xiv Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 

 December 18, 1915 — 547th Meeting. 



THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



President Bartsch in the chair and 27 persons present. 



The annual reports of officers and committees were received. 



The following officers were elected for the year 1916: 



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: Wells W. Cooke. 



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

 Palmer, Alex Wetmore, Edgar A. Mearns. 



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

 President of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 



President Hay appointed as Committee on Publications for 

 1916 : N. Hollister, W. L. McAtee, Wells W. Cooke; as Com- 

 mittee on Communications for 1916 : William Palmer, Alex 

 Wetmore, Lewis Radcliffe, J. W. Gidley, W. R. Maxon, and 

 H. S. Barber. 



