86 JOURNAL OF THE [July^ 



possible action on the matter : Dr. Edvv. G. Love, Messrs. George 

 S. VVoolman and L. Riederer. 



OBJECTS EXHIBITED. 



1. Mounts, in toto, of chick embryos of 36 and 54 hours' incu- 

 bation : by George W. Kosmak. 



2. Series of cross-sections of the 54-hour embryo : by George 

 W. Kosmak. 



3. Insect in amber : by James Walker. 



4. Living embryo leech : by Henry C. Bennett. 



5. Living Plumatella : by A. D. BALENand Frederick Kato. 



6. Curious green-colored sand from Kentucky : byF. D. Skeel. 



7. Insect in fossil gum copal from Zanzibar, Africa : by 

 George E. Ashby. 



Mr. Kosmak explained the method of preparation of his sec- 

 tions of chick embryo. 



Meeting of June ist, 1894. 



In the absence of the President and the Vice-President, Rev. 

 J. L. Zabriskie was elected Chairman. 



Fifteen persons present. 



Mr. E. Gerber was elected a Resident Member of the Society. 



The Recording Secretary read the report of Mr. George S. 

 Woolman, of the Committee on Entertainment of the American 

 Microscopical Society, stating that the said society would be 

 accommodated at the Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn. The 

 report was accepted and adopted. 



objects exhibited. 



1. Serpentine from Meissen, Saxony, polarized : by Henry C. 

 Bennett. 



2. Sunstone : by F. D. Skeel. 



3. The common scarlet leaf-hopper, Diedrocephala coccinia 

 Forst., entire : by J. L. Zabriskie. 



4. Hairs of sea mouse, Aphrodite acideata : by H. W. Calef. 



5. Pond life : by James Walker. 



6. Living cheese mites : by Thomas S. Nedham. 



7. Living Pectinatella magnifica : by A. D. Balen. 



