 



Election of Members , 215 



Prof. F. W. Putnam. Account of recent explorations of Ohio mounds 215 



General Meeting, December 17, 1884 . 218 



General Meeting, January 7,1885 219 



Prof. W. O. Crosby. Colors of soils 219 



General Meeting, January 21, 1885 223 



General Meeting, February 4, 1885 223 



Prof. Wm. M. Davis. Remarks on geographic evolution 223 



General Meeting, February 18, 1885 224 



Gift of the library of the late Dr. AMOS Binney 224 



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