26 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



Donations to the Library: Proc. Essex Inst., Salem, Mass., 

 Yol. 5, No. 7, July, 1868 ; Condition, etc., of Bost. Soc. N. II., 

 •8vo. pamph., 1867 ; Ann des Sciences Nat., Vol. VIII, Nos. 5 and 

 6, 1867 ; Beitrag zu einer Monog. der Sciarinen, von Joh. Win- 

 iiertz, Wien, 1867, 8vo. ; Verhandl. des naturhist. Vercins, etc., 

 Bonn, 1867, 8vo. ; Oversigt. Videnskab Selskabs, Kjobenhavn, 

 Nos. 4 and 5, 1867, 2 parts, 8vo. ; Verhandl. naturforsch, Vereins, 

 V Band, Brunn, 1867, 8vo. ; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., sheets 2, 

 3, 4 and 5, for May, 1868. 



Donation to the Cabinet: A Metamorphic Rock, from Santa 

 Cruz Mountains, by Mr. Yale. 



Dr. Cooper gave a lecture on the Edible Mollusca of this State, 

 illustrated by the specimens in the Academy's Cabinet. 



Regular Meeting, August 3d, 1868. 

 President in the Chair. 



Sixteen members present. 



L. L. Treadwell was elected a hfe member. A. L. Wolf and A. 

 Warren were elected resident members. 



Donations to the Library : Verhandl. der k. k. Geolog. Reichs- 

 Anstalt, Wien, 1867 and 8, 2 vols. 8vo. ; der Physik-okon. Gesell. 

 Koningsburg, 1867 ; Osterreich Gesell. fur Meteorologie, Wien, 

 1867 ; Transactions of the Chicago Acad. Sc, Vol. I, part 1, 4to., 

 1867, through the Smithsonian Institution. 



The President stated that the Council had thought it best to 

 appoint Dr. Kellogg special assistant to the Secretaries and Treas- 

 urer, Avith a small salary, to be raised by subscription. 



Donations to the Cabinet : An Octopus, found near Fort Point, 

 by Mr. Lorquin. Fossil pine cones, from lignite beds near the 

 Ocean House, by S. A. White. 



Dr. Gibbons gave a lecture on Microscopic Parasites, illustrated 

 by magnified drawings. 



