xii Proreedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 



Mr. William Palmer remarked that he had lately seen a 

 European skylark in Virginia, and exhibited the jaws of a ray 

 from Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. 



Mr. E. W. Nelson called attention to the newspaper notoriety 

 attained by the San Antonio, Texas, bat roosts. 



Two communications were presented : 



"Observations on New Dinosaurian Reptiles"; C. \Y. 

 Gil mo re. 



" The Basic Facts of Bird Coloration " ; William Palmer. 



May 15, 1915— 542d Meeting.* 



President Bartsch in the chair and 43 persons present. 



Dr. L. O. Howard exhibited lantern slide views of the moth 

 Ceratomia amyntor. 



Four communications were presented: 



" Two Years' Investigation in Peru of Verruga and its Insect 

 Transmission " ; C H. T. Townsend. 



" Tbe Uses of Weevils and Weevil Products in Food and 

 Medicine"; W. Dwight Pierce. 



"Observations on Mosquitos and House Flies"; L. 0. 

 Howard. 



"Remarks on Some Little-known Insect Depredators "; A. L. 

 Quaintance. 



October 23, 1915— 543d Meeting.f 



President Bartsch in the chair and 85 persons present. 



Dr. C. W. Styles made remarks on blood examinations of 

 children and on generic names of birds. 



Dr. J. N. Rose exhibited Brazilian hummingbird nests. 



Two communications were presented: 



" Collecting Grasses in the Southwest " ; A. S. Hitchcock. 



"African Studies: Things in Common Among Men, Apes, 

 and other Mammals "; R. L. Garner. 



♦Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sei., Vol. 5, pp. 448-4.50, June 19, 1915; and 

 in Science, N. S., Vol. 41, pp. 915-916, June 18, 1915. 



t Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., Vol. 5, pp. 652-653, December 4, 1915; 

 and in Science, N. S., Vol. 42, pp. 843-844, December 10, 1915. 



