XXXVIII BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 

 SEVENTY-NINTH MEETING, May 2, 1885. 



The President occupied the chair, and twenty-eight members 

 were present. 



Dr. Thomas Taylor made a communication on THE WHITE 

 RUST OF CABBAGES, CYSTOPUS CANDIDUS. 



Mr. H. W. Henshaw read a paper entitled HYBRID QUAIL,* 

 the case of hybridism presented being between the California 

 Valley quail (Lophortyx calif ornicus) , and Gambel's quail 

 {Lophortyx Gambeli) . 



Mr. W. H. Dall spoke of OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING A 

 RECENT JOURNEY IN FLORIDA. 



EIGHTIETH MEETING, May 16. 1885. 



The President in the chair, and twenty-five members present. 



Mr. F. W. True exhibited A SPECIMEN OF THE ADULT MALE 

 GUEREZA MONKEY, COLOBUS GUEREZA, recently purchased by 

 the National Museum, and made some remarks upon the colora 

 tion, geographical distribution, and habits of the species. 



Dr. T. H. Bean exhibited specimens of A NEW GENUS AND 

 SPECIES OF FISH FROM FLORIDA, RELATED TO MUR^ENOIDES,! 

 a genus known to occur only in temperate and Arctic regions. 



Mr. J. L. Wortman presented a communication on THE RE 

 DUCTION OF THE MOLAR TEETH OF THE CARNIVORA. 



Prof. O. T. Mason read a paper ON POST-MORTEM TREPAN 

 NING,! describing especially a specimen recently sent from Peru, 

 by Dr. W. H. Jones, U. S. N., and considered by Prof. Mason to 

 be the most remarkable example yet brought to light. 



EIGHTY-FIRST MEETING, May 30, 1885. 



The President in the chair, and thirty-two members present. 

 Prof. L. F. Ward, in a communication entitled RECENT FLOW- 



* 1885. HENSHAW, H. W. Hybrid Quail {Lophortyx Gambeli x L. 

 calif ornicus). <The Auk, vol. ii, No. 3, July, pp. 247-249. 



f 1885. BEAN, TARLETON H. On Stathmonotus, a neiv genus of fishes 

 related to Murcenoides, from Florida. <Proc. U. S. Nat. M':s., viii, pp. 

 191-192, pi. xiii. 



% 1885. MASON, OTIS T. The Chaclacayo Trephined Skull. <Proc. 

 U. S. National Museum, viii, pp. 410-412, pi. xxii. 



