286 The American Naturalist. [Mareh, 
PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
Indiana Academy of Sciences.—The Indiana Academy of Sci- 
ence held its ninth annual meeting in the rooms of the State Board of 
Agriculture, at the Capitol, Indianapolis, Dec. 27 and 28th, 1893, 
as stated in our last issue. 
The following officers were elected for 1894. 
President, Prof. W. A. Noyes, Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre 
Haute; Vice President, A. W. Butler. Brookville; Secretary, Prof. C. 
A. Waldo, De Pauw University, Greencastle; Ass’t. Secretary, Prof. 
W. W. Norman, De Pauw University, Greencastle; Treasurer, Prof. 
W. P. Shannon, Greensburg. 
Boston Society of Natural History, January 3, 1894.—The 
following papers were read :—Mr. Leon S. Griswold, A brief descrip- 
tion of the physical geography of Arkansas. 
January 17.—The following papers were read: Mr. T. A. Jaggar, 
Experiments in the formation of ripple-marks. (Specimens were 
shown); Prof. N. S. Shaler, The topograpic evidence of ancient earth- 
quakes. 
SAMUEL HENSHAW, Secretary. 
The Biological Society of Washington, January 27 +The 
following communications were read: Mr. J. N. Rose, A Botanical 
Trip to Northwestern Wyoming. Mr. B. T. Galloway, A consideration 
‘of the Anatomical and Physiological Processes involved in Leaf F all; 
Dr. Theo. Gill, The Segregation of the Osteophysarial Fishes as fresh 
water forms; Dr. C. W. Stiles, An Interesting Cestode from India. 
The Annual Address of the President of the Biological Society was 
delivered by Prof. C. V. Riley, in the lecture room of the Columbian 
University, at half past eight o’clock on Monday evening, January 
29, 1894. The subject was Social Insects from the Psychological and 
Evolutional Points of View. 
Freperic A. Lucas, Secretary. 
New York Academy of Sciences, Biological Section, si 
uary 29.—A paper was read by title, “ A Case of reversed cleavage ™ 
a Sinistral Gasteropod,” by Mr. H. C. Crampton, Jr. 
Drawings were exhibited by Bashford Dean, showing original restor 
ations of Dipterus valenciennesii S. & M., and of Coelacanthus elegans 
Newb. 
