June 26, 1896.] 



SCIENCE. 



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Dr. Horn stated that many such instances of 

 arrested developments were found among in- 

 sects. He referred to the dimorphic males of 

 Eupsalis minuta, a rhyncophorous beetle, on 

 which a French writer had founded three 

 species. The egg-depositing habits of the fe- 

 male and the assistance occasionally rendered 

 by the male were commented on. 



Botanical Section, June 8, 1896. Dr. Chas. 

 Schaefifer, Recorder. A paper was read from 

 Mr. Thos. Meehan on Erigeron strigosus. A 

 tendency of the ray florets to become discoidal, 

 together with an acceleration from the Ungulate 

 to the discoid condition, was noted. The her- 

 maphrodite state of the flower is not established 

 until the tubular condition becomes permanent. 



Dr. Ida A. Keller recorded the fact that if a 

 cold alcoholic solution of chlorophyl be treated 

 with benzol, the chlorophyl will be extracted aud 

 float as a green film on the surface of the liquid. 



Records were made by Mr. Stevenson Brown, 

 Mr. Crawford and Mr. Williamson, of unusual 

 distribution of species. Edw. J. Nolan, 



Recording Secretary. 



MEETING OF THE NEW YORK SECTION OF THE 

 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 



The June meeting of the New York Section 

 of the American Chemical Society was held on 

 Friday evening, the 5th iust., at the College of 

 the City of New York, Prof. A. A. Breneman 

 presiding. 



After the reading of the minutes the chair- 

 man of the Committee on Organization of the 

 Chemical Club reported that at a recent meet- 

 ing of the committee, held at the Board of 

 Trade, much euthusiasm was shown, and 

 the movement was making good progress. 



A communication from the Joint Commission 

 of the Scientific Societies of Washington in re- 

 gard to the Senate bill 1552, intended to re- 

 strict, if not prohibit, vivisection, was taken up 

 and acted upon. 



The sentiment of the meeting was unanimous 

 in the direction of preventing afiirmative action 

 by Congress on the said bill ; and the following 

 resolutions were unanimously adopted, after a 

 full discussion, in which Profs. Sabiu, Brene- 

 man, Doremus, Hale and McMurtrie partici- 

 pated. 



Resolved, That the New York Section of the 

 American Chemical Society most earnestly op- 

 poses the legislation proposed by Senate bill 

 1552, entitled ' A bill for the further prevention 

 of Cruelty to animals in the Dristrict of Colum- 

 bia.' 



Resolved, That the proposed legislation is un- 

 necessary and would seriously interfere with 

 the advancement of biological science in that 

 District ; that it would be especially harmful in 

 its restriction of experiments relating to the 

 cause, prevention and cure of the infectious 

 diseases of man and of the lower animals; that 

 the researches made in this department of bio- 

 logical and medical science have been of im- 

 mense benefit to the human race ; and that, in 

 general, our knowledge of physiology, of toxi- 

 cology and of pathology, forming the basis of 

 scientific medicine, has been largely obtained 

 by experiments upon living animals, aud could 

 have been obtained in no other way. 



Resolved, That physicians and others who are 

 engaged in research work having for its object 

 the extension of human knowledge aud the pre- 

 vention and cure of disease are the best judges 

 of the character of the experiments required 

 and of the necessity of using anesthetics, and 

 that in our judgment they may be trusted to 

 conduct such experiments in a humane manner, 

 and to give anesthetics when required to pre- 

 vent p>ain. To subject them to penalties and 

 to espionage, as is proposed by the bill under 

 consideration, would, we think, be an unjust 

 and unmerited reflection upon a class of men 

 who are entitled to our highest consideration. 



Dr. C. A. Doremus read a ' Note on Presence 

 of Oil in Boiler Scale. ' 



Mr. J. A. Matthews described ' A New 

 Method of Preparing Phthalimid. ' 



The chair announced this as the last meeting 

 of the season, and stated that the fall and win- 

 ter meetings would probably be held in the 

 same rooms. Dueand Woodman, 



Secretary. 



proceedings of THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB, 

 MAY 27, 1896. 



The last regular meeting of the season was 

 held in Hamilton Hall, Dr. Schneider occupy- 

 ing the chair. One new member was elected. 



