342 SOCIETV OF NATURALISTS. 



This motion as amended was adopted by the wSociety, and the 

 President appointed the following committee : S. H. Scudder, 

 Chairman ; J. S. Kingsley, Secretary ; H. F. Osborn, H. P. 

 Bowditch, and E. A. Andrews. 



The report of the Auditing Committee was received, and the 

 report of the Treasui'er was accepted by the Society. 



The Nominating Committee reported as follows: 



President. 

 Prof. Edward D. Cope, of the University of Pennsylvania. 



^ ice-Presidents. 

 Prof, William Libbey, Jr., of Princeton University. 

 Prof. W. G. Farlow, of Harvard University. 

 Prof. C. O. Whitman, of the University of Chicago. 



Secretary. 

 Prof. H. C. Bumpus, of Brown Universitv. 



Treasurer, 

 Dr. E. G. Gardiner, Boston. 



Executive Comfnittee. 

 Prof. E. B. Wilson, of Columbia College. 

 Prof. W. H. Howell, of Johns Hopkins University. 



It was moved that the Secretary be instructed to cast the ballot 

 of the Society for these officers. The motion was carried. 



Professor Bumpus called the attention of the Society to the fact 

 that tlie American table at the Naples Station was not equipped 

 with instruments, and the occupant was compelled to carry his 

 own with him, at a considerable inconvenience and expense. He 

 therefore moved that a sum, not to exceed $130, be taken from 

 the funds of the Society for the purchase of one or more micro- 

 tomes to be deposited with the Zoological Station at Naples for 

 the use of the American investigators, the instruments, however, 

 to remain the property of the Society, and that a committee of 

 three be appointed to attend to this matter. 



The Society adopted this motion, and the President appointed 



