480 General Notes. 
PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, May 1 To 4, 1888.— The 
Academy held a field meeting at Wyandotte Cave, some thirty-five 
members attending. The party gathered at Paoli on the evening 
of the first, when papers were read by Mr. James E. Humphrey, 
of Indiana University, upon Asa Gray, and by Dr. John M. 
Coulter, of Wabash College, upon the Discovery of the Yellow- 
stone Park. From Paoli a wagon ride of thirty miles brought the 
party to the cave. On the return trip the newly-discovered 
Marengo Cave was visited, which all agreed was superior in a 
_except extent to Wyandotte ‘Cave. It was the universal opinion of 
the Academy that the accommodations and table of the Wyandotte 
Cave Hotel cannot be too strongly criticised. 
BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF. hai oroa, PER 7, 1888. —The 
following communications were read : — Capt. J. W. Collins, “The 
Work of the Schooner Grampus, in Fish Cae: ” Mr. Chas. D. 
Walcott, “Cambrian Fossils from Mount Stephens, Northwest 
Territory of Canada;” Prof. C. V. Riley, “Some notes from 
Emin Pasha’s Travels in Central Africa ;” Dr. Theobald Smith, 
“ The Destruction of Pathogenic Bacteria i in the Animal Organism.” 
APRIL 21, 1888.—Mr. F. W. True,“ The Affinities of the White 
Whale ;’ > Dr. C. Hart Merriam, “A Bat new to the United 
States, ‘and New Localities for other North American Mammals ; 5 
Prof. C. V. Riley, “ Notes on Platypsyllus.” 
May 5, 1888.—Prof. R. E. C. Stearns,“ Instances of Mutations in 
Specific Distribution among Shells; ” Mr. C. L. Hopkins, “ Notes 
upon Pollenation of the ‘ Navel’ Oranges ;” Dr. C. Hart Mer- 
riam, “ Description of a New Meadow Mouse, with remarks on 
the Subgenus Pedomys;” Prof. Lester F. "Ward me “ On some 
Characteristics of the Flora of “ate Potomac Formatio te 
May 19, 1888.—Mr. F. W. True, “ The Hawaiian Bat ”: Mr. Wm. 
T. Ho rnaday y, “ Man-Eating Crocodiles ” ; Dr. C. Hart ’ Merriam, 
Phe se or the Dipodida”; Mr. F. A. Lucas,“ The Affinities of 
Chame 
Boston Socrety oF NATURAL History. — April 4, 1888. — 
Mr. Samuel Wells read a notice on the Life of the late Roher 
C. Greenleaf; Mr. Robert T. Jackson read a pa “ The 
the life of the late Spencer F. Baird, and Dr. Charles Sedgwick 
Minot exhibited the new automatic microtome which he h 
invented and which has now been placed on the market. The 
committee on nominations of officers for the Meo 1888-89 was 
presented and accept , 
