636 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



selected at an earlj' daj', that the uext century luaj'' uot justly reflect upou 

 us, as the present does the past iu countries where the forests have been 

 destroyed. 



Therefore, he it Resolved, That these resolutions be printed and copies 

 speedily forwarded to our Senators and Kepreseutatives in Congress and to 

 the heads of the Laud Department. 



William S. Chapman, 



GUSTAV ElSEN, 



Committee. 

 Robert Stevenson read a jjaper on the Theory of Gravitation. 



August 6, 1894. — Stated Meetixg. 



The President in the chair. 



Dr. John Horuuug was proposed for membership. 



Donations to the museum were reported from A. F. Haas, Willie Lee, 

 J. Z. Davis, I. Benyaker, C. H. Northrup, N. H. Chittenden, J. J. Kin- 

 rade, W. W. Haskell, Searles Bros., Nevada Building of Midwinter Fair, 

 Mr. Boyce, H. C. Behr, Miss Lucy Swett, Penu Chemical Works, and Ger- 

 man Kali Works, Stassfurt. 



Additions to Library: 



From correspondets 238 



By purchase 65 



By donation 15 



By exchange 5 



The following papers were read by title: 



The Coleoptera of Baja California. By George H. Horn. 



Description of Three New Lizards from California and Lower California, 

 with a note on Phrynosoma Blainvilli. By John Van Deuburg. 



Ou the Various Stages of Development of Spermatobium, with notes 

 on some other Parasitic Sporozoa. By Gustav Eisen. 



Mr. W. S. Manning read a paper entitled "What can Science Suggest 

 as to Man's Ideal Diet ?" 



September 3, 1894. — Stated Meeting. 

 The President in the chair. 



Donations to the museum were rejDorted from Wm. Buckley, J. Z.Davis, 

 C. H. Northrup, W. B. F. Bar bat, L. H. Kent and E. J. Molera. 



Additions to Libiary: 



From correspondents 153 



By purchase 52 



Bv donation 25 



