78 JOURNAL OF THE [May, 



Previously to this find, the distribution list comprised only 

 three localities; namely, 



Gaspe Bay, mouth of the river St. Lawrence, i6 fathoms 

 (Dawson). 



Lively Harbor, Disco, Greenland, 5 to 20 fathoms (Norman). 



Deva Bay, Spitzbergen, 7 fathoms (Robertson). 



T now add the fourth : 



Portland Harbor, Peak's and Great Hog Islands, 4 to 13 

 fathoms (Woodward). 



These foraminifera are about one-eighteenth of an inch in 

 length ; the chambers are composed of grains of sand strongly 

 cemented together. The walls, however, are thin and brittle, 

 and it is almost impossible to select them from the sand in 

 which they are found without breaking, excei)t by taking them 

 up with a bristle. 



PROCEEDINGS. 

 Meeting of April 2D, 18S6. 

 The President, the Rev. J. L. Zabriskie, in the chair. 

 Tiiirty-two persons present. 



OBJECTS EXHIBITED. 



1. Sections of Ccntaiiea vulgaris, var. Americana, A. DC. : 

 by P. H. Dudley. 



2. Streptococcus Vaccince, Animal : by W. H. Bates, M. D. 



3. Streptococcus Vaccines, Humanized : by W. H. Bates, M. D. 

 .|. Spiral Fibre of Banana Stalk : by J. L. Zabriskie. 



5. Ouvarovite (Chrome Garnet) from Oxford, Canada : by 

 G. F. KuNZ. 



6. Native Iron from Ovifak, Greenland : by G. F. Kunz. 



structure of castanea vulgaris. 



Mr. Dudley read a paper on the structure of Castanea vulga- 

 ris, which constitutes the third article in this Number of the 

 Journal. 



In response to inquiries, Mr. Dudley further stated, that the 

 large ducts described by him extended through what would rep- 

 resent one year's growth, and are continuous from year to year ; 



