XVIII BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



The question, '•' Does the Flying Fish Fly?" was discussed 

 by Mr. W. B. Barrows, Engineer G. W. Baird, U. S. N., Mr. 

 Lucas. Mr. Goode, Mr. Hallocl^, Mr. Dall, and Prof. Riley. 



One Hundred and Twelfth Meeting, May 2S, 1SS7. 



The President in the chair, and twentj'-one persons present. 



Prof. R. E. C. Stearns read a paper entitled The Protective 

 Devices in the '•'■ Carrier vShell," Xenophora, and exhibited 

 specimens of several species. 



Mr. R. T. Hill explained The True Geological Horizon 

 OF SOME hitherto UNPLACED Faunas, with special reference to 

 the Cretaceous of Texas. Mr. McGee made some remarks on Mr. 

 Hill's paper. 



Mr. G. Brown Goode exhibited a series of Japanese Chromo- 

 lithographs of Fishes, recently published. Mr. Baba. of 

 Japan, spoke upon Japanese methods of delineation, and the sub- 

 ject was further discussed by Prof. Gill, Prof. Riley, Mr. Dall, 

 Mr. vStejneger, and Prof. Seaman. 



One Hundred and Thirteenth Meeting, October 32, 18S7. 



The President in the chair, and forty persons present. 



The President announced the death, during the summer recess, 

 of Prof. Spencer F. Baird, the only honorary member of the So- 

 ciety, and of Dr. Charles Rau, one of its most distinguished active 

 members. 



Mr. L. O. Howard described An Ant-Decapitating Para- 

 site, the larva of a species of Diptera, probably belonging to the 

 family Conopidce^ from New Hampshire. 



Dr. George Vasey presented some Notes on Western 

 Grasses. 



Mr. F. A. Lucas read a paper entitled The Bird Rocks of" 

 THE Gulf of" Saint Lawrence in 1SS7.* These rocks are situ- 

 ated in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and were visited, during the 



* 18S8. The Auk, ApriL 



