24 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



Dr. J. A. Ryder. — On the probable origin and homologies of the flukes of cetaceans 

 and sirenians. 



Mr. J. L. Wortman. — A method for exhibiting the relationships of the bones of 

 the skull. 



Mr. Frederick W. True. — The recent stranding of right whales on Long Island. 



February 21. 



Dr. Theodore Gill. — The relative values of different types in paleontology. 

 Dr. H. G. Beyer, U. S. N. — Genital apparatus of Lingula. 



Mr. J. L. Wortman. — A method for exhibiting the relationships of the bones of the 

 skull. 

 Mr. Frederick W. True. — The recent capture of right whales off Long Island. 



March 7. 



Dr. C. A. White. — On the use of gutta-percha in making casts of fossils. 

 Dr. H. G. Beyer, U. S. N. — Report on intracellular digestion and its relations to 

 pathology. 

 Mr. G. Brown Goode. — Remarks on the velocity of animal motion. 



March 21. 



Mr. William H. D all.— On the marsupium of Milneria. 



Prof. J. W. Chickering, Jr. — Exhibition of some botanical drawings and paintings. 

 Dr. Tarleton H. Bean. — Some features of collecting at Cozumel Island, Yucatan. 

 Dr. J. A. Ryder. — On the development of the mammary glands in the Cetaoea. 

 Mr. Lester F. Ward. — Phyllotaxy of Paulownia imperialis. 



April 4. 



Prof. C. A. White. — On vegetable cells. 



Mr. Frank H. Knowlton. — Remarks on some Alaskan willows and birches. 



Mr. Frank Baker. — Muscular equalization. 



April 18. 



Dr. D. E. Salmon and Dr. Theobald Smith. — Koch's method of isolating and cul- 

 tivating bacteria, as used in the laboratory of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 



Mr. A. B. Johnson. — The ship-worm and the sheepshead. 



Mr. G. Brown Goode. — Remarks on the velocity of animal motion. 



Mr. Romyn Hitchcock. — Exhibition of a preparation of the "comma bacillus" 

 of cholera. 



May 2. 



Dr. Thomas Taylor. — The white rust of cabbages, Cystopm candidus (with illus- 

 trations). 



Mr. H. W. Henshaw. — Hybrid quail. 



Mr. William H. Dall.— Notes on a journey in Florida. 



May 16. 



Mr. Frederick W. True. — Exhibition of a specimen of the Guereza monkey. 

 Dr. Tarleton H. Bean. — Note on anew fish from Florida, allied to Murcenoides. 

 Mr. J. L. Wortman. — On the reduction of the molar teeth of the Carnivora. 

 Prof. Otis T. Mason. — On post-mortem trepanning. 

 Mr. Lester F. Ward.— Some Cretaceous fossil plants from the Laramie group. 



