ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE MEETINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND 



AFFILIATED SOCIETIES 



Saturday, November 19. The Philosophical Society, at thfe Cosmos Club, 



at 8.15 p.m. Program: 



H. W. Fisk: Dip needle errors arising from minute pivot dejects. 

 Walter D. Lambert: The latitude of Ukiah and the motion of the Pole. 



Wednesday, November 23. The Geological Society, at the Cosmos Club, 



at 8 p.m. Program: 



J. S. Brown : Coastal groundwater. 



E. O. Ulrich: Solution of some vexing problems in Appalachian stratigraphy. 



Saturday, November 26. The Biological Society, at the Cosmos Club, at 

 8:15 p.m. Program: 



R. W. Shufeldt; Changes in the skull of an American Badger (Taxidea americana) 



due lo extreme age. 

 G. W. GiDLEY : The Primates of the Paleocene. 

 J. M. Aldrich: An entomologist in Alaska. 



Thursda}^ December 1. The Entomological Society. 



Saturday, December 3. The Philosophical Society, at the Cosmos Club, 

 at 8.15 p.m.. Program: 



W. J. Humphreys: Fogs and Clouds. 

 Annual Reports and Elections. 



PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED SINCE THE PRECEDING ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL' 



Tuesday, November I. The Botanical Society, at The Cosmos Club, at 8 p.m. Program: 

 Robert Sterling Yard : Uses and destiny of our National Parks. 



Wednesday, November 2. The Society of Engineers, at the Cosmos Club, at 8:15 p.m. 

 Program: J. J. Esch: Fish rescue work on the Mississippi River. 



Thursday, November 3. The Entomological Society, at the National Museum, at 8 p.m. 

 Program: L. L. Buchanan: Coleoptera in birds' stomachs. N. E. McIndoo: 

 Glandtdar structure of the abdominal appendages of a termite guest (Spirachtha) . 



Tuesday, November 8. The Institute of Electrical Engineers, at the Cosmos Club, at 

 8 p.m. Program: L. D. Bliss: Hydro-electric developments of the Pacific Coast. A. F. 

 Bang: Notes on the operation of an Eastern hydro-electric plant. C. E. Oakes: Com- 

 parative cost of operation of hydro-electric and steam electric plants and the maintenance 

 cost of transmission lines. 



' Received too late for publication before the date of the meeting. 



