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Donations were received as follows: From Smithsonian Institution, 6 sig- 
natures Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum; from Prof. O. T. Mason, 
3 pamphlets on Anthropology; from U.S. Fish Commissioner, 5 signatures 
Bulletin U.S. Fish Commission; from C. M. Langdon, specimen of saltpeter 
from England; from Dr. Robert Fletcher, pamphlet, Human Proportion in 
Art and Anthropometry; 1 pamphlet, A Study of Some Recent Experiments 
on Serpent Venom; from Dr. R. M. Byrnes, two specimens of Astragalus 
cooperi; from Joseph F. James, specimens of the fruit of Aisculus pavia; 1 
specimen Goniabasis, from Tennessee; from Chauncey M. Depew, 1 pamph- 
let, Liberty of the Press; from Brooklyn Library, Bulletin of Books, Sep- 
tember, 1882, to March, 1883; from the Bureau of Education, Circular of 
Information, No. 2; from Signal Service Bureau, Monthly Weather Review, 
May, 1883; from Prof. J. W. Hall, Jr., Report of Explorations and Surveys 
for a Ship Canal Through the Isthmus of Darien; from Dr. A. J. Howe, Nest 
of Tarantula; specimens of Lignite and Fossil Wood from Dakota; Mytilis 
and Barnacles from Pacific Ocean; from Prof. F. W. Putnam, 1 pamphlet, 
Iron from the Ohio Mounds; from Joel Brown, Mt. Healthy, Ohio, Slate 
Indian Relic; from P. B. Warner, Ashland, Ky.,1 Tree Frog; from Mrs. Dr. 
Carson, specimen Iron Pyrites from Colorado; from L., Dressel, 2 specimens 
Beetles from Saxony; from Major L. M. Hosea, specimen of Pyrula, from a 
Mound in Lincoln County, Tenn.; from Davis L. James, 1 specimen Poly- 
porus reniformis, Morg.; from R. M. White, Atlanta, Ga., specimens from 
Phosphate Beds of South Carolina. 
TuEsSDAY EVENING, September 4, 1883. 
Dr. J. H. Hunt in the chair. Seventeen members present. 
Dr. J. Mickleborough read a paper on the ‘‘ Locomotive Organs of the 
Trilobite,’’ prefacing his reading with a sketch of the anatomy of the Class 
Crustacea. The paper was referred to the Publishing Committee. 
Mr. Davis L. James exhibited a specimen of Chara coronata, found 
growing spontaneously in a tub of water lilies near Loveland, Ohio, and 
spoke for a few minutes on the structure of the Characez. 
Mr. J. F. James showed a specimen of Hibiscus militaris, a rare plant in 
the vicinity of Cincinnati. 
Lt. J. J. O'Connell, U. S. A., and G. Holterhoff, Jr., of San Diego, Cali- 
fornia, were elected corresponding members. 
The report of the committee to prepare a memorial upon Dr. John A. 
Warder was received and read by the Secretary. It was referred to the Pub- 
lishing Committee for publication. 
The committee on Mr. V. T. Chambers reported as follows: 
GENTLEMEN OF THE CINCINNATI SOCIETY OF NATURAL History: The com- 
mittee appointed by you to prepare suitable resolutions in regard to the death 
of Mr. V. T. Chambers, beg leave to present the following: 
Wuereas, The death of Vactor IT’. Chambers, which has been recently an- 
nounced, has suddenly closed a bright and pure life, therefore we, his fellow- 
associates and members, desirous of giving expression to our sentiments of 
high regard, do hereby adopt the following resolutions : 
