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bug enclosed. It was alive and lived three days thereafter.—E. 
H. Hazen, M. D., Davenport, Iowa. 
[It is a species allied to Ixodes bovis Riley, or common cattle 
tick. — Eps. ] 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. — 
The Board of Trade of Indianapolis recently held a meeting for 
the purpose of making arrangements for the next meeting of the 
A. S., which will be held at Indianapolis in August next, 
beginning on Wednesday, the 16th. The meeting was largely 
attended and a Local Committee of one hundred persons was ap- 
pointed and divided into sub-committees on Reception, Finance, 
Lodging, Excursions, Rooms, Invitations, and Railroads. Arrange- 
ments were made for two excursions during the session of the 
Association. One to Terre Haute, a distance of seventy-three 
miles from Indianapolis, where the Association will remain over 
night and partake of the hospitality of the citizens. On this ex- 
cursion a visit will be made to the celebrated Block-coal field (iron 
smelting coal) and Blast furnaces, of Clay County. This coal is 
now attracting much attention and the visit will be most interest- 
ing geologically. The other excursion proposed is to New Albany, 
on the Ohio River, where there are a number of interesting manu- 
factories, among Gare the only plate glass works in the United 
States. One of the largest railroad bridges in the world is also 
located there. The Association will also remain at New Albany 
over night. 
The people of Indianapolis and vicinity seem to be resolved to 
make the forthcoming meeting a success, and every facility and 
accommodation will be secured to the members of the Association. 
The following are the officers of the Local Committee :— Chair- 
man, Hon. Dante. Macautey; Vice Presidents, Tuomas McGuire, 
Esq., and Joun C. Wricut, Esq.; General Secretary, T. B. ELLI- 
otr, Esq.; Corresponding Secretary, Professor E. T. Cox; Treas- 
urer, F. A. W. Davis, Esq. 
The following are the officers of the Association for the fide 
apolis meeting : — Retiring President, Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, Mon- 
treal ; President, Professor Asa Gray, Cambridge ; Vice President, 
Pilar G. F. BARKER, New Haven; Permanent Secretary, Pro- 
fessor JosepH Lovertnc, Cambridge; General Secretary, F. W. 
Purnam, Salem; Treasurer, W. S. Vaux, Philadelphia. 
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