Shiiler.] 246 lMaich7, 
the petrous hone but in firm contact therewith. Zygomatic 
nrclies expanded and acutely bent. Pterygoid fossa not distin- 
guishable from the mesopterygoid ; a me<lian ridge Ues directly 
hack of the exceedingly minute posterior nares. The liard 
l)ah\te wider than long and faintly incised between the scarcely 
produced palatines. The lower jaw j)ossesses a high acute 
coronoid process. The condyloid process carried back slightly 
beyond the line of the angle which is deflected outward. 
MEASUREMENTS OF THE SKULL. 
Length 
15 mm 
Greatest width 
5 
Length of face from fronto-nasal junc- 
tion to the alveohir point 
4.50 
Bimalar breadtli 
10 
Length of hard palate 
5 
Width of laard palate at tlie last molars 
4 
Glenoido-alveolar length 
6.02 
General Meeting, , March 7, 189-1. 
Tresident W. H. Niles in the chair. Twenty-Hvc persons 
present. 
Mr. F. P. Gulliver discussed the Newton ville sand-jtlaii\. 
(See Journal of geology, v. 1, p. 803-812.) 
Mr. J. B. Woodworth read a paper on some typical eskers of 
southern New England. (See p. 197-220.) 
ON THE DISTIUBUTION OF EARTHQUAKES IN THE 
UNITED STATES SINCE THE CLOSE OF 
THE GLACIAL PERIOD. 
BY N. S. SHALER.^ 
In some studies which I have recently made in the distribution 
of earth(piake shocks it became evident that it was desirable to 
ascertain what proof could be found which might serve to show the 
iReadJaiiuarv 17, 1894. 
