Proceedings. xi 



October 23, 1897 280th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 37 persons present. 



The following communications were presented: 



F. A. Lucas and C. W. Stiles : A Dangerous Parasite of the 

 Fur-seal. 



C. W. Stiles : The International Committee on Zoological 

 Nomenclature. 



M. B. Waite : A New Peach and Plum Disease. 



F. V. Coville: The History and Distribution of Abies shastensis* 



By invitation, Prof. Mitsukuri, of the Imperial University, 

 Tokyo, Japan, addressed the Society on the condition and pro 

 gress of biological science in Japan. 



November 6, 1897 281st Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 39 persons present. 



Lester F. Ward exhibited Prosopis juliflora from Kansas ; also 

 specimens of Psoralea tenuiflora, commenting on its tumbleweed 

 propensities ; and of Lotus americanus, a peculiar compass-plant. 



E. L. Morris exhibited alcoholic specimens of vertebrates and 

 invertebrates, showing methods of sectioning the alimentary 

 canal. 



The following communications were presented : 

 Charles L. Pollard : A Publication Problem in Botany. 

 M. G. Motter : Underground Zoology.f 



F. A. Lucas : The Fossil Bison of North America. 



C. Hart Merriam : Life Zones of the Olympic Mountains. 



November 20, 1897 282d Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 40 persons present. 



David White exhibited various specimens of fossil carbonif 

 erous ferns. 



Erwin F. Smith showed a new form of hypodermic injection 

 syringe. 



The following communications were presented : 



O. F; Cook : A New Wingless Fly from Liberia^ 



V. K. Chesnut : Some Recent Cases of Mushroom Poisoning. 



Erwin F. Smith : Bacterial Diseases of Plants. 



* To be published in Garden and Forest. 



t To be published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. 



t To be published in Brandtia. 



