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THE MUSEUM. 



Stations of the World." This very in- 

 teresting paper enumerated all the im- 

 portant labratories and other stations 

 and described the work of the famous 

 biologists in Europe, Asia, America 

 and elsewhere and was greatly enjoyed 

 "by the Academy. 



Dr. Robert H. Wolcott read a pa- 

 per entitled "Methods of Collecting 

 and Preserving Water Mites" and ex- 

 hibited prepared specimens ready for 

 study. 



In a paper entitled "The Southern 

 Maidenhair Fern in the Black Hills." 

 Dr. Charles E. Bessey gave an inter- 

 esting account of finding this southern 

 fern near Cascade, South Dakota, 

 where it grows along a stream which 

 is fed by warm springs. 



A very interesting paper upon "The 

 Second Year's Flora of a Dried-up 

 Millpond" a continuation of a paper 

 presented at the last annual meeting 

 was read by Mr. C. J. Elmore. Mr. 

 Elmore intends to continue his work 

 upon this same subject during the 

 coming year. 



Numerous valuable and instructive 

 papers were presented to the Academy 

 ami ng which were: "One to One 

 C irespondence, " by Dr. EUery W. 

 Davis; "A Determination of the Lati- 

 tude of the Observatory"(of the Uni of 

 Nebraska at Lincoln), with charts and 

 maps, by Professor Goodwin D. Swe- 

 zey; "Obituary of Professor Wells H. 

 Skinner" by Mr. A. T. Bell; "The 

 Growth of Children" by Professor 

 William W. Hastings; ''Tliorca, a Re- 

 cently Discovered Seaweed of the Lin- 

 coln, Neb., Flora," by Messrs. A. A. 

 Hunter and E. G. Sedgewick; "On 

 the Poisonousness of Pure Water" by 

 Dr. A. S. VonMansfelde; "What is 

 Phyto-geography.?" by Dr. Roscoe 

 Pound; "Some New Grasshoppers and 

 Other Related Insects from Argen- 

 tina" by Professor Lawrence Bruner; 

 "Hpw Some Pistils Close Up" by Mr. 

 Ernest A Bessey; "A New Bird Tape- 

 worn^" by Mr. George E. Condra, who 

 mentioned that in nineteen Sandpipers 



examined their stomachs contained 

 from one (i) to fifty-fix (56) taenia 

 each. The species suffering most 

 from these parasites was found to be 

 Tringa fuscisollis; 'Observations on 

 the Leonid Meteors of i8g8" by Pro- 

 fessor G. D. Swezey (with charts 

 showing the course of a large number 

 of the meteors as observed from three 

 different stations at one time); "On 

 the Occurrence of a Fresh-wafer Ne- 

 mertine in Nebraska" by Mr. A. B. 

 Lewis; "Notes on the Falling of 

 Leaves of a Cottonwood Tree" by Mr. 

 C. J. Elmore; "The Hydrachmidaa of 

 Nebraska," a systematic review of the 

 water-mites in this state and also 

 describing a new genns and sixteen 

 new species by Dr. R. H. Wolcott; 

 "Preliminary Remarks upon Some 

 New White River Geodes" with sev- 

 eral specimens for examination, by 

 Miss Carrie A. Barbour; "Botanical 

 Notes for the Year of 1898" by Dr. 

 C. E. Bessey. 



On the evening of November 25th 

 Professor Lawrence Bruner delivered 

 a very interesting lecture upon the 

 "Flora and Fauna of Argentina," 

 which was illustrated by stereopticon 

 views of scenery, plants and animals 

 of the South American Republic. 

 Professor Bruner spent nearly two 

 years in Argentina in 1897-98, study- 

 ing the locusts and grasshoppers and 

 his discourse upon the subject was as 

 viewed from the eyes of a naturalist 

 and observer. 



At the closing business session the 

 following officers were elected: Pro- 

 fessor Goodwin D. Swezey, President; 

 Dr. Harold Gifford; Vice-president; 

 Professor Lawrence Bruner, Secre- 

 tary-Custodian. Mr. George A. Love- 

 land, Treasurer. 



Alexander Agassiz, J. M. Coulter, 

 Samuel H. Scudder, Joseph LeConte, 

 Simon Newcomb, Otto Kuntze and 

 Victor Henson were elected honorary 

 members of the Academy. 



ISADOR S. TrOSTLER, 



Omaha, Nebraska. 



