Transactions of the American Philosophical Society-Continued On the Cecidomyia Destructor, or Hessian Fly, by Miss M. H. Morris. Remarks on the Dental System of the Mastodon; with an account of some Lower Jaws in Mr. Koch's collection, St. Louis, Missouri, where there is a solitary Tusk on the right side, by William E. Horner, M.D. Observations to determine the Magnetic Intensity at several places in the United Observations on the Storm of December 15, 1839, by William C. Redfield, A.M. Researches concerning the Periodical Meteors of August and November, by Sears C. Astronomical Observations made at Hudson Observatory, latitude 41° 14′ 40′′ North, and longitude 5h. 25m, 45s. West, by Elias Loomis. Expansion of F. (x+h), by Pike Powers, of the University of Virginia. Description and Notices of New and Rare Plants in the Natural Orders, Lobeliaceæ, Observations on the Geology of the Western Peninsula of Upper Canada and the western part of Ohio, by William B. Rogers and Henry D. Rogers. Observations of the Magnetic Dip in the United States. 4th Series, by E. Loomis. Astronomical Observations made at several places in the United States, by J. N. Nicollet. Continuation of Mr. Lea's Paper on Fresh-water and Land Shells. Account of a Trigonometrical Survey of Massachusetts, by Simeon Borden, Esq.; with a comparison of its Results with those obtained from Astronomical Observations, by Robert Treat Paine, Esq. Communicated by Mr. Borden. Observations on Egyptian Ethnography, derived from Anatomy, History, and the Monuments, by Samuel George Norton, M.D. On two Storms which were experienced throughout the United States in the month of February, 1842, by Elias Loomis. On the Conversion of Benzoic into Hippuric Acid, by James C. Booth and Martin H. Boye. Account of the Observatory and Instruments in the United States Military Academy at West Point; with observations on the Comet of 1843, by W. H. C. Bartlett. Memoir of the Character and Prospects of the Copper Region of Gibara, and a Sketch of the Geology of the North-east part of the Island of Cuba, by R. C. Taylor. Notice of Fossil Arborescent Ferns of the Family Sigillaria, and other Coal Plants, exhibited in the Roof and Floor of a Coal Seam in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by Richard C. Taylor. Description of some new Fossil Shells from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia, by Henry C. Lea. Description of new Fresh-water and Land Shells, by Isaac Lea. Observations made in the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843, to determine the Magnetical Dip and the Intensity of Magnetical Force in several parts of the United States, by John Locke, M.D., Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy in the Medical College of Ohio. Observations of the Magnetic Dip, made at several positions, chiefly on the Southwestern and North-eastern frontiers of the United States; and the Magnetic Declination at two positions on the River Sabine, in 1840, by Major James D. Graham, of the United States Corps of Topographical Engineers. NEW SERIES, VOL. X.-1853. Astronomical Observations made at Hudson Observatory, latitude 41° 14′ 42′′ 6""' North, and longitude 5h. 25m, 39s. 5′′ West. 3rd Series, by Elias Loomis. Supplementary Note on the Construction and different Forms of the Magic Cyclovolute, by E. Nulty. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society-Continued. Materials towards a History of the Coleoptera Longicornia of the United States, by S. S. Haldeman. Description of New Fresh-water and Land Shells, by Isaac Lea. Memoir explanatory of a new Perpetual Calendar, Civil and Ecclesiastical, Julian and Gregorian, by William M'Ilvaine. On the Corpus Lutium, by Charles D. Meigs, M.D., Member of the American Philosophical Society, Professor of Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children in Jefferson Medical College. Investigations which led to the Detection of the Coincidence between the Computed Place of the Planet Leverrier, and the Observed Place of a Star recorded by Lalande, in May, 1795, by Sears C. Walker. Memoir on the Reproduction of the Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana, by Charles D. Meigs, M.D. On some of the Results of a Series of Experiments relative to different parts of Gunnery, by Captain Robert F. Stockton, of the United States Navy. Communicated by Professor Henry. On the Decomposing Power of Water at High Temperatures, by R. A. Tilghman. On the Neutral Sulphate of the Oxide of Ethyle, and the products of its Decomposition by Water, by Charles M. Wetherill, Doctor of Philosophy. De Calculo Eclipsium Besseliano Commentatio, Auctore Dre. Gustavo Adolpho Jahn, Lipsia, 1848. On the Longitude of