Proceedings. xi 



Albert F. Woods exhibited some leaves skeletonized by the 

 small fresh-water crustacean Cypridopsis. 



H. J.Webber noted the occurrence of seed production in some 

 seedlings from a sport of Clarkia pulchella. 



The following communications were presented : 



D. G. Fairchild : The Dutch Botanical Gardens at Buiten- 

 zorg, Java. (Illustrated by numerous photographs.) 



L. 0. Howard : The Outbreak of the Fluted Scale in Portugal 

 and Its Results .* 



Chas. T. Simpson : The Destruction of the Pearly Fresh-water 

 Mussels. f 



F. A. Lucas: The Occurrence of Mammoth Remains on the 

 Pribilof Islands. J 



November 19, 1898 297th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 31 persons present. 



E. L. Morris gave an account of the ascent by a small snake 

 of the polished nickel surface of a vertical stand-pipe. 



F. W. True exhibited a copy of an entomological journal pub 

 lished in Japan, stating that it was probably the first journal of 

 this nature issued in that country. 



L. 0. Howard exhibited posters prepared by the German gov 

 ernment describing and figuring the Colorado potato beetle and 

 the San Jose scale, and also one issued by the Russian govern 

 ment describing a destructive Russian grain beetle, Anisoplia 

 austriaca. 



The following communications were presented : 



Cleveland Abbe: Climate and the Corn Crop. 



H. J. Webber: A Comparison of Types of Fecundation of 

 Flowering Plants. 



December 3, 1898 298th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 40 persons present. 



Upon invitation Professor A. D. Hopkins, of West Virginia, 

 addressed the Society briefly, explaining a new method of illus 

 trating specific and generic relationships by means of diagrams. 



*Tobe published as Bull. 18, New Series, Division of Entomology, T)ept. 

 of Agriculture. 



t Substance embodied in a paper to be published by the U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



J To be published in Science. 



