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darker, with a few one- to several-celled, dark 

 brown to black chlamydospores. 



The above descriptions will serve to dis- 

 tinguish these strains readily. Details of 

 morphology and results of more culture work 

 will be reported later. Since these four strains 

 were so easily obtained last summer it is very 

 likely that more strains may be isolated by 

 extending the work and the field. This dif- 

 ference in strains of Ph. pirina may account 

 for the fact that investigators disagree as to 

 the parasitism of Phyllosticta. They may 

 have worked with different strains, some of 

 which may be parasitic, while others are 

 purely saprophytic or, at most, facultative 

 parasites. Inoculation experiments to throw 

 further light on this phase of the subject are 

 now under way and results will be reported 

 in a later publication. 



C. H. Ceabill 



Blacesbueg, Va., 

 May 1, 1912 



TEE NOETH CAROLINA ACADEMY OF 

 SCIENCE 



The eleventh annual meeting of the North Caro- 

 lina Academy of Science Tvas held at the Univer- 

 sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on Friday and 

 Saturday, April 26 and 27, 1912. 



The meeting of the executive committee, held 

 early in the afternoon of the first day, was fol- 

 lowed by a general meeting for the reading of 

 papers. At the night session the academy was 

 welcomed to Chapel Hill by President Venable, of 

 the university, and then President H. V. Wilson, 

 of the academy, delivered his presidential address, 

 ' ' Zoology in America before the Present Period. ' ' 

 Nest Professor A. H. Patf;erson gave a demonstra- 

 tion of luininous electric waves. Then by invita- 

 tion Dr. Thos. W. Pritchard read a paper, ' ' Wood 

 Distillation," descriptive of the fitting up and 

 working of a plant at Wilmington, N. C, for the 

 utilization of waste pine wood. At the same hour 

 Dr. W. S. Kankin, secretary of the state board of 

 health, delivered a lecture on hygiene and sanita- 

 tion before the student body of the university in 

 Gerrard Hall. 



Adjournment was then had to the hospitable 

 home of Dr. Isaac H. Manning, where a smoker 

 was given the members of the academy by the 

 local members. 



On Saturday morning at 9 A.M. the academy 

 convened in annual business meeting. Eeports 

 were made by the secretary-treasurer and by the 

 several stated committees. Five new members were 

 elected. These with the 85 members on the roll 

 on January 1 give a total membership of 90. The 

 report of the secretary-treasurer showed that in 

 membership, in interest shown in its work and in 

 its finances, the academy has never been in better 

 condition. 



The following officers were elected for the ensu- 

 ing year: 



President — C. S. Brimley, Ealeigh. 



Vice-president — John F. Lanneau, Wake Forest 

 College, Wake Forest. 



Secretary-treasurer — E. W. Gudger, State Nor- 

 mal College, Greensboro. 



Additional Members of Executive Committee — • 

 Julian Blanchard, Trinity College, Durham; S. C. 

 Clapp, State Department of Agriculture, Ealeigh; 

 John A. Ferrell, State Board of Health, Ealeigh. 



At 9:30 the academy and the North Carolina 

 Section of the American Chemical Society held a 

 joint meeting, at which Dr. J. B. Mills, of Colum- 

 bia, S. C, presented a report on "Molecular At- 

 traction and Gravitation." Following this the 

 reading of papers on the program of the academy 

 was resumed. 



The total attendance was 31 out of a member- 

 ship of 90. In addition to the special papers 

 already noted, there were 29 numbers on the pro- 

 gram. Of these four were read by title, the other 

 25 were given in order when called for. Two 

 things characterized the meeting. First the num- 

 ber of papers dealing with hygiene, sanitation and 

 public health; and second the discussion which 

 followed the presentation of nearly every paper. 



In addition to the presidential address and other 

 papers previously noted, the following were pre- 

 sented : 



Notes on the Distribution of the More Common 

 Bivalves of Beaufort, N. C: Henr-j D. Aller, 

 Director XJ. S. Fisheries Laboratory, Beaufort, 

 N. C. 



Of the approximately 90 species of bivalves 

 found in the vicinity of the U. S. Fisheries Labo- 

 ratory at Beaufort, N. C, 39 are considered in 

 this paper. Since those found sparingly and those 

 dredged in deeper water offshore, or those repre- 

 sented by valves east up on the beach, are not 

 available for scientific purposes, only the more 

 common forms are dealt with. It is the purpose 



