188 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 
Reeutar Meetinc, NovemsBer 15th, 1875. 
Second Vice-President in the Chair. 
Twenty members present. 
Louis Nusbaumer was nominated for membership. 
Donations to the Museum: A box of minerals containing 45 
specimens, from Dr. E. 8. Holden, Stockton. Specimen of Co- 
lymbres, presented through Dr. Harkness. Two birds from Nay- 
igator Islands, presented through Dr. Gibbons. Specimen of 
Cebidichthys crista galli? Ayres, from Captain Lawson, U. 8S. 
Coast Survey. Five specimens of fish from the lower waters of 
Kern River, from J. R. Scupham. Silicitied wood from Sonoma 
County, by G. H. Saunders. 
S. C. Hastings read a letter from Professor J. D. Whitney rel- 
ative to the ‘‘ Botany of California,” to the effect that the work 
was nearly completed and ready for publication. 
J. R. Scupham made some verbal remarks on the Toredo, pre- 
senting also a specimen of wood showing a curious instance 
where one of the rotifers had bored into the hole of its neighbor, 
the first instance where such an occurrence had been noticed. 
A verbal discussion on the subject of Phylloxera was partici- 
pated in by Dr. Behr, Dr. Blake, Dr. Kellogg and §. C. Hast- 
ings. 
Reeutar Meerine, Decemper 6th, 1875. 
Second Vice-President in the Chair. 
Thirty-five members. 
T. W. Greene and Dr. Murphy were proposed for membership. 
Donations to the Museum: Twenty-six specimens of Native 
Woods, presented by Mr. Joseph H. Clarke, Cahto, Mendocino 
County. Native Fishes, W. N. Lockington. Three specimens 
