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toplasm had been withdrawn. Sanford Omensetter exhibited 

 a living specimen of the dog tick {Dermacentor electus). 

 On motion adjourned. 



September 2, 1909. — Regular monthly meeting, Presi- 

 dent Palmer in the chair. Routine reports of committees and 

 officers. Additions to the library were announced as follows : 

 Fox Hunting and History of the Rose Tree Fox Hunting 

 Club, and the History of the Eyre and Ashmead Families, 

 both by George E. Darlington, Esq. ; eight volumes of the 

 Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Tubercu- 

 losis. The following Programme Committee for the Winter 

 Course of Meetings was appointed by the chair : — Alberts. 

 Barker, Robinson Tyndale and Henry L. Broomall. Director 

 Albert S. Barker, of Section A, made a very gratifying report 

 of the work of the Section. Edward V. Streeper, Jr., on 

 behalf of Mr. Gustav Edling, of Philadelphia, presented a 

 handsome specimen of Madrepore Coral from Jamaica. Pre- 

 sident Palmer exhibited a specimen of Cicada in a state of 

 coma produced by the sting of the Digger Wasp (Sp/icr/us 

 speciosiis). After discussion the meeting adjourned. 



October 7, 1909. — Regular monthly meeting. President 

 T. Chalkley Palmer presiding. Reports of committees. Cur- 

 ators, etc. The Committee on Programme reported arrange- 

 ments made for the Winter Course of Meetings as follows : — 

 First Thursday of each month, business meeting; second 

 Thursday, lecture ; third Thursday, Section A ; fourth Thurs- 

 day, lecture. Robinson Tyndale presented to the museum a 

 Chinese bow and arrows, which had formed part of the mili- 

 tary equipment of a company of soldiers recruited from the 

 interior of China during the recent war with Japan. C. M. 

 Broomall spoke of some recent observations of a group of 

 sun spots visible at the present time. After a general discus- 

 sion on astronomical topics the meeting adjourned. 



