PROCEEDINGS. 629 



Theo. Pergaude, Ou a collection of ForinicidiB from Lower California 

 and Sonora, Mexico. 



Wm. E. Kitter, Tuuicata of the Pacific Coast of North America. 

 Mrs. K. Brandegee, Revision of Ceanothus. 



Gustav Eisen, On California Endrilidre. 



The papers which have been read at our meetings will compare favor- 

 ably with those of previous years; but it must be borne in mind that all, 

 or nearly all, of the papers which are prepared for publication are of far 

 too technical a character to be read at our stated meetings, so that, with 

 scarce an exception, they have been read only by title. 



The Recording Secretary has been prompt in the discharge of his oner- 

 ous duties, having been regular in attendance at .the meetings of the 

 Academy and always ready with advice in the Council. 



The Treasurer has fulfilled his trust in a manner which is deserving of 

 the commendation of the society, and it is to their credit that he has been 

 continued in office. 



Dr. Eisen spent two and one-half mouths of the past year in Lower 

 California and Mexico, in making collectiens in natural history. In this 

 undertaking he was eminently successful, having secured a great number 

 of species in that region, a locality which has proved of so much value 

 to us. 



For the remainder of the year, the Doctor has continued his biological 

 work, and an important paper from his hand is now in the hands of the 

 printer. 



A new microtome, with all needful accessories, has recently been pur- 

 chased, which is an important addition to the equipment of his depart- 

 ment. 



The botanical department has been under the care and supervision of 

 Mrs. Brandegee and Miss Eastwood. 



In mid-summer Mrs. Brandegee, accompanied by her husband, paid a 

 visit to Lower California in the interest of botany. As their visit was so 

 timed as to bring them in the field at a different season from that of any 

 previous one, as was to be expected, many new forms were discovered. 



Miss Eastwood has made excursions to various and remote parts of the 

 State, for a like purpose. 



These forays, as we had anticipated, have resulted in important addi- 

 tions to the herbarium. It must be borne in mind, however, that active 

 collectors have traversed our State in every direction, and that the discov- 

 ery of a new species is of somewhat rare occurrence. 



Aside from the field-work of our collectors, a large number of plants 

 have been obtained by purchase, or exchange with collectors in the East- 

 ern States. 



Mrs. Brandegee, in addition to the needful care and identification of her 

 Lower California collection, has been actively at work in revising the 

 Genus Ceanothus, a paper upon which subject will soon be in press. 



