near the family Heteroceridse. Among the fossil plants 

 were sprigs of a supposed coniferous tree, Vbltzia, a 

 characteristic Triassic plant in Europe. 



Dr. Packard also gave an account of the discovery of 

 organs of special sense in the abdominal appendages of 

 Ghrysopila, a fly allied to Leptis. He thought they were 

 possibly olfactory organs, like those he had discovered in 

 the jointed abdominal appendages of the cockroach. He 

 referred to similar little sacs situated in the palpi of Perla 

 next the mouth, and thought they were perhaps organs of 

 smell. 



Prof. A. E. Vekkill, of Yale College, gave a brief 

 sketch of the marine fauna of Eastport, Me., and spoke 

 of the unusually favorable opportunities for collecting. 



MARINE FAUNA OF EASTPORT, ME. 



Eastport Harbor is somewhat quadrangular in form, about one and a 

 half miles wide and three long, partially bounded on the east and south 

 by the Island of Campo Bello, which is about nine miles in length, and 

 on the west by Moose Island, on which Eastport is situated, while on 

 the north-east it is protected by Deer Island. Indian Island, and numer- 

 ous smaller islands. It has four outlets. The largest and deepest is tin- 

 broad channel between Campo Bello and Indian Island, which is 40 

 to 70 fathoms deep and communicates directly with the Baj r of Fund}^. 

 In this channel the tides flow with great velocity and power, and the 

 bottom is stony and, ledgy throughout, in some cases consisting of 

 smooth, nearly clean, round stones, like paving-stones, on which only 

 a few Foraminifera. Bryozoa, Ascidians, and Actiniae can maintain a 

 permanent home. Between Deer Island and Indian Island on the 

 east and Moose Island on the west, there is another broad and 

 deep channel, in some places 50 to GO fathoms deep, with a rough, 

 rocky bottom. This channel is several miles in length and communi- 

 cates with the Bay of St. Audrews at the mouth of the St. Croix 

 River. This bay is about 15 miles across, and consequently an im- 

 mense volume of water must pass through the channel during every 

 ebb and flow of the tide, which produces so powerful a current that it 

 is useless to attempt to row a boat of any kind against or across the 

 current, except when it slacks near high or low water. Dredging in 



