Proceedings, xiii 



THE Bulb of the ^dder's Tongue, The subject was dis- 

 cussed by Messrs. Ward, Burget s, and Seaman. 



Mr. E. W. Nelson commented on A New Species of 

 Lagomys from Alaska." 



Dr. Erwin F. Smith spoke of A Bacterial Disease of 

 Cucumbers, etc., working through the Fibrovascular 

 Bundles and probably transmitted by Insects. f The 

 paper was discussed by Messrs. Seaman and Galloway. 



Two Hundred and Eighteenth Meeting 



December 16, 1893. 



Mr. Rathbun in the chair, and thirty persons present. 

 The evening was given up to short miscellaneous com- 

 munications. 



Two Hundred and Nineteenth Meeting, 

 December 30, 1893. 



The President in the chair, and twenty-two members 

 present. 



Surg. Gen. Geo. M. Sternberg and Mr. Filibert Roth 

 were elected active members. 



The annual reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were 

 read and accepted and oiBcers for the year 1894 were 

 elected as follows: 



President, C. V, Riley; Vice-P/'exidenfs, Frank Baker, 

 B. E. Fernow, Richard Rathbun, C. D. Walcott; Pecordlng 

 Secretary, C. W. Stiles; Correfijwnding Secretary, F, A. 

 Lucas; Treasurer, F. H. Knowlton; CouiicUors, T. H. Bean, 

 L. O. Howard, T. S. Palmer, Theobald Smith, F. W. True. 



*Description of a New Species of Lagomjs from Alaska. <Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Wash., viii, pp. 117-120. 



fA Bacterial Disease of Cucumbers, Canti'loupes and Squashes (Ab- 

 •stract). <Proc. Am. Ass. Adv. Sc. for 1893, p. 259, 1894. 



