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Notes on Life History of Microbembex monodonta 

 Say, and Bembex texana Cress.' 



C. F. Jackson : ' A Key to the Families and 

 Genera of Thysanura with a Preliminary List of 

 Ohio Species.' 



Jas. a. Nelson : ' A Note on the Occurrence of 

 Sex Organs in ^Eolosoma.' 



J. LiNDAHL: ' Barite in a New Form (Pisolitic) 

 from a 1,400 Foot Boring for Oil at Saratoga, 

 Texas.' 



ViCTOE Stebki : ' Preliminary List of Land and 

 Fresh Water Mollusca of Ohio.' 



VicTOE Stebki : ' A Suggestion with Respect to 

 Local Fauna Lists.' 



Victor Sterki : ' Some General Notes on the 

 Land and Fresh-water Mollusca.' 



Several important resolutions were adopted. 

 Among those of local interest was that relating 

 to a proposed natural history survey of the 

 state, a committee consisting of the retiring 

 president, and the president and secretary 

 elect, being appointed for the purpose of bring- 

 ing the matter before the general assembly. 

 A committee was also appointed for the pur- 

 pose of securing the cooperation of the 

 libraries in the state to the end that scientific 

 papers be rendered more available for members 

 of the society. 



A resolution urging the necessity for a 

 biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone 

 before the cutting of the canal was unani- 

 mously adopted and the secretary was in- 

 structed to transmit the resolution to the 

 proper authorities at Washington. 



After resolutions were passed expressing the 

 appreciation of the society for the courtesies 

 extended by the people of Cincinnati, the 

 faculty of the University of Cincinnati, and 

 the ofiicers of the Museum of Natural History, 

 and, furthermore, thanking Mr. Emerson Mc- 

 Millin, of ISTew York, for his continued in- 

 terest in the welfare of the academy, the so- 

 ciety adjourned. The following officers were 

 elected. 



President — Dr. E. L. Rice, Delaware, Ohio. 



Vice-Presidents — Mr. Chas. Dury, of Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, and Professor Lynds Jones, of Oberlin, Ohio. 



Secretary — Dr. L. B. Walton, Gambler, Ohio. 



Treasurer — Professor .1. S. Hine, Columbus, 

 Ohio. 



Librarian — Professor W. C. Mills, Columbus, 

 Ohio. 



Executive Committee (ex-officio) — Dr. E. L. 

 Rice, Delaware; Dr. L. B. Walton, Gambier; Pro- 

 fessor J. S. Hine, Columbus; (elective) — Dr. M. F. 

 Guyer, Cincinnati; Dr. L. G. Westgate, Delaware. 

 Board of Trustees — Dr. G. B. Halsted (in place 

 of retiring trustee). 



L. B. Walton, 



Secretary. 



THE INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



The twenty-first annual meeting of the 

 Indiana Academy of Science was held at 

 Indianapolis, on December 1. Forty men and 

 women, mostly young scientific workers of the 

 state, were elected to membership. Eighty-six 

 scientific papers were presented to the academy 

 which met largely in sections. The papers 

 covered topics in physics, chemistry, geology, 

 astronomy, mathematics, botany and zoology. 

 Among those of more general interest were the 

 following : 



Professor F. B. Wade, Shortridge High School : 

 ' Some Scientific Aspects of Tea-drinking.' 



Benjamin W. Douglas, Indiana University: 

 ' The Use of Peat as Fuel.' 



Robert Hesslee, M.D., Logansport : ' The 

 Chronic Ill-health of Darwin, Huxley, Spencer 

 and George Eliot. 



Peofessor John A. Miller, Indiana University: 

 'The Solar Eclipse of 1905' (lantern). 



Professor J. C. Arthur, Purdue University: 

 ' Notes on the International Botanical Congress 

 of 1905.' 



Professor C. H. Eiqenmann, Indiana Univer- 

 sity: 'The Habitat and Life History of the 

 Cuban Blind Fishes' (lantern). 



The following resolution was adopted: 

 Resolved: That it is the sense of this academy 

 that the United States government should im- 

 . mediately undertake a complete biological survey 

 of the Panama Canal zone. 



The following officers were elected for the 

 coming year : 



President — Robert Hessler, M.D., Logansport. 



Vice-President — Professor D. M. Mottier, In- 

 diana University. 



Secretary — Professor L. B. McMullen, Short- 

 ridge High School, Indianapolis. 



Assistant Secretary — Professor J. H. Ransom, 

 Purdue University. 



Treasurer — Professor W. A. McBeth, State 

 Normal School, Terre Haute. 



