Bules Relailug to Publication. xiii 



Section G. Matter designecl for publication in the Proceedings 

 may be transmitted to the Committee on Publication, either 

 direct or through the Secretaries of the Society; soon as may be 

 thereafter the Committee shall decide on the desirability and 

 expediency of the publication or refer the matter to the Council 

 t()r decision. If the matter is accepted it shall be published as 

 soon as practicable ; if rejected it shall be returned to the author. 

 Communications from non-members and translated memoirs 

 shall be published only upon unanimous yote of tlie Committee 

 on Publications and liy specific authority from the Council. 

 The Committee on Publications or the Council may refer an}^ 

 communication to special committees for examination. 



Section 7. Matter offered for pul)lication in the Proceedings of 

 the Biological Society of Washington becomes thereby the 2>rop- 

 ert}^ of the said Society, and shall not be published elsewhere 

 prior to pul dication in the Proceedings except by consent of the 

 Society. 



Section 8. Matter accepted for publication in the Proceedings 

 of the Biological Society of Washington shall be either printed 

 and issued as soon as possible as a memoir-brochure or reserved 

 for the next brochure of miscellaneous contents, at the option of 

 the Committee on Publications. Proofs of letter-jiress and illus- 

 trations shall l)e submitted to authors or persons designated by 

 authors wheneyer practicable ; but printing shall not be delayed 

 more than one week by reai?on of absence or incapacity of 

 authors. 



Manner of Publication. 



Section 9. The text of each brochure of the Proceedings of the 

 Biological Society of Washington shall begin under its proper 

 title, on an odd-nund)ered page, bearing at its head the title of 

 the yolume, the limiting pages, and date of pul)lication. Each 

 such brochure shall be accompanied by the illustrations jier- 

 taining to it, the plates consecutively numl)ered for the volume, 

 and each bi'ochure may contain a synoptic list of contents, pre- 

 pared by the author, and, at the option of the Committee on 

 Publications, an alphabetic index, provided the same be })re- 

 pared 1)y tlie author. Each lirochure shall be enclosed in a 

 cover, conforming as nearly as may be to the present covers of 

 the Proceedings, bearing at the head of its title-page the title of 

 the Proceedings, the volume, the limiting pages, the date of pub- 

 lication, and, below, the imprint of the Society. Other cover 



