PROCEEDINGS. 349 



Additions to Library: 



From correspondents 106 



By purchase 7 



By donation 4 



Dr. H. W. Harkness read a paper on The Nomenclature of Organic Life. 



Mr. August Ehrlich, of Kaweah, Tulare County, presented specimens of 

 the sclerotia of a species of Polyporus. 



Dr. Harkness made some remarks on Rhytisma arbutl, a fiingus infest- 

 ing the leaves of the Madrono. 



April 7, 1890.— Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Donations to the Museum were reported from Mrs. Charles A. Morse, 

 Walter E. Bryant, Charles H. Ohm, F. O. Johnson, Dr. H. H. Behr, E. M. 

 Cooper, Walter D. Bliss and D. S. Bryant. 



Additions to Library: 



From correspondents 154 



By purchase 9 



By donation 3 



Carl H. Eigenmann read a paper on Some Features of the Fresh-water 

 Fauna of South America. 



Dr. H. Carrington Bolton gave an account of his visit to the bank of 

 sonorous sand in the Desert of Sinai. 



Prof. Henry A. Ward, who had visited the same hill more than thirty 

 years before, gave an account of his experiences during the journey. He 

 then related the story of his recent trip through the inland passage, 

 which extends from latitude 42° south for more than a thousand miles 

 along the west coast of South America. 



April 21, 1890.— Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Robert Stevenson was proposed for membership. 



Donations to the Museum were reported from Melville Attwood and Carl 

 H. Clark. 



Additions to Library: 



From corres]3ondents 63 



By purchase 16 



By donation 1 



Several specimens of Coprinus of extraordinary size were presented by 



