1892.] Proceedings of Scientific Societies. 97 



L. H. Pammel—" Bacteria of Milks," with exhibitions of culture*. 

 "Report of Committee on State Flora. - ' "Phonological Not**." 



" Experiments in Prevention of Corn Smut." 



Dr. W.B.Niles— "The Action of Disinfectants on Nutrient Media." 

 Herbert Osborn— "The Orthopterous Fauna of Iowa." " Notes 00 



Certain Iowa Diptera." 



F. M. Witter— " Notice of an Arrow Point from the Lam in the 

 City of Muscatine." "The Gas Wells near Letts, Iowa." 



G. E. Patrick— "Can Fat be Fed into Milk? i. e. Can the Compo- 

 sition of Milk be Modified by Variations in the Kind of Food?" 

 " Sugar Beets in Iowa." 



R. E. Call— "An Abnormal Hyoid Bone in the Human Subject," 

 with exhibition of specimen. 



Herbert Osborn and H. A. Gossard — ** Notes on Lift History of 

 Agallia sanguinolenta." 



Charles R. Keyes— " Geological Structure and Relations of the 

 Coal-Bearing Strata of Central Iowa." Brick and Other ( lays i >f I tea 

 Moines." "Aluminum in Iowa." 



Prof. E. Haworth— (1) "Melanite from Missouri." (2) " Limonite 

 pseudomorphous after Calcite." (3) " Prismatic Sandstone from Mad- 

 ison County, Missouri." 



Prof. H. L. Bruner— " Aboriginal Rock Mortar." 



Prof. J. L. Tilton— " A Three Legged Snowbird." 



Prof. Calvin— "Distinctions between Acervularia davidsonii and A. 

 profunda." , , , . „ 



Prof. S. E. Meek—" Fish Fauna of Arkansas and Iowa compared. 



Prof. T. H. McBride— " Slime Moulds of Iowa." 



Prof. R. E. Call— "The present Status of Artesian Well investigation 

 in Iowa." 



Prof. C. C. Nutting— " Report of Committee on State Fauna. 



The following Officers for 1892 were elected. 



President, C. C. Nutting, Iowa City. First Vice President, L. H. 



Pammel, Ames. Second Vice President, E. Haworth, Oika! a. 



Secretary and Treasurer, Herbert Osborn, Ames. Executive Conned, 

 The Officers, and J. E. Todd, Tabor, F. M. Witter, Muscatine, R. E. 

 Call, Des Moines. 



