456 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [(3ct., 



October 6. 

 Mr. Frank J. Keeley in the Chair. 



Twelve persons present. 



The Secretaries, Librarian and Curators reported on the work accom- 

 pHshed during the summer vacation. 



The Publication Committee reported that papers under the fol- 

 lowing titles had been presented for publication since the last meeting : 



" Description of Trachypterus seleniris, a New Species of Ribbon 

 Fish from Monterey Bay, California," by John Otterbein Snyder 

 (May 30). 



" Some Polychsetous Annelids from the Northern Pacific Coast of 

 North America," by J. Percy Moore (June 16). 



"An Orthopterological Reconnaissance of the Southwestern United 

 States: Part II, Arizona," by James A. G. Rehn and Morgan Hebard 

 (June 26). 



''Notes on the Distribution of Colorado Mammals, with a Descrip- 

 tion of a New Species of Bat (Eptesicus pallid us)," by Robert T. 

 Young (July 16). 



"Some Effects of Environment on the Growth of Lymnaea columella 

 Say," by Harold Sellers Colton (July 25). 



"The Directive Influence of Light on the Growth of Forest Plants," 

 by John W. Harshberger, Ph.D. (August 9). 



"A Comparison of the Land-Snail Fauna of Korea with the Faunas 

 of Japan and China," by Henry A. Pilsbry (September 5). 



"The Composition and Ecological Relations of the Odonate Fauna 

 of Mexico and Central America," by Philip P. Calvert (September 17). 



The deaths of the following members were announced : Samuel 

 G. Rosengarten, May 15, 1908; Stephen Greene, May 21, 1908; Benja- 

 min Bullock, March 4, 1908; Ehzabeth S. Bladen, August 19, 1908; 

 Jacob F. Holt, August 3, 1908, and William G. Freedly, October 3, 

 1908. 



In announcing the death of William S. Vaux, Jr., which occurred 

 July 23, 1908, the Secretary remarked that it inflicted a loss of which 

 the Academy is immediately conscious. He was born April 1, 

 1872, and continued the traditions of his family by manifesting an 

 active interest in the work and well-being of the Academy. He con- 

 tributed to the Proceedings, in conjunction with his brother, important 



