THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



VOL. V. CINCINNATI, APRIL, 1882. No. 1. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Tuesday Evening, January 3, 1882. 



President Dr. R. M. Byrnes in the chair. Present, 25 members. 

 Peter G. Thompson was elected a member. 



Dr. Warder read a paper on the Virginia creeper. Prof. Harper 

 recommended cold water as an antidote for the poison of Rhus toxico- 

 dendron. 



Donations were announced as follows: 



From Department of Interior, 2 vols, and 1 pamphlet ; from Smithsonian Institution, 

 Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. ; from Henry DeSaussure, a memoir on Hymenoptera ; from 

 J. P. Lathrop, a collection of fossils ; from Joseph F. James, 21 birds' eggs, and 22 

 plants. 



Tuesday Evening, February 7, 1882. 



President Dr. R. M. Byrnes in the chair, and 16 members present. 



Mr. Hubbell Fisher was appointed to confer with the Smithsonian 

 Institution in regard to zoological specimens. 



A. E. Heighway, Jr., was appointed to confer with Mr. John Robin- 

 son in regard to zoological specimens. 



Dr. Langdon exhibited two parasites of the family Ixodidce, which 

 were presented to the Society by Dr. Alex. M. Johnston. 



The following donations were announced: 



From C. L. Metz and F. W. Langdon, thirty-six specimens pathological human 

 bones, from the Madisonville cemetery ; from H. N. Pow ers, one pamphlet ; from 

 Prof. Otis T. Mason, three pamphlets on anthropology; from Peabody Museum, one 



