Proceedings. xi 



October 23, 1897— 280th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 37 persons present. 



The following communications were presented : 



F. A. Lucas and C. W. Stiles : A Dangerous Parasite of the 

 Fur-seal. 



C. W. Stiles : The International Conniiittee on Zoological 

 Nomenclature. 



M. B. Waite : A New Peacli and Plum Disease. 



F. V. Coville: The History and Distribution of Abies shastensis.'^ 



By invitation, Prof. Mitsukuri, of the Imperial University, 

 Tokyo, Japan, addressed the Society on the condition and pro- 

 gress of biological science in Japan. 



November 6, 1897— 281st Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 39 persons present. 



Lester F. Ward exhibited Prosopis jidiflora from Kansas; also 

 specimens of Psoralea tenuiflora, commenting on its tumbleweed 

 propensities ; and of Lotus americanus, a peculiar compass-plant. 



E. Iv. Morris exhibited alcoholic specimens of vertebrates and 

 invertebrates, showing methods of sectioning the alimentary 

 canal. 



The following communications were presented : 

 Charles L. Pollard : A Publication Problem in Botany. 

 M. G. Hotter : Underground Zoology.f 



F. A. Lucas : The Fossil Bison of North America. 



C. Hart Merriam : Life Zones of the Olympic Mountains. 



November 20, 1897— 282d Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 40 persons present. 



David White exhibited various specimens of fossil carbonif- 

 erous ferns. 



Erwin F. Smith showed a new form of hypodermic injection 

 syringe. 



The following communications were presented : 



O. F. Cook: A New Wingless Fly from Liberia.| 



V. K. Chesnut: Some Recent Cases of Mushroom Poisoning. 



Erwin F. Smith : Bacterial Diseases of Plants. 



* To be published in Garden and Forest. 



tTo l)e published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. 



X To be published in Brandtia. 