Washington, computed from the Moon Culminations, observed during the years 1839-1842, inclusive, by Lieut. J. M. Gilliss. On the Accuracy of the Tabular Longitude of the Moon to be obtained by the constitution of New Lunar Tables, by Miers Fisher Longstruth. On the Organization of the Genus Gregarina of Dufour, by Joseph Leidy, M.D. Some observations on Nematoidea Imperfecta, and descriptions of three Parasitic Infusoriæ, by Joseph Leidy, M.D. Meteorological Observations at Napa Keang (Loo Choo), 1848, 1849, made by Dr. Bet telheim. Description of New Species of the Family Unionidæ, by Isaac Lea. Description of a New Genus (Basistoma) of the Family Melaniana, together with some New Species of American Melania, by Isaac Lea. Description of a New Species of Helix from California, and a new characteristic form of certain American Colimaceæ, by Isaac Lea. On the Fossil Foot-marks in the Red Sandstones of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, by Isaac Lea. Description of an Extinct Species of American Lion, Felis Atrox, by J. Leidy, M.D. A Memoir on the Extinct Dicotyline of America, by Joseph Leidy, M.D. Chemical Examination of two Minerals from the neighbourhood of Reading, Pennsylvania; and on the Occurrence of Gold in Pennsylvania, by Charles M. Wetherill, Ph. D. On a New Variety of Asphalt (Melan. Asphalt), by Charles M. Wetherill, Ph. D. On the Decomposition of the Alkaline Sulphates, by Hydrochloric Acid and Chlorine, by R. A. Tilghman. Notes on the Classification of the Carabidae of the United States, by J. L. Le Conte. Revision of the Elateridae of the United States, by John L. Le Conte, M.D. Index of Genera. APPENDIX. NEW SERIES, VOL. XI. PART 1.-1857. Biographical Memoir of the late François André Michaux, by Elias Durand. Revision of the Cicindela of the United States, by John L. Le Conte, M.D. On a new Genus of Bridæ, from Cuba, by Edward Halowell, M.D. Notice of some New and Rare Species of Scincida in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Edward Halowell, M.D. Notice of Remains of the Walrus discovered on the coast of the United States, by Joseph Leidy, M.D. Descriptions of the Remains of Fishes from Carboniferous Limestone of Illinois and Missouri, by Joseph Leidy, M.D. Remarks on Saurocephalus and its allies, by Joseph Leidy, M.D. Observations on the Extinct Peccary of North America; being a sequel to "A Memoir of the Extinct Dicotyline of America, by Joseph Leidy, M.D. Remarks on the Structure of the Feet of Megalonys, by Joseph Leidy, M.D. United States Exploring Expedition. VOL. I. to V. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842, by Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., Commander of the Expedition, 5 vols., royal 8vo, cloth.-Vol. I. Portrait of Commander Wilkes, 2 Maps, 18 plates, and 83 woodcuts.-Vol. II. Portrait of Commander Hudson, 3 Maps, 13 plates, and 60 woodcuts.- Vol. III. One Map, 12 plates, and 60 woodcuts. Vol. IV. Three Maps, 15 plates, and 38 woodcuts.-Vol. V. Four Maps, 15 plates, and 54 woodcuts. New York (1844), 1855, 1856. £5 5s. VOL. VI.-Ethnography and Philology, by Horatio Hale, Philologist of the Expedition, 4to. Ethnography, pp. 225, 3 Maps; Philology, pp. 229 to 666. Philadelphia, 1846. VOL. VII.-Zoophytes, by James D. Dana. The letter-press in one volume 4to, pp. 740. Philadelphia, 1846. The Atlas of 61 plates in folio. Philadelphia, 1849. VOL. VIII.-Mammalia and Ornithology, by Titian R. Peale, one of the Naturalists of the expedition. 4to, 20 woodcuts, 15 plates of Mammalia, and 84 plates of Birds, pp. xxv. and 338. Philadelphia, 1848. (suppressed.) VOL. IX.-The Races of Men, and their Geographical Distribution, by Charles Pickering, M.D. 4to, pp. vii., 447, and 12 coloured plates. Philadelphia, 1848. VOL. X.-Geology, by James D. Dana. 1 vol. of letter-press, 4to, pp. xii. and 756, with a Map, and a folio volume containing 21 plates and 4 pp. of text. Philadel phia, 1849. VOL. XI.-Meteorology. Journal of Meteorological Observations, by Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., Member of the American Philosophical Society, &c.; with 25 Illustrations, Map, and 24 plates, 4to, pp. lviii. and 726. Philadelphia, 1851. VOL. XII.-Mollusca and Shells, by Augustus A. Gould, M.D. 4to, pp. xv. and 510. Philadelphia, 1852. The Atlas is not published yet. VOL. XIII.-Crustacea, by James D. Dana. The letter-press in 2 parts, 4to, pp. 1620. Philadelphia, 1852, 1853. Atlas, complete in 96 engraved and partly coloured plates, large folio. Philadelphia, 1855. VOL. XIV.-Botany. Phanerogamia, by Asa Gray, M.D. Vol. I., with a folio Atlas of 100 plates, 4to, pp. 777. New York, 1854. Atlas. New York, 1857. VOL. 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