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214 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 
Prof. A. P. Morgan exhibited a drawing of a gall, upon an oak leat, 
which was described by Schweinitz as a fungus under the name of 
Volutella quercina. ‘ 
Mr. J. F. James called the attention of the audience to a skull said 
to have been taken from a mound near Memphis, Tenn. The skull 
showed a remarkable flattening at the back. In the collection of 
pottery accompanying the skull was some pottery bearing the date of 
, 1708 and 1654. 
Donations were received as follows: From publishers Am. Jour. of 
Science, 2 numbers of Journal, July, 1876, November, 1877; from Wm. 
-R. Lazenby, Columbus, one pamphlet, Bulletin No. 1, Ohis Experi- 
mental Station; from U. P. James, 7 numbers Paleontologist complete, 
one Catalogue Lower Silurian Fossils ; from U. S. Fish Commissioner, 
17 signatures Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission ; from R. W. Shufeldt, 
M.D., Pamphlet on Habits of Chameleon; from Smithsonian Institu- 
tion, Proceedings U. S. Nat. Museum, Nos. 6, 7, 8; from Col. Chas. 
Whittlesey, Cleveland, Ohio, pamphlet, Metrical Standard of the 
Mound Builders; from Isaac Smucker, Newark, Ohio, pamphlet, 
Mound Builders’ Works, near Newark, Ohio ; from Dr. G. M. Levette, 
2d Annual Report Indiana Geological Survey ; from Signal Service 
Bureau, Weather Review, July, 1883; from James R. Challen, Lot of 
Minerals, including gold, silver and copper ores ; from D, A. McCord, 
Oxford, Ohio, stump of tree found in Glacial drift, near Oxford, Ohio; 
from T. H. Aldrich, specimen Voluta junonia, L. 
Adjourned. 
TuEsDAY Evenine, Vovember 6, 1883. 
Scientific meeting. . 
Eight members present, not a quorum. 
Donations were received during the month as follows: From the 
Smithsonian Institation, signatures 9 to 14, Proceedings U.S. National 
Museum; from Secretary of State of Illinois, Vol. VII. Illinois Geo- 
logical Survey; from Chas. Dury, Snake from France, sp.? ; from Mrs. 
Stanley, Linwood, O0., Wasp’s Nest; from W. D. Hixon, Maysville, 
Ky., Slab of Fossils; from J. F. James, Seeds of Seymeria macrophylla; 
from A. P. Morgan, Tenney’s Manual of Zoology ; from Davis L. 
James, Packard’s Guide to the Study of Insects, Am. Antiquarian, 
Vol. IL, No. 1; from Dr. Chas. Hentz, Indian ‘River, Florida, specimen 
Moon Fish ; from Dr. Richard Potter, Lake Worth, Florida, 2 speci- 
mens Sponges ; from Thos. J. Duncan, 1 Spider ; from Miss Ellison, 
