8 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



On old bark of Beech; rare. Tubules in my specimens 1-2 

 mm. long, crowded and somewhat fasciculate; in its younger state 

 granuliform, soon annuliform, at length becoming cylindric and 

 enlarged u])ward ; externally silky with appressed hairs. 



2. S. OCHRACEA, Hoffm. Scattered, clavate-cylindric, tomen- 

 tose, ochraceous, white within. 



On rotten wood of Maple; rare. Tubules less than a mill- 

 meter in length, about .6 mm. in my specimens, and covered with 

 short rigid hairs ; they do not seem scattered to the naked eye, 

 but the lens shows that they are not crowded. The species is 

 closely related to S. anoinala, Pers. but the tubules of the latter 

 rest upon a distinct floccose subiculum, while the mycelium of 

 the former is scarcely apparent. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting ov January 5, 1886. 

 President Harper in the chair and seventeen members 

 present. 



The following names were proposed for membership.- 



Miss Fanny Field, Miss Elsie C. Field, 



Miss M. C. Collins, Miss Helen L. Herron, 



Dr. W. W. Dawson, J. E. Bruce, 



Howard Barney. 



The following were elected regular members : 

 Rev. H. D. Waller, John H. Warder, 



Geo. W. Eger, Dr. W. K. Boylan, 



Joseph Nichols, Dr. B. M. Ricketts, 



T. B. Collier, Miss Anna M. Brown, 



S. vS. Baissler, Warner Galway. 



Mr. William Beer then read, by invitation, a paper of Roman 

 Remains in Britain. He spoke especially of the Roman Wall, 

 which extended from New Castle-on-Tyne across England to Car- 

 lisle on the western coast, describing the aspect of the country and 

 the appearance of the Wall together with the manner in which it 

 was built and its purpose. 



The committee on Rules for Sections made a report, and the 

 following rules were adopted : 



