624 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



November 6, 1893. — Stated Mketing. 

 The President iu the chair. 



Douatious to the mnseiim were reported from Dr. O. V. Thayei', O. John- 

 son, Herman P. Eawson, J. G. F. Eitel, Mrs. T. H. Hittell, R. C. Mc- 

 Gregor, James F. Noimnau, E. N. Simpson, L. G. Yates, B. M. Neweomb, 

 Joseph Peccoroni, Dudley G. Stone, J. M. Barrickmau, S. J. Holmes, Mr. 

 Ankellie, Mrs. von Hoffman, Miss Anna Larensen, Mrs. Andrew Kohler, 

 Frank H. Vaslit, H. E. Taylor, H. W. Dickinson. W. G. Blunt, Mr. Stew- 

 art, E. H. Fiske, Dr. J. C. Hawver, Dr. J. G. Cooper, J. L. Lockwood, 

 Henry E. Carson, Cjqjriano Dodero, E. K. Stevenot, Alex. Bednawski, J. 

 Z. Davis and Mrs. T. S.Brandegee. 



Additions to Library: 



From correspondents .^21 



By purchase 345 



By donation 8 



The following parsers were read by title: 



Eeport on Mexican Hymenoi^tera jjrincipally from Lower California. 

 By William J. Fox. 



On a collection of Formicidpefrom Lower California and Sonora, Mexico. 

 By Theo. Pergande. 



Tunicata of the Pacific Coast of North America. 1 — Perojihora anuec- 

 tens. By William E. Eitter. 



Theodore H. Hittel read a paper on Oysters in San Francisco Bay. 



December 4, 1893. — Stated Meeting. 

 The President in the chair. 



Donations to the museum were reported from T. H. Hittell, J. M. Ti- 

 noco, W. O. Emerson, John Zachert, J. C. Hawver, A. C. Arnold, Samuel 

 C. Irving and W. B. Hunt. 



Additions to Library: 

 From correspondents 191 



By purchase 39 



By donation 6 



The following papers were read by title: 

 On California Eudrilidre. By Gustav Eiseu. 

 Eevision of Ceauothus. By Katharine Brandegee. 



Dr. Gustav Eisen gave a preliminary report on the Lower California 

 expedition. 



