XXXVIII BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHING-TON. 

 Seventy-Ninth Meeting, May 2, 1885. 



The President occupied the chair, and twenty-eight members 

 were present. 



Dr. Thomas Taylor made a communication on The White 

 Rust of Cabbages, Cystopus candidus. 



Mr. H. W. Henshaw read a paper entitled Hybrid Quail,* 

 the case of hybridism presented being between the California 

 Valley quail {Lophortyx calif ornicus) , and Gambel's quail 

 {Lophortvx Gambeli") . 



Mr. W. H. Dall spoke of Observations Made During a 

 Recent Journey in Florida. 



Eightieth Meeting, May 16, 1885. 



The President in the chair, and twenty-five membei's present. 



Mr. F. W. True exhibited A Specimen of the Adult Male 

 Guereza Monkey, Colobus guereza, recently purchased by 

 the National Museum, and made some remarks upon the colora- 

 tion, geographical distribution, and habits of the species. 



Dr. T. H. Bean exhibited specimens of A New Genus and 

 Species of Fish from Florida, related to Mur^enoides,! 

 a genus known to occur only in temperate and Arctic regions. 



Mr. J. L. Wortman presented a communication on The Re- 

 duction of the Molar Teeth of the Carnivora. 



Prof. O. T. Mason read a paper On Post-Mortem Trepan- 

 ning,! describing especially a specimen recently sent from Peru, 

 by Dr. W. H. Jones, U. S. N., and considered by Prof. Mason to 

 be the most remarkable example yet brought to light. 



Eighty-First Meeting, May 30, 1885. 



The President in the chair, and thirty-two members present. 

 Prof. L. F. Ward, in a communication entitled Recent Flow- 



* 



1885. Henshaw, H. W. Hybrid Quail {Lophortyx Gambeli x L. 

 calif ornicus). <The Auk, vol. ii, No. 3, July, pp. 247-249. 



f 18S5. Bean, Tarleton H. On Stathmonotus, a new genus of fishes 

 related to Murcenoides, from Florida. <Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, pp. 

 191-192, pi. xiii. 



% 1885. Mason, Otis T. The Ckaclacayo Trephined Skull. <Proc. 

 U. S. National Museum, viii, pp. 410-412, pi. xxii. 



