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Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



Dr. A. E. Heigh way and A. E-.- Heigh way, Jr., a lot of lignite and 

 fossil leaves from Montana. 



Tuesday Evening, August 1, 1882. 



Dr. R. M. Byrnes, President, in the chair. Present, 40 members. 



Dr. F. W. Langdon and Dr. J. H. Hunt exhibited specimens of 

 Bacillus tuberculosis of Koch. There were three microscopes on the 

 table. The specimens were from one ten-thousandth to one twenty- 

 thousandth of an inch in diameter. 



Article three of the Constitution was finally amended so as to add 

 to it the following: "Any resident member who shall not have been 

 in arrears for dues for a period of ten consecutive years, may become 

 a life member upon the pa^-ment of twenty-five dollars. Any resident 

 member who shall not have been in arrears for a period of twenty 

 consecutive years, shall become a life member without further payment. 



The President announced the death of Dr. W. H. Mussej', an ex- 

 president of the society, and on motion of R. B. Moore, a committee 

 was appointed to draft suitable resolutions expressing the appreciation 

 of the deceased Iry the members, viz: R. B. Moore, Dr. A. E. Heigh- 

 way, Dr. J. H. Hunt, Dr. 0. D. Norton and Dr. F. W. Langdon. 



Donations were announced as follows: 



From Smithsonian Institution, nine pamphlets; Signal Service 

 Bureau, one pamphlet; Ed. M. Cooper, two volumes Ohio Survey; 

 from Stephen and Walter Coles, fossils; E. L. Sherwood, two fossils; 

 Alin Ross, a Cyrtoceras; from Dr. J. H. Hunt, a microscopic slide; 

 from Truxton Swift, two bird skins; from Dr. F. W. Langdon, an 

 insect; from Col. Craiy, of Texas, two specimens of Indian pottery, 

 from that State; and from L. S. Cotton, a specimen of coral. 



Tuesday Evening, September 5, 1882. 



Dr. R. M. Byrnes, President, in the chair. Present, twenty-five 

 members and a u umber of visitors. 



Davis L. James exhibited specimens of Welumbium speciosum, the 

 sacred lily of the ancient Egyptians. He referred to the history of 

 the lotus, and to the various species of the order to which it belongs, 

 the jVymphaceoe. The order is quite a large one, and is distributed 

 over the world. The lotus is a native of Asia and Australia, and 

 though not now found in Egypt, there is no doubt that at one time it 

 was abundant in the Nile. Many representations of it are given oh 

 the Egyptian monuments. It was considered by them to be a sacred 



