168 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1896. 



February 4. 



The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., in the Chair, 



Twenty-one persons present. 



The deaths of the following members were announced : — Peter F. 

 Rothermel, August 15, 1895; Henry Hazlehurst, January 11, 1896; 

 Jesse S. Walton, January 30, 1896; H. Ernest Goodman, M. D., 

 February 3, 1896. 



February 11. 

 The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., in the Chair. 

 Twenty-nine persons present. 



The death of Charles Wachsniith, a correspondent, February 7, 

 1896, was announced. 



A paper entitled " A Note on a Uniform Plan of Describing the 

 Human Skull," by Harrison Allen, M. D., was presented for pub- 

 lication. 



February 18. 



The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., in the Chair 



Thirty-six persons present. 



A paper entitled "Contributions to the Life History of Plants, 

 No. XII," by Thomas Meehan, was presented for publication and 

 referred to the Publication Committee. 



February 25. 

 The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., in the Chair. 

 Forty-five persons present. 



The death of Owen Jones Wister, M. D., February 24, 1896, 

 was announced. 



Papers entitled as follows were presented for publication: — 



" The Coloring Matter of the Aril of Celastrus Scandens," by 

 Ida A. Kellar. 



"The Crystallization of Molybdenite," by Amos P. Brown. 



