420 PROCEEDINGS OP THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



The following papers were presented by title : — 

 Studies from the Newport Marine Laboratory, communi- 

 cated by Alexander Agassiz. A Preliminary Account of the 

 Development and Histology of the Eyes in the Lobster. By 

 G. H. Parker. 



List of Plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer, in 1887, 

 at Guaymas, Sonora, and at Los Angeles Bay and adjacent 

 Localities in Lower California. By Sereno Watson. 



Eight hundred and sixteenth Meeting. 



November 14, 1888. — Adjourned Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Letters were read from John Evans and Henry Sidgwick, 

 acknowledging their election as Foreign Honorary Members ; 

 also, a letter from George Brown Goode, acknowledging his 

 election as Associate Fellow. 



The following papers were presented : — 



A New Galvanic Cell. Bv Amos E. Dolbear. 



The Strength of the Microphone Current as influenced by 

 ' Variations in Normal Pressure and Mass of the Electrodes. 

 By Annie W. Sabine. 



Researches on Microphone Currents. By Charles R. Cross 

 and Annie W. Sabine. 



The Strength of the Current of the Magneto Telephone as 

 influenced by Variations in the Strength of the Magnet. By 

 Charles R. Cross and Arthur S. Williams. 



Eight hundred and seventeenth Meeting. 



December 12, 1888. — Monthly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Dr. Charles S. Minot presented a paper entitled "Researches 

 on the Problem of Growth and Death." 



