vi ProceedmgH. 



Prof. L. F. Ward spoke upon The Flora of the Trinity 

 Division on the Comanche Series in Texas, exhibiting 

 specimens and a manuscript and drawings prepared by Prof. 

 W. M. Fontaine.* Prof. Ward's conmiunieation was dis- 

 cussed by Messrs. Stanton and Hill. 



Mr. C. H. Townsend read a paper entitled Sea-Otter 

 Fishing in Alaska in Relation to the Natives, which was 

 discussed by Messrs. Sheldon Jackson, Dall, Evermann, and 

 Merriam. 



Two Hundred and Sixth Meeting, 

 February 11, 1893. 



The President in the chair, and thirty-four persons present. 



Mr. M. B. Waite presented a communication on The De- 

 struction OF Lichens on Pear Trees. f 



Mr. Charles Hallock read a paper on The Geographical 

 Distribution of the Musk-Ox. 



Mr. C. H. Townsend spoke upon The Propagation of the 

 Atlantic Coast Oyster on the Pacific Coast. The paper 

 was discussed by Mr. Dall and Mr. Van Deman. 



Mr. G. S. Miller exhibited a specimen of A New Jumping 

 Mouse {Znj>us insignh).^ 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam spoke upon The Four-toed Kan- 

 garoo Rats. 



Two Hundred and Seventh Meeting, 

 February 25, 1893. 

 The President in the chair, and forty-seven persons present. 



*W. M. Fontaine — Notes on some Fossil Plants from the Trinity Division 

 of the Comanche Series. <Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. xvi, pp. 261-285, 

 pis. xxxvi-xliii, 1893. 



fExperiments with Fungicides in the removal of Lichens from Pear 

 Trees. <Journal of Mycology, Vol. vii, No. 3, pp. 264-268, pis. xxx-xxxi, 

 1893. 



JA Jumping Mouse [Zapus insignis Miller) new to the United States. 

 <Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. viii, pp. 1-8. (Extras issued April 22, 1893.) 



