284 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Additions to Museum: — 



Specimen of selenite from Cholame, San Luis Obispo 

 County, by J. G. Lemmou. 



Additions to Library: — 



From correspondents 133 



By donation 29 



By purcliase 3 



The following papers were read: — 



Customs and Eeligious Observances of the Hawaiians, 

 by Brooks O. Baker. 



Geographical Distribution of Insects, by H. H. Behr. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Baker for his valuable 

 paper. 



Dr. Hewston made some remarks on tbe dredging being 

 done in the bay. 



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September 5, 1887. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



T. H. Hittell and Robert Simson were elected resident 

 members. 



Additions to Museum : — 



Brincadores, or jumping seeds, from Sonora, Mexico, by 

 T. R. Bours. 



Salt-water eel, barnacles found floating freely on the 

 water, parasite of a sunfish, tapeworm from entrails of sun- 

 fish — all found half-way between Tahiti and San Francisco 

 — by Capt. Louis Turner, of the Brig Tahiti. 



Specimen of myriapod, by Dr. Behr. 



Crawfish from Klamath River, by M. K. Curran. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Adle}' H. Cummins for 

 his donation to the library of a copy of his Dictionary and 

 Grammar of the Friesic Language. 



