62 JOURNAL OF THE [April, 



Twenty-nine persons present. 



Miss Mary A. Booth, of Longmeadow, Mass., was elected a 

 Corresponding Member of the Society. 



The Committee on Nominations of Officers, appointed at the 

 meeting of December 6th, 1889, reported their nominations of 

 the persons who were unanimously elected, as is stated below. 



The President appointed as Tellers of the election of Officers 

 Mr. H. W. Calef, and the Rev. Geo. C. F. Haas. 



The annual Reports of the Treasurer and of the Committee 

 on Publications were presented and adopted. 



The President, Mr. Charles S. Cox, delivered his Annual 

 Address, entitled " Protoplasm and the Cell Doctrine." This 

 Address is published in this number of the Journal, p. 17. 



OBJECTS EXHIBITED. 



1. The Diatom, Rhaphidodiscus Febigerii, Smith : by E. A. 



SCHULTZE. 



2. Alimentary tube of the Blue-bottle Fly, Miisca {Lucilia) 

 Coesar, L., exhibited in its entire length from oesophagus to rec- 

 tum, with some of the neighboring organs, as glands, malpighian 

 vessels, tracheae and ovarian tubes containing eggs : by L. 



RiEDERER.* 



The President announced the closing of the polls, and 

 declared the result of the balloting to be the election of the fol- 

 lowing persons as Officers of the Society for the present year : 



President, P. H. Dudley. 



Vice-President, J. D. Hyatt. 



Recording Secretary, Bashford Dean. 



Corresponding Secretary, J. L. Zabriskie. 



Treasurer, Charles S. Shultz. 



Librarian, Ludwig Riederer. 



Curator, William Beuttenmuller. 



F. W. Devoe, 

 Auditors, -j W. R. Mitchell, 

 F. W. Leggett. 



Meeting .OF January 17TH, 1890. 

 The President, Mr. P. H. Dudley, in the chair. 

 Twenty-five persons present. 

 The President delivered his Inaugural Address. 



