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York, by which it was claimed that cereals could be directly 

 transformed to food-stuffs. The process consists of inclos- 

 ing the cereal to be treated in a hermetically sealed vessel and 

 subjecting it to a temperature of about 450° F. for a certain 

 time, and immediately thereafter opening the vessel, when it 

 is found that the grains expand to six or eight times their 

 normal size. The inventor claims that the process does not 

 alter the composition of the cereal. Samples of several 

 cereals treated in this manner were shown. 



A written motion to amend Section 1 of Article V. of the 

 Constitution by the addition of the words " and the Librarian " 

 near the end of said article was submitted by Dr. Alt, seconded 

 by Dr. Smith. Under the Constitution, action on this was 

 deferred until the second following meeting of the Academy. 



Messrs. Wm. L. Boeckeler and JohnF. Meyer, of St. Louis, 

 were elected to active membership. 



Two persons were proposed for active membership. 



Meeting of March 3, 1902. 



President Eliot in the chair, twenty-eight persons present. 



The Council reported that the resignation of Professor H. 

 F. Roberts had been accepted. 



Mr. L. T. Genung gave a general discussion of the Lepi- 

 doptera, their structural characteristics, habits, and adapta- 

 tions. He exhibited some of the more striking specimens of 

 the Denton collection of butterflies, recently presented to The 

 Academy of Science, and discussed the meaning of the various 

 colors. 



A paper by Mr. C. F. Baker, entitled A revision of the 

 Elephantopeae, I., was presented by title. 



Mr. Willi Brown and Dr. F. C. Rieloff were elected to 

 active membership. 



Two persons were proposed for active membership. 



Meeting of March 17, 1902. 



President Eliot in the chair, sixteen persons present. 



A letter from Mr. W. W. Robinet, of Robinet, Tennessee, 



