1885.] Proceedings of Scientific Societies, 1027 
— We have received from the author, M: A. Vayssiére, 
memoire No. 3 of the second volume, zodlogy, of the Annales du 
Musée d’Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, entitled Recherches 
zoologiques et anatomiques sur les Mollusques opisthobranches 
du Golfe de Marseilles, 5, première partie, Tectibranches, This 
work fills 181 quarto pages, with six well-drawn plates, and is a 
product of the zoological laboratory founded by Professor Marion 
at Marseilles, 
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PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.— 
This body met at Ann Arbor, Mich., Wednesday August 26th, 
and terminated its sessions Tuesday September Ist, 1885, under 
the presidency of Professor H. A. Newton of New Haven. The 
officers of the meeting were as follows: Of Section E, vice presi- 
dent, Edw. Orton of Columbus, O.; secretary, H. Carvill Lewis 
of Philadelphia. Of Section F, Burt G. Wilder of Ithaca; secre- 
tary, J. A. Lintner of Albany. In the absence of Professor Wilder 
Professor T. J. Burrill of Champaign, Ill., took the chair. Of 
Section H, Wm. H. Dall of Washington, D. C.; secretary, Mrs. 
Erminnie A. Smith of Jersey City. In the absence of Mr. Dall, 
Mr. J. Owen Dorsey, of Washington, became chairman of the sec- 
tion. Section G was united with Section F. Its chairman was 
Mr. S. H. Gage of Ithaca; secretary W. H. Walmsley of Philadel- 
phia. 
The following papers were read : 
Thursday, August 27th. Section E—Geology—The geology 
of Ann Arbor, Alexander Winchell; Westward extension of rocks 
of the Lower Helderberg period in New York, S. G. Williams ; 
Lower Silurian fossils in a limestone of Emmons’ original Ta- 
Section F—Biology—An observation on the hybridization and | : 
Cross-fertilization of plants, E. Lewis Sturtevant; germination 
Studies, E. Lewis Sturtevant; Biological deductions from a com- 
Parative study of the influence of cocaine and atropine on the 
Organs of circulation, Dr. H. G. Berger; On the brain and audi- | 
tory organs of a Permian Theromorph Saurian, Edw. D. Cope; 
Observations on the musk-rat, Amos. W. Butler; The question 
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