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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XVll. No. 433. 



Series of Ottawa County, Canada,' Dr. C. H. 

 Gordon (read by title). 



'Notes and Descriptions of North Ameri- 

 can Bees,' Mr. J. C. Crawford, Jr. (read in 

 abstract) . 



' Florence Flint ; Its Production and Uses,' 

 Dr. G. E. Condra. A recently discovered 

 building stone found in southern Nebraska. 



' Notes and Descriptions Leading to a 

 Monograph of the Telamonini,' Mr. W. 

 Dwight Pierce (read by title). 



' A New Species of Japyx from Nebraska, 

 with a Synopsis of North American Species,' 

 Mr. Myron H. Swenk (read in abstract). 



' Conditions Serving to Influence the Fauna 

 of Nebraska,' Dr. E. H. Wolcott. The author 

 showed in a general way the geographic, 

 topographic and climatic conditions which 

 tend to produce within the limits of the state 

 a very extensive fauna, and showed the pres- 

 ence of components derived from quite unlike 

 faunal regions. 



' Conditions Affecting the Distribution of 

 Forest Trees in Nebraska,' Professor C. E. 

 Bessey. A statement of the conditions 

 which have limited the development of forests 

 in Nebraska in the past, evidences showing 

 the existence of suitable conditions for the 

 future spread of forests in the state, and an 

 examination of the conditions which affect, 

 favorably or unfavorably, this development. 



'Madstones,' Professor H. B. Duncanson. 

 Reference to popular theories held in some 

 portions of the state. 



' The Development and Distribution of the 

 Human "Warble Fly,' Dr. H. B. Ward (illus- 

 trated by lantern). An account of several 

 specimens recently secured from Central 

 America. 



'A Method for the Study of Peripheral 

 Nerves,' Mr. W. A. Willard (illustrated). 



'On the Development of the Pineal Eye 

 of Lizards,' Mr. Willard (illustrated). 



Many important items of business were 

 transacted, the most important being meas- 

 ures taken to insure the regular appearance 

 in the future of the Proceedings of the so- 

 ciety and the limiting of its scope to articles 

 strictly the results of original investigation. 



The following officers were elected: 



President — Professor L/awrence Bruner, Univer- 

 sity of Nebraska. 



Vice-President — Mr. Wm. Cleburne, Omaha, 

 Nebr. 



Secretary — Dr. Robert H. Wolcott, University 

 of Nebraska. 



Treasurer — ^Mr. Geo. A. Loveland, United States 

 Weather Service, Lincoln, Nebr. 



Board of Directors — Mr. Charles Lobingier, 

 Omaha, Nebr.; Dr. A. S. Von Mansfelde, Ashland, 

 Nebr.; Professor H. B. Duncanson, State Normal, 

 Peru, Nebr. 



Somewhat over forty members and many 

 visitors were in attendance and the meeting 

 resulted most successfully. 



Robert H. Wolcott, 



Secretary. 



NEW TORK ACADEMY OP SCIENCES. SECTION OF 

 ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY. 



The regular meeting of the section was held 

 March 23, Professor Thorndike presiding. 

 The first paper was presented by Dr. Clark 

 Wissler, ' Observations on Abnormalities of 

 the Hard Palate.' The paper reported prog- 

 ress in the measurements of the casts of the 

 hard palates of idiots. The first thing to be 

 considered in this work was the determina- 

 tion of the significant points and dimensions 

 in the palate. The results presented indicated 

 important structural relations between the 

 width at the canine teeth and the length of 

 the palate measured from the first molars and 

 the maximum height of the arch. The com- 

 parative study of the palates of normal and 

 of idiotic persons will be based upon these 

 measurements. 



Dr. A. Hrdlicka then read a paper, ' Phys- 

 ical Anthropology of the Hyde Expedition in 

 1902.' During 1902 Dr. Hrdlicka made two 

 expeditions, one of seven and the other of 

 three months' duration, to the southwestern 

 United States and Mexico. These expeditions 

 were the conclusive ones of a series of five, 

 begun in 1898, made for the purpose of ascer- 

 taining the physical characteristics of all 

 those present as well as extinct tribes which 

 occupy or occupied the region marked by the 

 boundaries of the ancient Pueblos, Cliff- 



