CONTENTS. 



Pag.. 



Lilt of Officers and Directors of Sections, .... 5 



Report of Secretary, ....... 7 



Report of Treasurer, ....... 9 



Report of Curator and Librarian, . . , . .11 



Proceedings of iSbj and 1888, . . . . .15 



The Ash Bed at Meriden and its Structural Relations, by William 



rVX Morris Davis, ....... 23 



■? Ik. 



V 



The Nidus of Lunatia-heros, by Frank J. Seidensticker, . ji 



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<^ The Trap Ridges of Meriden Again, by J. H. Chapin, Ph. D., 35 



V 



"^ Some Notes of Africa, by J. H. Chapin, Ph. D., . . . 36 



Q" The Horizontal Moon, by Rev. J. F. Pettee. • • • 39 



A Supplementary List of the Birds of Meriden, Conn., by I'ranklin 



Plait, ........ 41 



A. List of the Butterflies of Meriden, Conn., by Franklin Piatt, . 42 



A List of the Forest Trees and Shrubs to be found in Meriden, 



>— » Conn., by Chas. H. S. Davis, M. D., . . . 46 



