474 ^^^ Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. VI, No. 4, 



NOTE ON ANTHURUS BOREALIS. 



D. R. SUMSTINE. 



Of the six species of Anthurus only one is known from the 

 United States, Anthurus borealis. This species was described bv 

 E. A. Burt in 1894. (Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3:504.) It 

 was reported by him from New York and Massachusetts. I 

 have not seen it reported from any other place since and conse- 

 quently this note may add another station for this interesting 

 fungus. During the summer William Marshall collected for me 

 some fungi growing in the vicinity of Ravenna, Ohio. Among 

 these was a specimen of this plant. Clare Jennings of Olena, 

 Ohio, also sent some fungi to the Carnegie Museum and in the 

 collection were several specimens of Antlmrus borealis. The 

 plants agree well with Burt's description. Some of the plants 

 had only five arms, others had six. The specimens are all in 

 the herbarium of the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg. 



Wilkinsburg, Pa., Jan. 2, 1906. 



MEETING OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB. 



Orton Hall, Dec. 4, '05. 



The Club was called to order by the President, Mr. Griggs. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The major paper of the evening was by Dr. C. B. Morrey on 

 "Some Pathogenic Protozoa." Dr. Morrey reviewed briefly the 

 known species of parasitic Protozoa and gave notes on their 

 habits, occurrence, distribution and life histories in general. 

 Parasitic Protozoa occur mainly as internal parasites of animals, 

 only one form being known to occur on plants. Parasitic Protozoa 

 are classified as beneficial, nonpathogenic and pathogenic. 

 Nearly all the orders of Protozoa have representatives among the 

 parasites, but they are especially abvmdant among the Sporozoa. 



Professors Osborn and Landacre gave brief reports of the 

 Zoological Papers presented at the Cincinnati Meeting of the 

 Ohio State Academy of Science. Professor Schaft'ner reported 

 on the Botanical Papers presented at the same meeting. 



The following persons were elected to membership: Edna 

 McCleery, Edith Hyde, Mary A. DeCamp, H. S. Hammond, 

 E. W. Berger, Oscar Himebaugh, W. B. Herms, R. L. Shields, 

 J. G. Wittenmver, C. R. Stauft'er, F. B. Grosvenor, E. I. Lichti, 

 W. E. Evans, G. D. Hubbard, A. C. Workman, C. F. Jackson 

 and Mrs. C. F. Jackson. 



The club then adjourned. 



Z. P. Metcalf, Secretary. 



Date of Publication of February Number, February IS, 1906. 



