The Geological Society of America held its eighth Annual Meeting, and the fifteenth meeting of the Society in the Geological Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, December 26th to 28th. The number of Fellows in attendance was sixty. The first session was convened at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon with President N. S. Shaler in the chair. The report of the Council, consisting of the detailed reports of the officers for the year 1895, was submitted in print. This report showed a properous condition of the Society; following are some of the items: membership 226, libraries subscribing for the bulletin 59, receipts during the year from the sale of the bulletin $461.50, number of exchanges 85. The library is deposited with the Case Library at Cleveland. Besides printing six volumes of the bulletin, $3000 has been invested as a publication fund.

Announcement was made of the election by transmitted ballots of officers for 1896 as follows:

President, Joseph LeConte; First Vice-President, C. H. Hitchcock; Second Vice-President, Edward Orton; Secretary H. L. Fairchild ; Treasurer, I. C. White; Editor, J. Stanley Brown; Councillors, B. K. Emerson, J. M. Safford.

The following Fellows were declared elected: Harry F. Bain, Des Moines, Iowa; William K. Brooks, Baltimore, Md.; Charles R. Eastman, Cambridge, Mass.; Henry B. Kummel, Trenton, N. J.; William H. Norton, Mt. Vernon, Iowa; Frank B. Taylor, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Jay B. Woodworth, Cambridge, Mass.

A memorial of James D. Dana, written by Joseph LeConte, was read by H. S. Williams. This was not only an appreciative sketch of Dana's life, but an admirable discussion of the true character of geology as a science, and of the great influence of Dana in giving geology a commanding position.

Other short memorials of Henry B. Nason, Albert E. Foote and Antonio del Castillo were read.

A message of regard was voted to J. P. Lesley, who was unable to attend the meeting on account of illness.

The Society held a morning and an afternoon session on Friday and a morning session on Saturday. It was announced that the next summer meeting, to be held in August in connection with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, would be devoted chiefly to excursions.

The list of papers read was not as long as at the Baltimore meeting, but the program was of excellent quality. Following are the titles of the papers presented :

George P. Merrill, Disintegration and decomposition of diabase at Medford, Mass.; Charles R. Keyes, The geographic relations of the granites and porphyries in the eastern part of the Ozarks; J. F. Kemp, Illustrations of the dynamic metamorphism of anorthosites and related rocks in the Adirondacks; N. S. Shaler, The importance of volcanic dust and pumice in marine deposits; L. V. Pirsson, A needed term in petrography; John J. Stevenson, The Cerrillos coal field of New Mexico; N. S. Shaler, The relations of geologic science to education. (Presidential address), ; W. M. Davis, Note on the outline of Cape Cod; W. M. Davis, Plains of Marine and subaërial denudation; F. P. Gulliver, Cuspate forelands; M. R. Campbell, Drainage modifications and their interpretation; N. H. Darton, Some fine examples of stream robbing in the Catskill Mountains; Robert Bell, Proofs of the rising of the land around Hudson Bay; C. R. Van Hise, Movements of rocks under deformation; Alfred C. Lane, Possible depth of mining and boring; Harry Fielding Reid, Notes on glaciers; Frank Leverett, The relation between ice lobes, south from the Wisconsin driftless area; Frank Leverett, The loess of western Illinois and southeastern Iowa; G. Frederick Wright, High level terraces of the middle Ohio and its tributaries; H. L. Fairchild, Four great kame areas of western New York; Warren Upham, Preglacial and postglacial channels of the Cuyahoga and Rocky Rivers; C. H. Hitchcock, Paleozoic terranes in the Connecticut Valley; C. Willard Hayes, The Devonian formations of the southern Appalachians; N. H. Darton, Notes on relations of lower members of costal plain series in South Carolina; N. H. Darton, Resumé of general stratigraphic relations in the Atlantic costal plain from New Jersey to South Carolina; T. C. Chamberlin, The Natchez formations; Arthur Keith, Some stages of Appalachian erosion.

The American Psychological Association met at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Friday and Saturday December 27 and 28, 1895.

Friday, December 27, 10 A. M.-Psychology and Physiology, Professor George S. Fullerton; Description of a Series of Physical and Mental Tests on the Students of Columbia College, Dr. Livington Farrand; Some Psycho-Neural Data, Dr. Arthur MacDonald; An Experimental Investigation of the Processes of Ideation, Mr. Oliver Cornman. (Introduced by Professor Lightner Witmer).

2.30 P. M.—Address of the President, Professor J. McKeen Cattell ; Consciousness and Time, Professor Charles A. Strong; Some Conditions of Will Development, Brother Chrysostom; A Psychological Interpre

tation of the Rules of Definition in Logic, Professor Alfred H. Lloyd. Saturday, December 28, 10 A. M.-Discussion on Consciousness and Evolution, Professors William James, E. D. Cope, J. Mark Baldwin and G. S. Ladd.

2.30 P. M.–An Experiment on the Effects of Loss of Sleep, Professor G. T. W. Patrick; Further Researches on the Psychic Development of Young Animals, and its Physical Correlation, Professor Wesley Mills; Variations in the Patellar Reflex as an Aid in Mental Analysis, Professor Lightner Witmer; Experiments on Induced Hallucinations, Professor James H. Hyslop; A Case of Dream Reasoning, Professor W. Romaine Newbold.

Informal communications were made at various times during the sessions.

A fuller account of the papers and discussions will be found in our department of Psychology; q. v.

Indiana Academy of Science. The eleventh Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science was held at Indianapolis, December 27th and 28th.

The session was of unusual interest and the attendance good. Forty two new members were elected. This indicates the interest that is being aroused in the State in scientific lines.

