New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-27
PROCEEDINGS or SOCIETIES.

son made communication upon the Production Oh
Ozone by Plants, and indicating how ozone purihos
| the atmosphere.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn: TENNESSEE HIsToRIcAL So
! Getty: June 1G-An address to the people Oh leh-
nessee was read by Dr. Ramsey before the meeting.
It was designed to interest the people of the State
| in the general objects Of the Society, and with a
| view TO secure for its library and museum specl-
mems, manuscripts, records, ETC.
! SAN Francisco: MICROsCOPICAL SOCIETY: June
| 1S-Monthly meeting: II. G.. Hanks III the chaH'
| Mr. Buckmnster presented the Society with num-
Der of flies gathered from the surface OF Owens
Lake. and remarked that they are often found in
masses on the surface of the water like swarms OF
bees a foot in depth. The larv8 OF these mes also
float on the water, and are gathered by the Indians
| and dried for food. When ground, they are lhaue
| into bread, which is said to be quite paataDie.
| PHILADELPHIA: FRANKLIN INSTITUTE; June H.
! 4 paper was read by Hector Orr upon the different
methods of Paving Street Ways, IN which nearly oil
those at present in vogue were condemned for one
reason or another In his opinion cedar wood set on
end is the most serviceabe. paper was read by
Mr. Leyan giving the result of Indicator diagrams,
showing a large development of horsepower per
pound of coal by the of lIrst-class boilers and
engines. a mechanical novelty was bronght 10 tle
notice of the Institute in the form OF the COnnerv
method of calGing boiler seams with rounded tool,
thus obviating the growing OF the under plate ana
consequent weakening OF the boiler
SAN FRiNCIsCo: CALTORSIA ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES: June15-President Dlvidson,in the chair
Varjous donations were announced, the most inter
| estinr of winch was an Indian relic, supposed to
have been used in spinning found % feet beneath
the surface of the earth in cement gravel at
| Martinez, California. paper was read by Judge
| Hastings on the subject OF the Oakland Ghosts
| which elected some discussion. communication
| was r,sruIed Icy Dr. EOuTgeaud upon Evolution
! The President made some remarks upon his recent
! visit TO the East and upon the estimation IN whcn
the Academy is held by rs associates elsewhere lie
also referred to the magnificent endOWmentS OF MI
Lick. and the assurance he felt III regard 10 tAeH
| proper ADMINISTRATION.
ADRIAN: MICHIGAN STATE PATHOLOGICAL SoCI-
! ETY.: June 2j.-An address was presented by Prof
! Cook of tie Agricultural College upon Insects In
! ilrious TO Shrubbery and House-pants. Prof. Beal
OF the same institution read paper upon the Seeds
! and Blossoms of Apples: in which he gave what he
considered the best method of catching the cooling
moth, one Of the greatest pests known to pomoio-
| asts This consists in encircling the tree with
bands made of three thicknesses of coarse cheap
! warming -papcT the paper being folded a. 10
/ make the band rs wide "a the hand. These bands
| are removed and renewed every 10 DAYS or TWO
! week, during the Summer and Autumn. Prof. Beal
found AT each removal large numbers OF the codllng
moth between the tree aud the band, and III some
cases cut-worms and other insects Among 0thef
papers Of interest one by Mr. }. Webster Chlds
npon tho Treatment of Orchards which elected con-
| siderable discussion.
ST. LOUIS: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: jane b
| Regular monthly meeting: Vice-President Todd i'll
| the chair. Do Engelmann expressed to the Acad-
envy his regret at his inability to obtain snbscrp-
tons TO the Agassiz Memorial Fund. communca-
ton was made by DR.. Engelmann upon certain
points in the geography i'll the Mississippi and Mis-
sonri Rivers and upon the difference in climate in
different parts of Missouri as shown by the Signal
Station observations. Prof. Riley gave an account
of the grapevine louise insect, referring to the
,ethods by which 1t has been introduced into
| France from the United States lie also made
| communication upon the AdHdcea,d, or Slhe-saddlc
! fowrr which he claimed to be an insect-.eedlng
| miami attracting insects into It's cup-shaped leaf,
and then actually, in n measure, feeding upon them.
He presented III addition, notice OF Two important
! botanical monographs just completed by him, in
tended for publication by the Society. One OF these
is upon American CedaIs and the other upon Ameri-
! can Oaks.
| New YORK: LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY May %.
"A paper by NJ. J. c. White of West Virginia read
by Prof Stevenson. was entitled Notes the Upper
Coal Measures of Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
| Mr. White detailed the results of extended ObServa-
! sious i'm manner too minute TO be reproduced in
brief notice but evincing much care and ability, and
proving as President Newberry remarked, many in
teretine points particularly the fact that where the
upper coal rocks are found most completely deve
oped there are no indications of any Permian
alinities in the fossil fauna or fora. Dr. Newberry
| gave An account of second species of Dinichthgs
recently discovered in Ohio, which he names ID.
| 7errelG, after Mr.. j. Terrell who has secured the
| finest series of specimens THIS genus of gigantic,
| bony-cased fishes has heretofore been represented
| only by the species d. HertEeri Newb., discovered
and procured with great pains by the Rev. Mr.. Hert
yer. Methodist missionary at Delaware, Ohio.
| Many specimens Of this species have been OBJ
tanned and the characters OF its enormous jaws and
massive sheldlike plates are well known. They all
occur near the base of the Huron shale of Ohio.
responding 10 the upper Hamilton of New York, or
more precisely, the Genesee shae.
| Plates and fragments of Jaws have more recently
been found at a horizon near the top of the Huron
shale at Sheffield Ohio, indicating for the species
length of some 10 to is feet. A Uranium two feet
across WAS obtained by Mr.. Terrell which rivaled in
size the older species Subsequently the discovery
Of perfect jaws has shown beyond doubt that the
| Sheffield species is distinct. These jaws a
foot and a half long, somewhat less than in d.
Her.eri but their chef difference lies i'll the fact
that instead of being set along the front portion of
| the side with series Of small teeth or dentcles,
is the case IN the other, their edges raised into
| sharp cutting blade, the maXiary and pre-
| maxillary shutting down upon the mandiDc like
scissors These and other differences afford ample
| grounds for regarding the species as new.
have ran ged through probably the entire period Of
| the Huron shale. belongs Ia the group placoderm
ganoids. which are emnently Dsyonian forms it is
most nearly allied TO the little Cocosteus and
| Ptrichthys. which Hugh Miller has made so familiar.
| from the old red sandstone OF Scotland. But the
largest of these fish not hah the length of an
| average-sized mandible of the giant Dinichtys.
| Among living types they are probably most nearly
akin 10 the Silnroids this group includes our cat
fishes, where instead OF bony armor there is only
| hard tough skin, and certain East Indian species
which possess to some extent plated covering.
:, Prof. Ions Elsberg communicated series of
| Notes Physical kegenerdtOn-a Contribution to
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