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39. Diatoms. Type-Plate of 378 forms, from i\\t Holothuridea 

 of the China Sea : by E. A. Schultze. 



40. Objects from fresh-water Aquaria : by William G. 

 DeWitt. 



41. Markings on a Diatom : by William Wales. 



42. Illuminating organ of the Glow- Worm, Lampyris noctiluca : 

 by T. Craig. 



43 and 44. Compound eye of Peacock Butterfly, Vanessa lo, 

 shown in consecutive sections : by Ludwig Riederer. 



45. Scale of the Amber-Fish : by Kenneth F. Junor. 



46. Tongue of House-fly, Musca domestica : by C. W. 

 McAllister. 



47. Stamens and Pollen of the Mallow, Malva rotundifolia : 

 by William Beuttenmuller. 



48. Foraminifera, from New Jersey : by James Walker. 



49. Section of Granite : by T. B. Briggs. 



50. Section of "Quill " of the Porcupine, Hystrix cristata : by 

 E. B. Southwick. 



51 and 52. Termites, or White Ants, from Colon, South 

 America : by P. H. Dudley. 



Meeting of March 2D, 1888. 

 The President, Mr. Charles F. Cox, in the chair. 

 Twenty-three persons present. 



OBJECTS exhibited. 



1. The longitudinal-radial section of the wood of the Sugar 

 Pine, Pinus Lambertiana, Dougl. : by J. L. Zabriskie. 



2. Section of Coal, showing woody structure : by P. H. 

 Dudley. 



3. Section of Chlorastolite, from Isle Royal, Lake Superior : 



by James Walker. 



4. Thread-cells, from tentacle of Portuguese Man-of-War, 

 Physalia pelagica : by Charles F. Cox. 



5. Thread-cells, of the Bermuda Madrepore, Isophyllia dip- 

 sacea : by Charles F. Cox. 



6. Skin of Chameleon : by J. D. Hyatt. 



7. The Lord's Prayer, written by Mr. Webb, of London : by 

 C. S. Shultz. 



objects from the society's cabinet. 



8. Hair of Rat. 



9. Hair of Badger. 



