122 JOURNAL OF THE [April, 



OBJECTS FROM THE SOCIETY'S CABINET. 



2 2. Sertularia from New Zealand. 



23. Arsenious Oxide Crystals. 



24. Transverse section of Rhizome of Wild Yam, Dioscorea 

 villosa. 



25. Proboscis of the Horse-Fly, Tabanus atratus. 



26. Foraminifera from Dog's Bay, Connemara, Ireland. 



MEETING OF DECEMBER i6tH, 1887. 



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

 Forty-eight persons present. 



On motion of Mr. Walter H. Mead the order of business was 

 suspended, with the exception of attention to the following 

 matters, viz. — the nomination and election of members, the Re- 

 port of the Committee on nomination of Officers, and the Re- 

 port of the Committee on the Annual Reception. 



The Rev. K. F. Junor, M. D., was elected a Resident Member. 



The Committee on nomination of Officers for the ensuing 

 year presented their report. 



Prof. Samuel Lockwood, Ph. D., addressed the Society on 

 " The Pathology of Pollen in ^stivis, or Hay-Fever." This 

 Address was illustrated by herbarium-specimens of the Rag- 

 weed and Golden-rod, by slides of Pollens of the same under 

 microscopes, and by drawings of the same Pollens, and is printed 

 in full in this number of the Journal, p. 99. 



On the conclusion of the Address the thanks of the Society 

 were tendered Prof. Lockwood. 



MEETING OF JANUARY 6tH, i888. 



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



Thirty-two persons present. 



The President presented a brief Report upon the condition 

 of the Society. 



