70 ; [APRIL 
Cuurcuiniia (nov. gen.) B. and G.—Three pairs of frontal plates, one more 
than in Coluber and Tropidonotus ; a very small loral, and several small post- 
orbitals. Scales carinated. 
CuuURCHILLIA BELLONA, B. and G.—Body yellowish, with a series of large sub- 
hexagonal patches of brown bordered with black, and two or three rows of 
smaller patches on the sides ; a brownish black band across the eyes from top of 
head to the angle of the mouth. Collected by Gen. Churchill on his march 
along the Rio Grande in 1846. 
CotuBER mormon, B. and G.—Posterior frontal plates very large; vertical 
plate long and narrow on its middle; eyes very large. Found in the valley 
of the Great Salt Lake by Capt. Stansbury. 
Hereropon wasicum, B. and G.—Numerous minute frontal plates instead of 
two large pairs ; two brown stripes over the head ; temporal patches very broad. 
Collected in Texas by Gen. Churchill. 
The Committee to which was referred a paper by Dr. Leidy, entitled 
“On the Osteology of the Head of the Hippopotamus and a description 
of the osteological characters of a new genus of Hippopotamide,”’ reported 
in favor of publication in the Journal. 
ELECTION. 
The following gentlemen were elected Members of the Academy, viz. : 
J.C. Trautwine, Hsq.; J. Forsyth Meigs, M. D.; Jacob G. Morris, 
Esq.; Rev. Henry W. Ducachet; Frederick A. Genth, M. D.; Hlias 
Durand, Hsq.; J. M. Allen, M. D.; James Aitken Meigs, M. D.; 
William Camac, M. D.; Mr. Henry J. Boller; Mr. George Yeager ; all 
of Philadelphia. 
