The American Naturalist 



PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



Novia Scotian Institute of Science.— The 13th of April.— The 

 following papers were read : Preliminary Notes on the Orthoptera of 

 Nova Scotia. By Harry Piers, Esq. Notes on the Newt (D. 

 viridescens) and on the Ring-Necked and Garter Snakes (D. punctatus 

 and E. *irtalis.) By A. H. MacKay, Esq., LL. D., F. R. S. C, Super- 

 intendent [of Education. On the Calculation of the Conductivity of 

 Mixtures of Aqueous Solutions of Electrolytes having a common ion. 

 By D. Macintosh, Esq., Physical Laboratory, Dalhousie College. — 

 Harry Piers, Secretary. 



Boston Society of Natural History.— March 18th.— The 

 following paper was read : Prof. Charles R. Cross, " The X rays." 

 With experimental illustrations. 



April 1st.— The following paper was read : Prof. William Libbey, 

 " The Hawaiian Islands." 



April 15th.— The following papers were read: Mr. M. L. Fuller, 

 "A new occurrence of Carboniferous fossils in the Narragansett Basin. 

 Prof. Alpheus Hyatt, " The evidence of the descent of man from the 

 ape. A discussion upon the subject of Prof. Hyatt's followed, Prof. 

 Thomas Dwight,Prof. C. S. Minot, and others participating. — Samuel 

 Henshaw, Secretary. 



American Philosophical Society.— March 20th.— An obituary 

 of Rev. W. H. Furness, by Jos. G. Rosengarten, was presented ; Mrs. 

 Cornelius Stevenson read a short paper on " Remains of Libyan Inva- 

 ders of Egypt," discovered in 1895 by Mr. Flinders Petrie. 



April 10. — Prof. Cope made some observations on the figures 

 on a tablet from Nippur, pointing out the physical characters of the 

 men and animals represented. 



Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia A meeting of 



the Anthropological Section was held the 13th of March.— The follow- 

 ing papers were read: Prof. F. Edge Kavanagh, addressed the 

 Section on " Right Handedness," was the subject discussed by Drs. 

 Mills, Allen and Brinton, Professors Witmer, Culin, Jastrow and 

 Guderaan. 



Anthropological Section was held at the Academy on Friday, 

 April 10th. — The following paper was read : Prof. Lightner Witmer 

 on " Psycho-physical Measurement." — Charles Morrris. 



