Vol. XXII, pp. vii-xi February 2, 1910 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



PROCEEDINGS. 



The Society meets in the Asseml)ly Hall of the Cosmos Club 

 on alternate Saturdnys at 8 p. m. Brief notices of the meetings, 

 with abstracts of the papers, are published in Scievce. 



January 9, 1909 — 452d Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 41 persons present. 



W. H. Osgood, Vernon Bailey, and the chair offered brief 

 notes on the distribution of the English sparrow in the West. 



The following communications were presented : 



J. N. Rose: The type of the genus Cactus. 



W. D. Hunter: Present status of the cotton boll weevil. 



F. M. Webster: Investigations of Toxoptera graminum and its 

 parasites. 



January 23, 1909 — 453d Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 40 persons present. 



F. E. Matthes noted the recent occurrence of unusual snow 

 and winter insects in Rock Creek Park. 



M. B. Waite exhibited an apple having a peculiar frost 

 injury. 



H. M. Smith announced the transfer of the Federal fur-seal 

 service to the Bureau of Fisheries. 



B. W. Evermann noted the addition of the barn owl to the 

 known bird fauna of Carroll County, Indiana. 



The following communications were presented: 



E. F. Phillips: Bee diseases. 



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