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46. Cilia of Mussel : by J. D. Hyatt. 



47. Pulmonary Tracheae of Drone-Fly : by Edward G. 

 Day. 



48. Capillaries in Human Lung : by Edward G. Day. 



49. Composite Cluster Cups {^cidium compositarum): by 

 George E. Ashby. 



50. Sporangia of Aspidtu?H ascendens : by E. B. Grove. 



51. Arranged Diatoms: by Mark H. Eisner. 



52. Head of Wasp, showing the Mouth-parts : by Mark H. 

 Eisner. 



Meeting of March i8th, 1887. 



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



Thirty-two persons present. 



In the absence of the Secretary, Mr. M. M. LeBrun was ap- 

 pointed Secretary pro tern. 



On motion, the following recommendation of the Board of 

 Managers was adopted : — 



That the number of microscopic objects exhibited at each 

 regular meeting of the Society shall never be fewer than nine. 



That the Curator, or, in his absence, the Librarian, shall, 

 under the Curator's direction, be responsible for the exhibition 

 of the said number of objects ; that the Curator shall prepare 

 the list of objects, with suitable descriptive text, in season for 

 publication by the Committee on Publications ; and that for the 

 said services the Curator shall be paid, out of the Society's 

 Treasury, compensation at the rate of fifty dollars per annum. 



Dr. Henri Van Heurck was elected an Honorary Member of 

 the Society. 



The President appointed the Committees for the current 

 Society-year as follows : — 



I. THE STANDING COMMITTEES. 



1. On Admissions : J. D. Hyatt, Wm. Wales, F. W. Devoe, 

 F. W. Leggett, W. E. Damon. 



2. On Publications : F. W. Leggett, Lucius Pitkin, E. B. 

 SouTHwicK, P. H. Dudley, W. H. Mead. 



II. special committees. 

 I. On Entomology : J. D. Hyatt. 



