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San Francisco Microscopical Society.* 
A regular meeting of the San Francisco Microscopical Society was 
held on Thursday evening, October 4, with Vice-President H. C. Hyde 
in the chair. After reading the minutes, Mr. X. Y. Clark was elected 
a resident member of the Society. 
In consequence of the absence from the city of many members of the 
Society, no meeting was held at the stated time, on September 20, and 
the Secretary had to announce the acquisitions of both dates, which 
were as follows, viz. : ‘ American Naturalist,’ ‘ Monthly Microscopical 
Journal,’ ‘ Cincinnati Medical News,’ and ‘ American Journal of 
Microscopy ’ for August and September ; the ‘ Popular Science 
Monthly,’ with supplement, for September and October ; ‘ Nature ’ for 
July and August ; ‘Journal Quekett Microscopical Club ’for July; 
Part 2, vol. ii., ‘ Bulletin Bussey Institution,’ and ‘ Journal de Micro- 
graphie,’ Pelletan — all by subscription. 
By purchase there were added ‘ Manual Botanic Terms,’ Cooke ; 
‘Elements of Embryology,’ Foster and Balfour; and ‘Walker’s 
Statistical Atlas of the United States,’ while Mr. Einne donated 
No. X. of ‘ Proceedings of the Belgian Microscopical Society.’ 
Dr. S. M. Mouser donated to the cabinet a slide mounted by him 
with a stained section of frog’s stomach, showing the villi and cell 
structure, and Mr. J. R. Scupham handed in samples of siliceous and 
micaceous earths from Gold Hill, Nevada. Quite an extensive series 
of diatomaceous earths were presented by the California State Geo- 
logical Society, obtained by that young but energetic scientific 
organization from Monterey, Santa Barbara, Ventura, near Virginia 
City, ten miles north of Petaluma, and Nottingham, Maryland. Most 
of these fossil deposits have never been unearthed before, and con- 
sequently the members were desirous to know of the characteristic 
diatoms to be found in them, to which end the Corresponding 
Secretary was instructed to request Dr. A. M. Edwards, one of their 
members, to examine the samples and report as soon as practicable, 
trusting some of them might prove as fruitful as the Santa Monica 
deposit. 
From Mr. J. W. Deems, a corresponding member, residing in 
New York City, was received three specimens of supposed coral, found 
by oystermen at Long Island Sound. 
The second instalment, being Century II. of Professor H. L. Smith’s 
reliable series of typical diatoms, had come to hand, and was warmly 
welcomed by all present, particularly those who love to study and 
become familiar with the correct nomenclature of the siliceous shelled 
little beauties. The mode of arranging them in book-like rack boxes 
is a great improvement over the former method adopted by Professor 
Smith, and yet a late letter to Mr. Kinne contains the information of 
* Note. — I t will afford us great pleasure to publish notes of the transactions 
of any of our microscopical societies. The limited space at our command precludes 
the insertion of lengthened accounts of mere business details. 
