88 JOURNAL OF THE [January, 



Messrs. A, S. Brown and Thomas Craig were elected resident 

 members of the Society, 



On motion of Mr. W. H. Mead, Prof. Samuel Lockwood, Ph.D., 

 was invited to address the Society, on such subject and at such 

 time as would suit his own convenience. 



Mr. L. Riederer described the sections of the Head of the 

 House-fly exhibited by him, as announced in the present pro- 

 gramme. This exhibit consisted of several hundred consecutive 

 sections, stained, fixed and mounted on nine slides. 



The President illustrated his exhibit by a black-board draw- 

 ing, and read a description of the same. This description is 

 published in this number of the Journal, p. 80. The President 

 also donated this slide to the Cabinet of the Society. 



Mr. George F. Kunz described liis exhibit of sections of Me- 

 teorite, and of Meteoric Iron, and donated to the Library of the 

 Society, reprints of Articles, published by him, as follows : — 



1. "On the New Artificial Rubies," from Transactions of the 

 New York Academy of Sciences, Oct. 4th, 18S6 



2. " Two new Meteorites from Carroll Co., Kentucky, and 

 Catorze, Mexico," from The American Journal of Science, Vol. 

 xxxiii., March, 1887. 



3. " Meteoric Iron, which fell near Cabin Creek, Johnson Co., 

 Arkansas, March 27th, 1886," from The American Journal of 

 Science, Vol. xxxiii., June, 1887. 



4. " Gold and Silver Ornaments from Mounds of Florida," 

 from The American Antiquarian, July, 1887, read at the Buffalo 

 meeting of the Am. Association for the Adv. of Science. 



5. " Gold Ornaments from the United States of Columbia," 

 from The American Antiquarian, September, 1887. 



Mr. Charles E. Pellew, M. E,, addressed the Society upon 

 " The History of the Comma Bacillus," and described his 

 exhibits of the same. 



Dr. William H. Bates addressed the Society on " The History 

 of Asiatic Cholera." This address is published in ihis number 

 of the Journal, p. 12. 



Dr. L. Schoney addressed the Society on " Neurosis of 

 Cholera." This address is published in this number of the 

 Journal, p. 15. 



Mr. P. H. Dudley, C. E., being unavoidably absent, a com- 

 munication by him on " The Comma Bacillus, the reputed cause 



