l897-] SCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS. 25I 



Miss Kate Andrews, Mr. E. L. Potter and Mr. George 

 H. Chadwick were elected to active membership. 



Mr. Elbert L. Potter, assistant to Professor Henry A. Ward, 

 upon his recent Australian trip, gave a lecture entitled : 



COLLECTING ON THE CORAL REEFS OF AUSTRALIA. 



The lecture was illustrated by lantern views and some fine speci- 

 mens of coral were exhibited. 



April 13, 1897. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library. President 

 Fairchild in the chair. About one hundred ten persons present. 



Dr. S. H. Linn gave a lecture on 



RUSSIA. 

 The lecture was illustrated by a large number of lantern views. 



April 27, 1897, 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library. President 

 Fairchild in the chair. One hundred ten persons present. 



Mr. John Walton showed colored drawings of a mollusc, new 

 to this locality, Vivipara contedoides Binney, also a drawing of 

 Planorbis hirsida (?), both found in the canal. 



Mr. John S. Wright exhibited a series of lantern views from 

 photographs taken by himself, illustrating 



SCENERY AND LIFE IN GREECE, THESSALY, 

 CONSTANTINOPLE AND SYRIA. 



^Iay II, 1897. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library, the President in 

 the chair, fifty-five persons present. 



Mrs. Alfred Burrows and Mr. E. Howard Eaton were 

 elected to active membership. 



