Proceed ill (/■•i. xi 



\\\ H. Evans spoke of the good results of introducing min- 

 nows in Hawaiian rice l>edsto reduce the nunihcrof niosquitos.* 

 The following communications were presented: 



E. L. Greene: Linnaeus as an Evolutionist. 



F. v. Coville : The International Botanical (Jongress at Vienna. 

 H. M. Smitli: Notes on the Sargassum Fish {Ptewphryne 



histrio). 



November 25, 1905 — 406th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 69 persons present. 

 The following communications were presented: 

 L. 0. Howard: More Notes on the Yellow Fever Mosquito. 

 T. S. Palmer: The New York Meeting of the American Orni- 

 thologists Union. 



W. W. Cooke : Discontinuous Breeding Ranges of Birds. 



December 9, 1905 — 407th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 37 persons present. 



This meeting was in celehration of the 2oth anniversary of the 

 Society, at which the following papers were read: 



J. W. Chickering: The Potomac-Side Naturalists' Club and 

 its Predecessors. 



Theodore Gill: The Early Days of the Biological Society. 



F. H. Knowlton : The Present and Future of the Biological 

 Society. 



December 23, 1905 — 408th Meeting. 

 TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The President in the chair and 17 persons present. 



The annual reports of the Recording Secretary and the Treas- 

 urer were read and accepted. The following officers were elected 

 for the year 1906 : 



President: Frank H. Knowlton. 



Vice-Presidents: T. S. Palmer, W. P. Hay, E. L. Greene, 

 E. W. Nelson. 



Recording Secretary : INI. C. Marsh. 



Corresponding Secretary : \\'ilfred H. Osgood. 



* Will be published from Agr. Exp. Sta. Honolulu, by D. L. Van Dine. 



