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Dr. J. Ralph Harris (Washinjrtoii. D. C.) : 

 ' A Comparison of Human and Oiang Hearts,' 

 with lantern slides. 



Dr. Daniel G. Revell (Hull Laboratory of 

 Anatomy, Chicago): 'An Anomaly of the Vena 

 Cava Inferior.' 



One afternoon was given over to demon- 

 strations. This proved an especially at- 

 tractive and instructive feature of the 

 meeting. 



The following demonstrations were 

 made : 



Db. Charles R. Bardeen: (a) The effect of 

 fatigue on muscle nuclei (P. K. Tilman) ; (6) 

 nerve and muscle preparations; (c) students' 

 charts made during dissection. 



Dr. Ross G. Harrison: (a) Specimens illus- 

 trating the differentiation of muscular tissue 

 when removed from the influence of the nervous 

 system ; { 6 ) specimens illustrating the develop- 

 ment of the lateral line and wandering of the skin 

 In the amphibian embryo. 



Dr. G. Carl Huber: (a) Models of sudoripar- 

 ous and allied glands; (6) photograph of a new 

 apparatus for making wax plates for reconstruc- 

 tion after the method of Born. 



Dr. William Iveiller: Specimens illustrating 

 the state of preseiration of material injected by 

 formalin and carbolic acid solutions, also wet and 

 dry museum preparations. 



Dr. Henry JIcE. Knower (Secretary of the 

 editorial board of American Journal of Anatomy) : 

 A demonstration on illustrations for anatomical 

 publications. 



Dr. William S. Miller: (a) Models illustrat- 

 ing the terminal arrangement of the bronchi in 

 the cat; (&| specimens illustrating pancreatic 

 bladder in the cat; (c) the lymphatics of the 

 lung of Nectnrus. 



Dr. Burton D. Meyers (Anatomical Labora- 

 tory, Johns Hopkins University) : Specimens illus- 

 trating the partial decussation of the optic fibers 

 in the chiasm of some mammals, and the com- 

 missures on the floor of the third ventricle. 



Dr. Florence R. Sarin (Anatomical Labora- 

 tory, Johns Hopkins University) : Gross and 

 microscopic preparations of developing Ij-m- 

 phatics. 



Dr. Edward A. Spitzka: Drawings and plaster 

 models, illustrating the anatomy of the human 

 insula in its relation to the speech-centers. 



Dr. Mervin T. Sudler (Cornell University) : 

 Photographs of the lymphatic system and topo- 



graphical dissections as made in the anatomical 

 course of the Cornell University Medical Col- 

 lege. 



Dr. Abram T. Kerb (Cornell University): 

 Corrosion preparations. 



G. Gael Hubee, 



Secretary. 



THE ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTO- 

 MOLOGISTS. 



The fifteenth annual meeting of the as- 

 sociation met in the Natural History Room 

 of the Columbian University, Washington, 

 D. C., Friday and Saturday, December 26 

 and 27, 1902. The attendance throughout 

 was quite large and the meeting was one 

 of the most successful in the history of the 

 association. The following papers were 

 presented : 



W. B. Alwood, Blacksburg, Va.: 'Injury by 

 Seventeen-year Locust.' 



W. E. Britton, New Haven, Conn. : ' The Lime, 

 Sulfur and Salt Wash in Connecticut.' 



A. F. Burgess, Columbus, Ohio : ' Economic 

 Kotes on the Coccinellidae.' 



F. H. Chittenden, Washington, D. C. : (I) 

 ' Notes on the Larger Sugar-beet Leaf Beetle, 

 Monoxia puncticoUis (Say)'; (2) 'Notes on In- 

 sects that have Recently been Injurious to Truck 

 Crops.' 



E. W. DoEAN, Champaign, 111.: 'Vernacular 

 Names of Insects.' 



E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y.: (1) 'The Litera- 

 ture of American Economic Entomology ' ( presi- 

 dential address) : (2) ' Observations on the Grape- 

 vine Root Worm ' ; ( .3 ) ' Results Obtained with 

 Certain Insecticides; (4) 'Notes on Injurious 

 Insects.' 



James Fletcher, Ottawa, Canada : ( 1 ) ' Can 

 the Pea Weevil be Exterminated?' (2) 'Injuri- 

 ous Insects of the Year in Canada.' 



V. L. Kellogg, Stanford University, Cal.: 

 ' Notes on California Coccidje, Aleui'odidfc and 

 ScolytidiE.' 



C. L. !Marlatt, Washington, D. C: 'Economic 

 Entomologj' in Japan, with Notes on Some of the 

 Principal Insect Pests.' 



H. A. iloRGAN and J. W. Dupree, Baton Rouge, 

 La.: 'Life Histories and Hibernation of Mosqui- 

 toes.' 



Herbert Osborn, Columbus, Ohio: (1) 'Notes 

 on Ohio Insects for Season of 1902'; (2) 'A 



