1894-] NEW-YORK MICROSCO'PICAL SOCIETY. 87' 



Meeting of June 15TH, 1894. 



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



Thirteen persons present. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a communication from Mr. 

 K. M. Cunningham, dated Mobile, Ala., June 7th, 1894, an- 

 nouncing to the Society that he had, in a manner most satis- 

 factory to himself, just succeeded in perfecting the proof that 

 the diatom belongs to the animal kingdom. 



OBJECTS exhibited. 



1. Section of conglomerate from the drift of Long Island, 

 N. Y. : by James Walker. 



2. The curious parasitic wasp, Ceratomiis sp.? by J. L. Za- 



BRISKIE. 



3. Flowers of Viiicetoxicum acuminatum with captured mosqui- 

 toes : by.T. B. Briggs. 



4. Androconium scales of wing of the butterfly, Pieris rapce. .' 

 by E. G. Love. 



5. Circulation in Nitella, from Crotona Park, N. Y. : by F. W. 

 Leggett. 



6. Living Volvox globator : by A. D. Balen. 



Objects from the Society s Cabinet. 



7. Group of foraminifera. 



8. Group of foraminifera and spicules. 



9. Group of foraminifera^ Spirolina austriaca. 



10. Foraminifera from the Levant. 



11. Section of orbitolite. 



12. Section of Polystomella scrobiculata. 



Mr. Briggs stated that his specimen of Vincetoxicum was from 

 the gardens of Mr. Charles A. Dana. The mosquitoes are at- 

 tracted and held captive by the very viscid nectar of the flowers. 



Dr. Love with blackboard drawings explained the situation 

 and structure of the " androconium^^ scales of the butterfly wing. 

 They are found only on the wing of the male, and are supposed 

 to be scent organs. 



Mr. Leggett said that his specimen of Nitella was taken from a 

 small pool of exceedingly foul water in Crotona Park, where the 

 plant was growing in astonishing luxuriance. 



