Record. lv. 
Aprit 19, 1909. 
President Trelease in the chair; attendance 25. 
The death on April 5th of Dr. H. August Hunicke, 
Corresponding Secretary of the Academy since 1904, was 
announced, and the President appointed Messrs. An- 
drews, Wheeler and Stevens as a committee to draft a 
suitable memorial. 
Dr. Robert J. Terry read a paper on ‘‘Observations on 
the Development of the Vomer.’’ 
The observations made on the development of the 
vomer in Caluromys philaucler affects the question of the 
homology of the mammalian vomer. Is the single vomer 
of mammals comparable with the single parasphenoid or 
the paired vomers of lower forms? Except in man the 
vomer of mammals has been found to arise from a single 
center. Lately, however, the bone in question has been 
seen in a marsupial taking origin from two centers ap< 
parently, and to be accompanied by a parasphenoid ossi- 
fication. It seems also to be the case in Caluromys that 
the origin of the base is paired: 
Dr. Joseph Grindon then spoke on ‘‘The Protection 
against Disease Afforded by Certain Substances in the 
Blood.’’ 
The following were elected to membership: F. C. 
Ameiss, Samuel McCutcheon Bain, J. Christian Bay, F. 
H. Britton, George W. Cale, Jr., A. R. Crook, John H. 
Dunean, M. E. Dunean, H. S. Faweett, Charles W. Full- 
graf, Harrison Garman, C. P. Gillette, Oscar Herf, Philip 
Hoffmann, Charles R. Keyes, Max Kotany, Rufus U. 
Leonori, H. G. Lewis, N. W. McLeod, George T. Moore, 
Frederick S. Plant, Maxime Reber, Samuel Sale, John 
B. Shapleigh, Paul C. Standley, H. N. Spencer, CG. P. 
Walbridge, Henry L. Wolfner. 
May 3, 1909. 
President Trelease in the chair; attendance 45. 
Professor F. E. Nipher presented a paper on ‘* Les- 
sons to Be Learned From Common Things.”’ 
