President in the Chair.
Nine members present.
The attention of the Academy was called to the fact that the names of Dr. W. Newcomb, of Oakland, and of Mr. H. C. Bennett, of Columbia, both Corresponding Members of several years’ standing, had been omitted from the published list.
Donations to the Cabinet were received as follows:
Specimen of tree cotton, from near Mazatlan, Mexico; presented by Dr. Trask.
Donations to the Library:
Alternate generation of Annelids, by A. Agassiz. Proceedings of the Boston Natural History Society, vol. IX, sheets 1 and 2. Report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Asylum for 1862.
Dr. Kellogg read the following paper:
Description of two New Species of Collomia from Nevada Territory.
BY A. KELLOGG, M.D.