684 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Oct.j 



October 4. 

 The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., in the Chair. 



Eighteen persons present. 



The Secretary reported that papers under the following titles had 

 l)een received on the dates given, and accepted for publication since 

 the last meeting: 



''Comparative Age of the Different Floristic Elements of Eastern 

 North America," by John W. Harshberger, Ph.D. (May 28). 



"The Fishes of Nantucket," by Dr. Benjamin Sharp and Henry W. 

 Fowler (May 31). 



''The Morphology and ^letamorphosis of the Alimentary Canal of 

 the Mosquito," by M. T. Tliomson (June 6). Transferred to the Ento- 

 mological Section. 



"Notes on Orthoptera from Northern and Central Mexico," by James 

 A. G. Rchn(Junc 11). 



"Notes on Orthoptera from Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado," 

 by James A. G. Rehn (June 29). 



"Variability and Autonomy of Phataria," by Sarah P. Monks (July 

 12). 



"Notes on a Collection of California Mammals," by Witmer Stone 

 (July 13). 



"On a Collection of Birds and Mammals from j\It. Sanhedrim, Cali- 

 fornia," by Witmer Stone and A. S. Bunnell (July 13). 



"On certain Rhachiglossate Gastropoda eliminated from the 

 Aquillidffi," by H. A. Pilsbry and E. G. Vanatta (July 23). 



"Studies in the Orthopterous Subfamilies Acrydiinse (Tettiginse), 

 EumastacinjE and Proscopinse," by James A. G. Rehn (August 17). 

 ^ "Three Odd Incidents in Ant-Life," by Adele M. Fielde (August 27). 



"The Structure and Development of the Compound Eye of the 

 Honey-Bee," by Everett Franklin Phillips (August 30). 



"New Chilopods," by Ralph Y. Chamberlin (September 2). 



"Description of New Land Snails of the Japanese Empire," by H. A. 

 Pilsbry and Y. Hirase (September 6). 



"The Development and Structure of the Larva of Paragordius," b}- 

 Thomas H. Montgomery, Jr. (September 9). 



