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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, 



PROCEEDINGS. 



January 9, 1892. 186th Meeting. 



TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The PRESIDENT in the chair and 23 persons present. The 

 annual reports of the Treasurer and Recording Secretary were 

 presented, and the officers for the year 1892 elected. (See 

 page v.) 



January '23, 1892. 187th Meeting. 



The PRESIDENT in the chair and 18 persons present.' 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



C. W. STILES: "Notes on Parasites; Myzomimus, gen. nov." 1 

 Discussed by Dr. THEOBALD SMITH. 



THEODOR HOLM : " Studies of the Morphological Identity of 

 the Stamens." Discussed by Mr. COVILLE, Dr. STILES, and Dr. 

 MERRIAM. 



1 Notes on parasites : 4, Preliminary note on Myzomimus gen. nov. type 

 species M. scutatus (Mueller, 1869), Stiles, 1892. Journ. Comp. Medicine 

 and Veterinary Archives, 1892, pp. 65-67, 1 fig. 



On the Anatomy of Myzomimus scutatus. Festschrift zlim siebenzigsten 

 geburtstage Rudolf Leuckarts, 1892, pp. 126-133, taf. xvii, figs. 1-29. 

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