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teaching anatomy ; by Dr, Thomas Taylor on Oidium tuckeri, ot i 
fungus of the foreign grape vine, with new facts relating to 
highest stage of fruit, with illustrations ; by Professor Theodore 
Gill on a new family of deep-sea fishes, the Acanthochenida; a 
by Professor C. V. Riley on the use of naphthaline in medi 
and as an insecticide. 
New York Acapemy oF Sciences, Nov. 5 —The relations 
Dinichthys, as shown by some recently discovered comf 
crania, by Dr. John S. Newberry, was the paper for the evening. ! 
Nov. 12.—Dr. Hubbard W. Mitchell delivered a lecture, illus 
trated with diagrams and stereopticon, upon the succession 
animal life on the globe. 
Nov. 19.—The following paper was read: Glacial phen 
in the Shawangunk mountains, Dr. Alexis A. Julien. 
E. Wadsworth gave brief notes on the lithology of the I 
Jura, Scotland. An 
Nov. 21.—Mr. William Brewster spoke of the bir yr 
on the Arethusa’s cruise to the Gulf of St. Lawrence; and è 
retary showed an interesting example of a “ home made witi 
hands.” 
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN Crus, Nov. 14.—Reports of 
ascent of the Giant’s Stairs, by R. B. Lawrence; A trip ey 
ception, Dartmouth and Mitten, by George A. Sargenty 
Parker and Mount Nancy, by Albert Matthews; A visit * 
Imp Face, by Miss S. M. Barstow. 
At a special meeting, Nov. 20, White Mountain phote 
was illustrated, by W. H. Pickering; Randolph, by Mrs. 
Pychowska; The mountains near Zermatt, illustrated, by © 
Ames. ; n 
A trip to Blue hill was made Saturday, Nov. 10. 
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL Sociery, Nov. 20.-- Me 
Kefinan delivered a lecture entitled, A journey throug? 
eastern Russia, illustrated with stereopticon views. cee 
