384 General Notes. 
sors Michael and Michelson and Messrs. Chandler and G. B 
Goode. A rule was adopted which provides that the lists of papers 
of candidates for election to membership should be printed and 
circulated among the members, at least sixty days before the meeting 
of the Academy. 
The Academy adjourned, to meet in New Haven in November 
next. 
BIOLOGICAL Society oF WASHINGTON, March 24th, 1888.— 
The following communications were read :—Dr. Cooper Curtice, 
“ Tenia fimbriata, a New Parasite of Sheep ;” Mr. Charles Hal- 
lock, “‘ Reversion of Domesticated Animals to a Wild State.” 
April 7th, 1888.—The following communications were read :— 
Captain J. W. Collins, “The Work of the Schooner Grampus in 
Fish Culture ;’ Mr. Chas. D. Walcott, “Cambrian Fossils from 
Mount Stephens, Northwest Territory of Canada ;” Professor C. 
V. Riley, “Some Notes from Emin Pasha’s Travels in Central 
Africa ;’ Dr. Theobald Smith, “ The Destruction of Pathogenetic 
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Bacteria in the Animal Organism. 
