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W. H. Evans spoke of the good results of introducing min 

 nows in Hawaiian rice beds to reduce the number of mosquitos.* 

 The following communications were presented: 



E. L. Greene: Linnaeus as an Evolutionist. 



F. V. Coville : The International Botanical Congress at Vienna. 

 H. M. Smith: Notes on the Sargassum Fish (Pterophryne 



histrio). 



November 25, 1905 4o6th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 69 persons present. 

 The following communications were presented : 

 L. O. Howard: More Notes on the Yellow Fever Mosquito. 

 T. S. Palmer: The New York Meeting of the American Orni 

 thologists Union. 



W. W. Cooke : Discontinuous Breeding Ranges of Birds. 



December 9, 1905 407111 Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 37 persons present. 



This meeting was in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the 

 Society, at which the following papers were read: 



J. W. Chickering: The Potomac-Side Naturalists' Club and 

 its Predecessors. 



Theodore Gill: The Early Days of the Biological Society. 



F. H. Knowlton : The Present and Future of the Biological 

 Society. 



December 23, 1905 4o8th Meeting. 

 TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The President in the chair and 17 persons present. 



The annual reports of the Recording Secretary and the Treas 

 urer were read and accepted. The following officers were elected 

 for the year 1906 : 



President: Frank H. Knowlton. 



Vice-Presidents : T. S. Palmer, W. P. Hay, E. L. Greene, 

 E. W. Nelson. 



Recording Secretary : M. C. Marsh. 



Corresponding Secretary: Wilfred H. Osgood. 



* Will be published from Agr. Exp. Sta. Honolulu, by D. L. Van Dine. 



