THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



the years 1870 and 1873, while he was American Consul at Mau- 

 ritius. Copious notes supplement the information conveyed by 

 the sketches and some are further elucidated by means of careful 

 drawings of the anatomy of the fish. 



LECTURES. 



In October the regular courses of lectures to the Members of 

 the Museum, to the teachers and to the children of the public 

 schools will be resumed in accordance with programmes to be 

 issued later. The courses of "Free Lectures to the People" 

 which are given in co-operation with the City Board of Education 

 will likewise begin in October and continue to the middle of 

 December as usual. 



MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



The New York Academy of Sciences will hold its regular 

 meetings at the Museum in accordance with the following pro- 

 gramme : 



October 3. — Business Meeting and Section of Astronomy, 

 Physics and Chemistry. 



October 10. — Section of Biology. 



October 17. — Section of Geology and Mineralogy. 



October 24. — Section of Anthropology and Psychology. 



November 7. — Business Meeting and Section of Astronomy, 

 Physics and Chemistry. 



November 14. — Section of Biology. 



November 21. — Section of Geology and Mineralogy. 



November 28. — Section of Anthropology and Psychology. 



December 5. — Business Meeting and Section of Astronomy, 

 Physics and Chemistry. 



December 12. — Section of Biology. 



December 19. — Annual Meeting. 



December 26. — Section of Geology and Mineralogy. 



The Linnaean Society and the New York Entomological 

 Society will resume their meetings at the Museum in October. 

 Specific announcements in regard to the meetings of all these 

 societies will be made in the "Weekly Science Bulletin" of the 

 Scientific Alliance of New York. 



88 



