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he had assisted the Committee on this same occasion of the 

 Annual Reception. 



On motion it was resolved: That the Curator be requested to 

 furnish the Recording Secretary, at intervals, with a list of suit- 

 able objects in the Cabinet of the Society, from which selections 

 of exhibits for the regular meetings of the Society may be made 

 when it may be desirable. 



The Chairman, Mr. J. D. Hyatt, announced the approaching 

 meeting of the American Society of Microscopists, to be held in 

 the city of Washington on the nth of August. 



OBJECTS EXHIBITED. 



I- Jigger Flea from Florida — Donation to the Cabinet and 

 preparation of Miss M. A. Booth: by J. L. Zabriskie. 



2. Statoblasts of Pluniatella: by J. D. Hyatt. 



3. Conjugation of Spirogyra iii/ida: by E. G, Love. 



4. Photomicrograph of the same: by E. G. Love. 



5. Wing of Mosquito from Panama: by T, B. Briggs. 



6. Section of Hornblende: by T. B. Briggs. 



7. Epidermal organs oi Alentzelia floridanum: by G. E. Ashby.. 



8. The ccelenterate, Obelia commissuralis: by L. Riederer. 



9. Bugula sp. with diatoms in situ: by L. Riederer. 



Meeting of May 15TH, 1891. 



The Vice-President, Mr. J. D. Hyatt, in the chair. 



Thirteen persons present. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced a communication from 

 Mr. K. M. Cunningham, of Montgomery, Alabama, accompanying 

 a donation to the Society of a packet of infusorial earth, an ex- 

 tended deposit of which earth Mr. Cunningham had lately dis- 

 covered in the neighborhood of Montgomery. The main portion, 

 of the communication consisted of the following article, relating, 

 to this subject, published by Mr. Cunningham in a late issue of 

 the Montgomery Advertiser: 



^^Discovery of a New Itifusorial Earth at Montgomery. 

 Editor Advertiser: 



** As a matter of scientific interest to your readers, I would 

 like to make known the discovery of a deposit of infusorial earthy 



