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lady members, whose gay appare! and handsome faces gave us the 
appearance of being more bent upon pleasure than science. But 
such delusion, however, was quickly dispelled upon hearing them 
learnedly discoursing upon infusoria, entomostraco, etc., especially 
when Mr. Chas. Fellows would empty the handsome silk net, with 
which he was skimming the surface of the lake amidships, while 
Prof. Kellicott at the bow and Prof. Stowell at the stern were sweep- 
ing the bottom of the lake with their weighted dredge nets at 
depths of fifty to seventy feet, ably assisted by Messrs. Oviatt and 
Sergeant. 
Part of the apparatus was made especially for Prof. Kellicott, 
while the rest was loaned for the purpose by the United States fish 
commissioner. 
This expedition, while a new departure, was a complete suc- 
cess, and will undoubtedly be repeated at future sessions, when 
rendered possible by proximity to lakes or rivers. While the find 
was only casually looked over, some new forms were discovered, 
especially Heptodoca Hyalina a beautiful crustacea, heretofore not 
obtained in this part of the country. 
Thursday proved the day of days. So when Prof. Burrill an- 
nounced the opening, the attendance was about doubled and in- 
creased interest manifested. After the eleetion of new members, 
the appointing of the nominating committee resulted harmoniously 
in the selection of Dr. H. J. Detmers, J. D. Cox, H. L. Smith, O. C. 
Mellor, H. D. Kendal, John Sloan and Edward Bausch. 
Dr. Jas. 8. Reeves of Wheeling, W. Va., described “ A Section 
Flattener,’ which he had devised and found useful, consisting of a 
strip of paper glued to a wire the ends of which were bent over the 
knife blade. _ 
Dr. Charles E. West, of Brooklyn, then read a paper entithed 
“Forty years with the Microscope,” detailing how in 1842 he had 
secured his first instrument, endorsed as the best, Cheralier had 
ever made. From this on his interest had never flagged, purchas 
ing improved objectives on their first appearance, including one- 
fiftieth inch. It was understood that Dr. West had at one time 
owned ninety objectives. 
“A further study of centimeter scale ‘ A,’” by M. D. Ewell, of 
Chicago, was read by Professor Rogers. This scale is owned by 
the society aud was made and compared by Professor Rogers with 
