PROCEEDINGS. IX 



Dr. Theodore Gill presented a paper on the CHARACTER 

 ISTICS OF THE HALOSAUROID FISHES.* 



Dr. J. N. Rose read a paper entitled Coulterella, A NEW 

 GENUS OF COMPOSITE. f Discussed by Messrs. Seaman, Vasey 

 and T. S. Palmer. 



Prof. Jos. F. James spoke on ORGANISMS IN ST. PETER'S 

 SANDSTONE. 



Mr. B. P. Mann made some remarks upon the AUTHORSHIP 

 OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, published 

 by Department of Agriculture. 



Mr. Howard refuted Mr. Mann's statement. 



ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOURTH MEETING, 

 October 18, 1890. 



The President in the chair, and twenty-eight members 

 present. 



Mr. H. E. Van Deman spoke of CULTIVATED FRUITS IN 

 THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.^ Discussed by Dr. 

 Salmon. 



Dr. Theo. N. Gill presented a communication on the SUPER 

 FAMILY CYCLOPTEROIDEA. 



Prof. Lester F. Ward spoke on the subject of AMERICAN 

 TRIASSIC FLORA. 1 1 



ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIFTH MEETING, 

 November i, 1890. 



The President in the chair, and thirty-seven members 

 present. 



Mr. Nathan Banks was elected an active member. 



* American Naturalist, xxiii, 1889, pp. 1015, 1016. (Pub. May, 1890.) 



tU. S. Cont. Nat. Herb, i, 1890, p. 71. 



% Ann. Report U. S. Dept. Agriculture, 1890, pp. 410, 411. 



| Proc. U. S. N. M. xiii, 1890, pp. 361-376 ; pi. 28-30. 



|| Geological Society of America, iii, 1891, pp. 23-31. Abstracts in 

 Science, Vol. xviii, Nov. 20, 1891, pp. 287, 288, and Proc. A. A. A. S., 

 Vol. xi. 



