PROCEEDINGS 



OF THK 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



Information concerning publication. 



This publication is maintained for the purpose of affording to mem 

 bers of the society a medium for the prompt publication of short papers 

 relating to biological subjects. To this end the committee on publica 

 tions requests attention of the authors to the following: 



1. The whole of the text and all plates for figures must be in the hands 

 of the committee before any paper is accepted. 



2. Owing to its limited funds the Society can not undertake to furnish 

 plates for illustrations, and in case of half tone plates requiring special 

 paper, can not pay over 50$ of the cost of printing. 



3. To secure uniformity in descriptions of new species, authors are re 

 quested to adopt the following order in their manuscript: 



a. The scientific name. 



b. The designation of the type. 



c. The technical description (distribution, general characters, 



measurements, etc.). 



d. Remarks. 



4. In citing literature, authors are requested to make the references in 

 the text or footnotes include (1), the name of the author; (2), the name 

 of the publication; (3), the volume; (4), the part; (5), the page, thus: 

 for zoology, Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIV, p/29, 1901, or for 

 botany, Coville, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 14:28. 1902. 



5. Authors shall have galley proof and, if desired, page proof for cor 

 rection. 



6. Separates are to be obtained from the committee or printer at a cost 

 of 15c per page for 100 copies. The number of separates desired must 

 be indicated on the galley proof. 



7. All details relating to abbreviations, the use of capitals and cita 

 tions, and all matters not involving a change of meaning or expression, 

 shall rest with the committee which, shall be guided in the main by the 

 A. O. U. rules in zoological, and along the lines of the Rochester code in 

 botanical nomenclature and usages. 



8. In accepting manuscript for publication the committee will give 

 preference to papers containing new material, and to those pertaining 

 to the fauna or flora of the region about Washington. Controversial 

 papers and those on nomenclature, except in exceptional cases, will be 

 published as miscellaneous notes, and should not occupy more than one 

 page of the brevier in which such notes are usually printed. 



W. P. HAY, Chairman, 

 W. H. OSGOOD, 

 DAVID WHITE, 



Committee on Publication. 





