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construct a string model of the configuration, showing the funda- 
mental tetrahedron and the twenty-seven lines in proper relation 
to each other and to the fundamental tetrahedron. Instead of 
a string or wire model, he exhibited a beautiful perspective draw- 
ing in colors, of the configuration. 
The Scope and Function of Science. Wm. Louis Poteat of Wake 
Forest College. [Read by title.] 
Some Trials of a Museum Curator. H. H. Brimley, State Museum, 
Raleigh. [Read by title.] 
The Oral Gestation of the Gaff Topsail Catfish, Felichthys marinus. 
E. W. Gudger of the State Normal and Industrial College. 
This paper was given by permission of the Commissioner of 
Fisheries and will later be published in the Bulletin of the Bureau. 
The Proximate Constituents of the Oleoresins of Pinus palustris and 
Pinus heterophylla. Chas. H. Herty of the University of 
North Carolina. 
The San Jose Scale.* By Franklin Sherman, Jr., Entomologist 
N. C. Dept. Agriculture, Raleigh. 
The paper opens with an apology and explanation for present- 
ing a paper upon so threadbare a subject before the Academy, — 
stating however, the author’s belief that popular presentation of 
subjects of economic interest to the state should have a conspicu- 
ous place on the program. 
A brief account of the history and general distribution of the 
San Jose Scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus, Comst.) is given, and 
mention is made of the principal food-plants, and methods of 
spread. 
Referring to conditions within the state of North Carolina it is 
shown that present records indicate the pest in 65 counties, at 145 
different post-office localities and on at least 423 different prem- 
ises. It is a safe presumption that it is in many localities in addi- 
tion to those on record. It is a reasonable presumption that it is 
*This paper appears in full in this issue of the Journal. 
