xiv Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 



December 2, 1916— 561st Meeting.* 



President Hay in the chair and 50 persons present. 

 The regular program consisted of three communications, as 

 follows : 



" The Discovery of an Interesting New Tardigrade "; W. P. 

 Hay. 



Exhibition of Venezuelan Plants and Fruits "; J. N. Rose. 

 Poisonous Snakes "; M. W. Lyon, Jr. 



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December 16, 1916 — 562d Meeting. 

 THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



President Hay in the chair and 23 persons present. 



The annual reports of the officers and committees were re- 

 ceived . 



The following officers were elected for the year 1917 : 



President: W. P. Hay. 



Vice-Presidents: J. N. Rose, A. D. Hopkins, Hugh M. 

 Smith, Vernon Bailey. 



Recording Secretary : M. W, Lyon, Jr. 



Corresponding Secretary : W. L. McAtee. 



Treasurer : Ned Dearborn. 



Members of Council : N. Hollister, J. W. Gidley, William 

 Palmer, Alex. Wetmore, E. A. Goldman. 



President Hay was selected to represent the Society as a Vice- 

 President of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 



Ex-President Evermann gave an illustrated lecture on the 

 Museum of the California Academy of Science. 



The following Committee on Publications has been appointed 

 for 1917 : C. W. Richmond, Chairman ; J. H. Riley, W. L. 

 McAtee, N. Dearborn. 



•Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., Vol. 7. pp. 4.5-46, January 19. 1917. 



