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covered and very dangerous disease, known as Actinomykosis, which 

 affects domestic animals. 



Dr. D. E. Salmon read a paper on the same disease. The com 

 munications called forth an animated discussion, in which Drs. 

 Taylor, Salmon, Schaeffer, and others participated. 



The Society then adjourned, subject to call by the President in 

 October. 



FORTY-NINTH MEETING, October 19, 1883. 



The President occupied the chair. Thirty-five members were 

 present. 



Prof. Theodore Gill presented a communication on THE ICHTHY- 

 OLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE EXPLORATIONS OF THE U. S. FISH COM 

 MISSION STEAMER "ALBATROSS" IN 1883.* He called attention to 

 a number of new fishes, including two representatives of new orders, 

 for which he proposed the names Lyomeri and GnathenchelyL 



Dr. C. A. White made some remarks upon THE CHARACTER AND 

 FUNCTION OF THE EPIGLOTTIS OF THE BULL SNAKE (PiTYOPHis).f 



Prof. Lester F. Ward exhibited an interesting botanical relic of the 

 District of Columbia, consisting of the original minutes of the 

 Proceedings of the Washington Botanical Society, which became 

 extinct in 1835. 



Prof. C. V. Riley read a paper on MANNA IN THE UNITED STATES, 

 and exhibited and remarked upon some specimens of a kind of 

 Manna recently received from Chewelah, Washington Territory. 

 This communication was discussed by Messrs. Taylor, Schaeffer, 

 Vasey, Toner, and Ward. 



FIFTIETH MEETING, November 2, 1883. 

 The President occupied the chair. Forty members were present. 



* The substance of this communication was published in three papers in Forest 

 & Stream, 1883, and in other papers in the American Naturalist and the Proceed 

 ings of the U. S. National Museum. 



f 1884. WHITE, CHARLES A. On the Character and Function of the Epi 

 glottis in the Bull Snake (Pityophis). <American Naturalist, XVIII, pp. 19-21, 

 1884. 



