82 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



Regular Meeting, September 20th, 1869. 

 President in the Chair. 



Sixteen members present. 



W. H. Haskell was elected a resident member. 



Donations to the Cabinet; Part of the jawbone of the Petaluma 

 Mastodon, by Mr. White through G. Yale. Rocks, earth, and 

 shells from fin Indian mound near San Quentin, by G. Yale, who 

 stated that this mound seemed to have been caused by upheaval. 

 The larva of a Cicada from Tepic, Mexico, killed by a growth of 

 fungus (Spheria) from its head, by Dr. Holland through Dr. Behr. 

 A specimen of a new mineral from Mexico, called by Prof. Brush 

 Durangite ; also of Ilmonite from Mariposa County, by Mr. 

 Hanks. 



A discussion on shell mound's occupied the rest of the evening. 



Regular Meeting, October 4th, 1869. 

 President in the Chair. 



Fourteen members present. 



W. H. Collie and Geo. Hobson were elected resident members 

 of the Academy. 



• Donations to the Cabinet : Specimens of the root called " Wild 

 Parsnip " by the miners in Nevada, and the dried plant with it, by 

 Dr. A. L. Stout. Iron ore, felspar, coal, and shale, from Chilchat, 

 Alaska, Lat. 59° 25', by Prof. Davidson. 



Donations to the Library : On Hydrofluoric Acid, by G. Gore, 

 F. R.»S., pam., 4to., from the author. Catal. of the Library of 

 Dr. B. F. Shumard, pam., 8vo. 



Dr. Stout read a letter from Lieut. D. L. Carpenter, U. S. A., 

 now at Ruby. Valley, Nev., giving an account of the poisoning of 

 two miners by eating the root called " AVild Parsnip." Dr. Stout 

 had prepared a concentrated tincture of the root, and found that it 

 had no effect on a frog when Introduced beneath the skin, but when 

 put into the stomach caused complete paralysis in one minute. 



