192 RECORDS. 



United States Fish Commission at Woods Hole, Mass. Pro- 

 fessor Calkins studied the relation of Protozoa to cancer and 

 smallpox. Professor Crampton continued the accumulation of 

 data relating to selection in Lepidoptera. Mr. Bigelow studied 

 the early embryology of some crustaceans. Mr. Yatsu experi- 

 mented on regulation and organization of nemertean eggs. 

 Professor Wilson at Naples studied problems of localization and 

 mosaic development of molluscan eggs. 



M. A. Bigelow, 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 



October 19, 1903. 



Section met at 8:15 P. M., Professor James F. Kemp pre- 

 siding. There were no minutes to be read. Notice of the 

 election of officers of the Section at the November meeting was 

 read. 



The following program was then offered : 



G. F. Kunz, Bismuth (native) and Bismite from San Ber- 

 nardino Co., Cal. (Read by title.) 



G. F. Kunz, Californite (Vesuvianite) ; a new Ornamen- 

 tal Stone. (Read by title.) 



E. 0. Hovey, Observations on the i 902-1903 Eruptions 

 Mt. Pele, Martinique. 



Summary of Papers. 



The main paper of the evening consisted of a lecture by Mr. 

 Hovey on the principal events in the volcanic history of the 

 island of Martinque during the last year and a half He de- 

 scribed the phenomena of the eruptions, the mud-torrents and 

 mud-flows, the attendant and subsequent aqueous erosion on 

 the slopes of the mountain, the rise and vicissitudes of the new 

 cone of eruption and its wonderful spine or obelisk. The lec- 

 ture was illustrated with about 95 lantern slides from negatives 

 taken by the author on the two expeditions which he has made 



