THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Cincinnati oocietv of ixatural Historv. 



VOL X. CINCINNATI, OCTOBER, 1887. No. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Business Meeting, y///r 5///, 1887. 



President Skinner in chair, 21 members present. 



Minutes of April meeting read and approved. 



The following persons were elected to membership, Dr. E. G. 

 Betty, Chas. P. Fennel, Miss Louise Horsely, Dr. James G. Hynd- 

 man, Omar T. Joslyn, John Moneith, Warren K. Morehead, Dr 

 T. A. Reamy, Miss Louise Stewart, Miss Belle Woods. On mo- 

 tion the reading of the minutes of llie Executive Board was omit- 

 ted. 



Dr. O. D. Norton was elected to fill the vacancy in the Exec- 

 utive Board, by reason of the resignation of Mr. Geo. Bullock. 



l"he committee appointed at the previous meeting to audit 

 the report of the treasurer reported the accounts correct. 



Mr. Fisher's resolution to amend the By-Laws by inserting the 

 word "Corresponding" in Section i of Article 6 was amended by 

 Mr. Knight bv adding the word "Honorary'". The amendment 

 was accepted by Mr. Fisher and the amendment laid over for 

 another month. 



Prof. Jos. F. James read, by title, an elaborate paper on "The 

 Monticuliporoid Corals of the Cincinnati Group with a critical 

 review of the species. " The speaker took occasion to remark that 

 the paper was contributed by his father Mr. U. P. James and him- 

 self. He stated that Mr. James has the largest collection of these 

 fossils in existence and has made a careful study of their internal 

 and external characteristics. He remarked further, that they had 

 attempted a classification of the species upon the external charac- 



