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OBJECTS EXHIBITED. 



1. Consecutive sagittal sections through the head of Utethesia 

 bella, L.: by L. Riederer. 



2. Fossil seeds of Chara from the Tertiary of the Isle of 

 Wight : by Geo. E. Ashby. 



3. Buhrstone from the Paris Basin, with seeds of Chara in 

 situ : by Geo. E. Ashby. 



4. Sections of Fossil Seeds of Chara : by James Walker. 



5. Section of a Conglomerate from Vesuvius, resembling Piso- 

 lite in structure, bein,g composed of large grains, which, in turn, 

 are composed of smaller grains, the whole being cemented by a 

 carbonate of lime, in which are marine shells. This formation 

 is from the ejected ashes, and shows that the sea has access to 

 the volcano, thus confirming the latest theory relating thereto : 

 by J. D. Hyatt. 



6. Conochilus volvox • 



7. Melicerta tubicularia ; 



8. Opercularia stenostoma j 



9. Actinosphczrium Eichornii ; 

 10. Floscularia ornata. 



Nos. 6-10 exhibited by Stephen Helm, 417 Putnam Ave., 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Meeting of June 2ist, 1889. 



In the absence of the President and the Vice-President, Mr. 

 Charles S. Shultz was elected Chairman. 



Nineteen persons present. 



Mr. Walter H. Mead, Chairman of the Committee on Memo- 

 rial of the death of Mr. Benjamin Braman, reported that such 

 Memorial had been furnished to the Committee on Publications. 



On motion, the Committee on the Memorial was discharged 

 with thanks. 



objects exhibited. 



1. Plumose Mica, from Canada ; by A. Woodward. 



2. Amazon Stone, from Pikes Peak, Col.: by A. Woodward. 



3. Oligoclase, from 119th St. and 5th Ave., New York City: 

 by A. Woodward. 



4. Sporangites Huronensis, from the Chicago Tunnel, 111.: by 

 A. Woodward, 



