130 JOURNAL OF THE [October, 



On motion the thanks of the Society were tendered Mr. Mor- 

 ris K. Jesup, President of the Board of Trustees, and the Offi- 

 cers of the American Museum of Natural History, for their 

 kindness in granting the use of the Halls of the Museum, and 

 for their generous assistance in the matter of the late Annual 

 Exhibition of the Society. 



OBJECTS EXHIBITED. 



1. Gas carbon filaments, deposited on the edge of a burner: 

 by E. G. Love. 



2. Diatoms from the Bay of Bengal: by H. C. Bennett. 



3. Section of Cementstein from Sendai, Japan : by H. C. 

 Bennett. 



4. Living diatoms : by C. S. Shultz. 



Meeting of May 5TH, 1893. 



The President, Mr. Charles S. Shultz, in the chair. 



Sixty persons present. 



Dr. George M. Sternberg delivered the address announced 

 on the programme, entitled "Bacteria." This address was 

 most admirable for its comprehensiveness and its perspicuity, 

 and was beautifully illustrated by a most remarkable series of 

 lantern projections. 



On motion the hearty thanks of the Society were tendered 

 Dr. Sternberg. 



Meeting of May 19TH, 1893. 



The President, Mr. Charles S. Shultz, in the chair. 



Twenty-four persons present. 



Dr. Samuel Lockwood addressed the Society on *' Some 

 Phenomena in Exuviation by the Reptiles." This address was 

 illustrated by specimens and objects under microscopes, as 

 noted in the programme below, and is published in this volume 

 of the Journal, page 55. 



objects EXHIBITED. 



I. Bronze, life-size representations of Snake, Lizard, and 

 Frog. 



