466 General Notes. [July, 
prepared by Keith Johnston, F.R.G.S., is published by Stanford 
(London). 
A new map of Africa by the same editor, on a smaller scale, 
1: 8,420,000 has also been phblished by W.& A. K. Johnston 
(Edinburgh). 
MICROSCOPY .?* 
AMERICAN Society oF Microscorists.—The local committee - 
at Buffalo have secured the use of the “Central School Building” 
for the sessions of this society at its meeting in that city in 
August. The headquarters of the officers will be at the Ti 
House, and local and general arrangements are being made which 
it is believed will be fully adequate and satisfactory. Excursion 
fares upon the railways and reduced hotel rates have been prom- 
ised, and private hospitality will be tendered when desired. A 
soiree will be given under the auspices of the local microscopical 
society. The provisional constitution adopted at the Indianapolis 
meeting will come up for amendment and adoption, and all micro- 
scopists of the country are cordially invited to attend and par- 
ticipate in the perfecting of a permanent organization. Circulars 
giving full information in regard to the plans for the meeting can 
be obtained by addressing the secretary of the society, Dr. Henry 
Jameson, of Indianapolis, Indiana, or the secretary of the local 
committee, Mr. James W. Ward, of Buffalo, N. Y. 
Royat Microscopicat Sociery.—With an evident desire to 
share its prosperity with others, this society is renewing and 
extending its efforts to make itself a center of influence in the 
cultivation of microscopical science ey aw the world. Its 
enerous as well as very. an action. The societies in the 
United States included in this arrangement are the American 
_ Academy of Arts and Sciences, of Boston, the Boston wane a 
E son 
New York MıcroscoricaL Sociery.—This society has removed 
to its new rooms at No. 239 Fourth avenue, near Ni ineteenth 
street, where it will meet on the first and third Friday evenings 
1 This department is edited by Dr. R. H. Warp, Troy, N. Y. 