The address of the retiring President, A. W. Butler, of Brookville, on "Indiana: A Century of Changes in the Aspects of Nature," met with enthusiastic applause.

A poem on the "Naturalist" recited by W. W. Pfrimmer was a novel, yet enjoyable feature.

The report of the biological Survey of Turkey Lake was another new feature of the meeting, and attracted much favorable attention.

The following papers were presented:

Unconscious Mental Cerebration, C. E. Newlin; Human Physiology in its Relation to Biology, Guido Bell; A means of preventing Hog Cholera, D. W. Dennis; The Hopkins Seaside Laboratory at Pacific Grove, Cal., B. M. Davis; Glacial and Eolian Sands of the Iroquois and Tippecanoe River Valleys, A. H. Purdue; The recent earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains, A. H. Purdue; Some minor processes of Erosion, J. T. Scoville; Kettle Holes at Maxinkuckee, J. T. Scoville; Fossils from sewer trenches in the Glacial Drift, Wm. M. Whitten; Relief map of Arkansas, John F. Newsom; Notes on the Fauna of the black shales of Bartholomew and Jackson Counties, V. F. Marsters; Botanical Literature of the State Library, John S. Wright; Microscope slides of vegetable material for use in Determinative work, John

S. Wright; Embryology of Hydrastis canadensis, Geo. W. Martin; Some determinative factors underlying Plant Variation, Geo. W. Martin; Variations in the cleavage of the Fundulus Egg, Geo. W. Martin; Hæmoglobin and its Derivatives, A. J. Bigney; Effects of heat upon the Irritability of Muscle, A. J. Bigney; The evolution of sex in Cymatogaster, C. H. Eigenmann; The circulation of protoplasm in the manubrium of Chara fragilis, D. W. Dennis; A new Subterranean Crustacean from Indiana, W. P. Hay; A peculiar crawfish from southern Indiana, W. P. Hay; A note on the breeding habits of the cave salamander, Speterpes maculicaudus, W. P. Hay; Notes on a collection of fishes from Dubois County, Indiana, W. J. Moenkhaus; The geographical variation of Etheostoma nigrum and E. olmstedi, W. J. Moenkhaus; A revision and synonomy of the Parrus group of Unionida, with 6 plates, R. Ellsworth Call; The fishes of the Missouri River Basin, B. W. Evermann and J. T. Scoville; Recent investigations concerning the Redfish (Oncorhynchus nerka) at its spawning grounds in Idaho, B. W. Evermann and J. T. Scoville; Additional notes on Indiana birds, A. W. Butler; A mammal new to Indiana, A. W. Butler; Some beneficial results from the use of Fungicides as a preventive of Corn Smut, Wm. Stuart; Ratio of alcohol to yeast in Fermentation, Katherine E. Golden; Distribution of Orchidacea in Indiana, Alida M. Cunnigham; A new station for Pleodorina, Severance Burrage; Additional notes on Animal Parasites collected in the State, A. W. Bitting; Report upon certain collections presented to State Biological Survey, Stanley Coulter; Infection by Bread, Katherine E. Golden; Certain plants as an index of Soil Character, Stanley Coulter; Forms of Xanthium canadense and X. strumarium, J. C. Arthur; A new habitat for Gastrophilus, A. W. Bitting; Noteworthy Indiana Phanerogams, Stanley Coulter.

The following reports relating to the State Biological Survey were made:

Second contribution to the knowledge of Indiana Mollusca, R. Ellsworth Call; Contributions to the Biological Survey of Wabash County, Albert B. Ulrey; Report of the Biological Survey, Zoology, C. H. Eigenmann.

Turkey Lake has been taken as a station for exhaustive study of a limit of environment and the variation of its inhabitants, and the following reports represent the first seasons work:

First Report of the Biological Station, C. H. Eigenmann; Some of the physical features of Turkey Lake, D. C. Ridgley; Hydrographic map of Turkey Lake, J. Juday; Temperatures of Turkey Lake, J. P.

Dolan; Inhabitants of Turkey Lake in general, C. H. Eigenmann; Hirudinea of Turkey Lake, Bessie C. Ridgley; Rotifera of Turkey Lake, D. C. Kellicott; Clodocera of Turkey Lake, E. S. Birge; Mollusca of Turkey Lake, R. Ellsworth Call; Odonata of Turkey Lake, D. C. Kellicott; Fishes and tailed batrachians of Turkey Lake, C. H. Eigenmann; Tailless batrachians of Turkey Lake, C. Atkinson ; Snakes of Turkey Lake, H. G. Reddick; Turtles of Turkey Lake, C. H. Eigenmann; Water birds of Turkey Lake, N. M. Chamberlain; Flora of Turkey Lake, O. H. Meincke; Methods of determining Variations, C. H. Eigenmann; Variation of Etheostoma of Turkey and Tippecanoe Lakes, W. J. Moenkhaus.

The officers for the next year are as follows:

President, Stanley Coulter of Purdue University; Vice-President, Thos. C. Gray of Rose Polytechnic; Secretary, John S. Wright of Indianapolis; Assistant Secretary, A. J. Bigney of Moores Hill Col-. lege; Treasurer, W. P. Shannon of Greensburg.

A. J. BIGNEY, Assistant Secretary.

The Biological Society of Washington.-November 30th, the following communications were read: Edw. L. Greene, Some Fundamentals of Nomenclature; Theo. Holm, Contributions to the flora of the District of Columbia; David White, The Mode of Development of Exogenous Structure in Paleozoic Lycopods, a review of Williamson and Renault.

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