Proceedings. xi 



Some Notes on the Aleyrodidae ; A. L. Quaintance. 

 The Shad and its Relatives in the Mississippi River ; Emerson 

 Stringham (introduced by R. E. Coker). 



March 10, 1917— 567th Meeting.* 



President Hay in the chair, 45 persons present. 



Dr. H. M. Smith exhibited a manuscript and hand illustrated 

 book dealing with beetles. 



President W. P. Hay presented some notes on flying squirrels. 



Dr. H. E. Ames called attention to a newspaper clipping 

 recording the flight of two tagged ducks. 



The regular program consisted of two communications as 

 follows : 



Precipitins; M. W. Lyon, Jr. 



Porpoises and Steamers ; William Palmer. 



March 24, 1917— 568th Meeting.! 



President Hay in the chair, 31 persons present. 



Dr. L. 0. Howard reported that the book presented by Dr. 

 Smith at the 567th meeting was a handmade copy of all the 

 descriptions of the North American beetles contained in a large 

 French monograph dealing with that group of insects. 



Three communications were presented for the regular pro- 

 gram as follows : 



Notes on Aplodontia ; \V. P. Taylor. 



The Extraordinary Strepsipterous Type of Parasitism; W. 

 D wight Pierce. 



Zoological Statuary at the National Capital ; R. W. Shufeldt. 



April 7, 1917— 569th Meeting. X 



President Hay in the chair, 45 persons present. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt exhibited lantern slides of living Califor- 

 nia quail. 



Dr. L. 0. Howard called attention to a specimen of the 

 cocoon of a Cecropia moth containing moonstones. 



A. Wetmore stated that he had seen blue jays insert small 

 acorns and kernels of corn into large cocoons. 



• Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 7, pp. 239, 240, April 19, 1917; and 

 in Science, N. 8., vol. 45, p. 464, May 11, 1917. 



t Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 7, pp. 271-273, May 4, 1917. 



X Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 7, pp. 315, 316, May 19, 1917; and 

 in Science, N. S., vol. 45, p. 618, June 15, 1917. 



