PROCEEDINGS. XXI 



Mr. J. F. James read a paper on The Floras of South- 

 ern Ohio axd Eastern Maryland. Discussed by Messrs. 

 Dall, Gill, Fernow, Merriarn, and Ward. 



Mr. V. A. Moore presented some Notes on the Mor- 

 phology of Podophyllum Peltatum. 



One Hundred axd Forty-seventh Meeting, 

 October iy, 1889. 



The President in the chair, and twenty-four members present. 



Dr. C. Hart Merriarn described A New SpERMOPHILE from 

 the Painted Desert, Arizona. 



Mr. Th. Holm presented a paper on the Ancestors of 

 Liriodendron tulipifer.f;. Discussed by Dr. Vasey, and 

 Messrs. C. D. White, and Ward. 



Dr. Theodore Gill spoke On the Dactylopteroidea. 



One Hundred and Forty-eighth Meeting, 

 November 2, 1889. 



The President in the chair, and twenty-rseven members 

 present. 



Prof. C. V. Riley read a paper on The Remarkable In- 

 crease of Vedalia cardinalis ix California. 



Dr. W. H. Dall read Notes on the Genus Gemma, 

 Deshayes. 



Dr. George Marx read a paper entitled A New Spider axd 

 its Influence on Classification. 



Dr. C. Hart Merriarn presented a communication entitled 

 Remarks on the Spotted Skunks (Genus Spilogale) 

 with Descriptions of New Species. Discussed by Mr. 

 True and Dr. Gill. 



