8 Cincinnati Society of Xatural History. 



fund .$32(3 47. At this meeting, Mr. William Colviu was elected reeord- 

 iug secretary; Mr. John M. Edwards, librarian, who Avas re-elected the 

 following j^ear ; Mr. John W. Hall jr., curator of palaeontology, iu 

 which position he was continued until April 3, 1877 ; Mr. A. G. 

 Wetherb3% curator of entomology; Dr. H. H. Hill, curator of archae- 

 ology, and has been continued in the position ever since ; and Mr. 

 Charles Dury, curator of ornithology, who continues to fill the curatoi'- 

 ship. 



No election for curator of botany having been made at the annual 

 meeting^ Mr. Paul Mohr, jr., was elected . to the position. ^lay 5. 

 and was re-elected the succeeding year. 



Mr. Charles Bodman was elected a member of the Society at the 

 meeting held September 1, 1874. 



The Society received a letter at the meeting held December, 1874, 

 from a lady, eighty years of age, containing a present of $200 00, and 

 signed, " A Friend of Science.'' It was ascertained, however, that the 

 generous donor was Mrs. Abbe Warren, residing at No. 299 George 

 street, iu Cincinnati. 



At the meeting held April 6, 1875, it appeared from the Treasur- 

 er's report that the receipts from members' dues were $558 30 ; from 

 Mrs. Abbe Warren, donation $200 00; and interest on invested funds, 

 $26 08; which, added to the balance in the treasury from the previous 

 year, amounted to $1,025 19. The expenditures for the year amounted 

 to $531 46, leaving a balance of $493 73 ; of this latter sum $400 00 

 had been placed at interest. In addition to this, the sum of $351 45. 

 which was received from the Western Academy, was safely invested, 

 and further that the building fund had during the j-ear been increased 

 by collection of subscriptions, and accrued interest, to the sum of $499 85 ; 

 making a total of all funds to the credit of the Society, $1,345 03, At this 

 meeting, Mr. S. A. Miller was elected president; Mr. Horatio Wood 

 was elected second vice-president; Mr. L. M. Hosea, correspouding 

 secretary, to which office he was re-elected the next year; Dr. J. F. 

 Judge, recording secretary, in which office he has been continued to 

 this time; Dr. J. H. Hunt, treasurer; Prof A. G. Wetherby, curator 

 of conchology, in which position he has since remained; Mr. George 

 W. Harper, curator of entomology ; and Prof A. J. Howe, curator of 

 compai'ative anatomy, since which time he has been annually re-elected 

 to the position. 



At the meeting held May 4, 1875, the president, Mr. S. A. INI i Her. 

 read a " Review of the Glacial Theory, as presented in the Ohio Geologi- 

 cal Survey," which was published in the July number of the Cincinnati 

 Quarterly Journal of Science. 



Prof A. G. Wetherby read a paper, entitled " Descriptions of Lepi- 

 dopterous Larva% with remarks on their habits and affinities." at the 



