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dents; lierbert Osborn, treasurer; E. L. 

 Moseley, secretary; F. L. Landacre and T. 

 A. Bonser, members of the executive commit- 

 tee; J. H. Schaffner, trustee and member of 

 the publication committee. Hon. Joseph 

 Outhwaite, president of the newly organized 

 Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, 

 addressed the academy on the work of that 

 society. 



The following papers were read: 



Herbert Osborn : ' Opportunities for Faunal 

 Studies at the Lake Laboratory at Sandusky.' 



F. L. Landacre : ' A List of Protozoa Observed 

 during the Summer of 1902.' 



Max Morse : ' Ohio Batraehians and Reptiles.' 



C. JuDSON Heerick : ' A Note on the Signifi- 

 cance of the Size of Nerve Fibers in Fishes.' 



W. F. Merger : ' Report on the Development of 

 the Bones in the Legs of our Domestic Animals.' 



Jas. S. Hine : ' The Tabanidae of Ohio.' 



Jas. S. Hine: 'A List of Ohio Syrphidae.' 



Herbert Osborn : ' Remarks on the Occurrence 

 of Periodical Cicada in Ohio in 1902.' 



Herbert Osborn : ' Note on the Occurrence of 

 the Cigarette Beetle in Columbus.' • 



Max Mokse : ' Unusual Abundance of a Myri- 

 opod.' 



William R. Lazenby: President's Address — 

 ' The Dietetic Value of Fruit.' 



Robert F. Geiggs : ' New Heliconias from 

 Guatemala and Elsewhere.' 



Otto E. Jennings : ' Further Notes on Smut 

 Experiments.' 



W. A. Kjellerman : ' The Life History Problem 

 of the Heteroecious Rusts.' 



H. Herzer : ' Eleven New Species of Fossil 

 Plants.' 



LuMiNA C. Riddle : ' Some Algae from San- 

 dusky Bay.' 



W. A. Kellerman : ' The Three Forms of 

 Prickly Lettuce in Ohio.' 



W. A. Kellerman : ' Annual Report on the State 

 Herbarium and Plants New to the State List.' 



E. L. Moseley : ' Additions and Corrections to 

 the Sandusky Flora.' 



John H. Schaffner : ' The Flora of Chicken 

 Island.' 



John H. Schaffner: 'Ohio Station for Myri- 

 ostoma.' 



Wm. C. Mills : ' New Discoveries at the Baum 

 Prehistoric Village Site, Ross County, Ohio.' 



Wm. C. Mills : ' The Gartner Mound.' 



W. A. IvELLEEMAN : ' Two Botanizing Trips 

 in the Mountains of West Virginia.' 



H. Herzer : ' Two Fishes from the Upper 

 Helderberg Group.' 



Wm. C. Mills: 'The Darnell Mastodon.' 



Otto E. Jennings : ' General Climatic Condi- 

 tions of Ohio.' 



Thos. BoNSEE: 'Some Problems in Montana 

 Forestry.' 



Robert F. Griggs : ' Three Interesting Tropical 

 Plants.' 



W. A. Kfllerman : ' An Ecological Study of 

 West Mansfield Swamp,' preliminary report. 



Thos. Bonsee: 'Final Report on Big Spring 

 Prairie.' 



LuMiNA C. Riddle; 'Microscopic Life Forms in 

 Brush Lake.' 



John H. Schaffner: 'Preliminary Report on 

 the Plant Ecology of Brush Lake.' 



Wm. C. Mills : ' Identification of Flint from 

 the Prehistoric Flint Quarries of Licking County, 

 Ohio.' 



E. L. Moseley : ' Currents in Sandusky Bay.' 



W. A. Kellerman and J. G. Sanders : ' The 

 Ohio Erysiphacese — Keys and Distribution.' 



Leslie D. Stair : ' Additions to the Cuyahoga 

 County Flora.' 



Leslie D. Stair: 'Additions to the State Flora.' 



Otto E. Jennings : ' Trees and Shrubs on the 

 Ohio State University Campus, with Dendrological 

 Notes.' 



E. L. Moseley : ' The Meteor of September 

 15.' 



John H. Schaffner: 'Report of Progress on 

 the Plant Ecology of Ohio.' 



W. A. Kellerman : ' Variation in Carex lurida.' 



E. L. Moseley, 



Secretary. 



NORTH CAROLINA ACADEMY OP SCIEKCE. 



The North Carolina Academy of Science 

 held its first annual meeting at Trinity Col- 

 lege, Durham, N. C, on November 28 and 

 29, 1902. Between thirty and forty persons 

 attended the various sessions, most of whom 

 identified themselves with the organization. 

 Retiring President W. L. Poteat, of Wake 

 Forest, gave an admirable address upon the 

 subject ' Science and Life,' after which the 

 Academy was tendered an informal reception 

 by the faculty and ladies of Trinity College. 

 About fifteen papers were presented in full 

 and briefs of several others given, while still 

 others were presented only by title. A resolu- 

 tion was passed authorizing the publication 



