CONTENTS OF VOL. XNVIT. 
Pack 
No. 1. — Notes on the Synonymy of the North American Mink with Description 
of a new Subspecies. By Outram Bangs. (2 Plates.) March, 1890. 1 
No. 2. —The Anatomy and Histology of Caudina arenata Gould. By John Hiram 
Gerodld. (8 Plates.) April, 1896. 7 
No. 3. — The Beach Mouse of Muskeget Island. By Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. (1 
Plate.) June, 1896. 75 
No. 4. — Conditions and Effects of the Expulsion of Gases from the Earth. By N. S. 
Shaler. July, 1896. 89 
No. 5.— Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, May 6, 1896. 
Report of the Curator, Alpheus Hyatt. 107 
Report of the Secretary and Librarian, Samuel Henshaw. 118 
Report of the Treasurer, Edward T. Bouve. 124 
Officers for 1896-97. 126 
August, 1896. 
No. 6. — On the Larvae of the higher Bombyces (Agrotides Grote). By Harri¬ 
son G. Dyar. September, 1896. 127 
No. 7. — The Jura of Texas. By Jules Marcou. October, 1896. 149 
No. 8.—An important Addition to the Fauna of Massachusetts. By Outram 
Bangs. October, 1896. 159 
No. 9. — On the Fracture System of Joints, with Remarks on certain great Frac¬ 
tures. By J. B. Woodworth. (5 Plates.) November, 1896. 163 
No. 10. — Some Facts in regard to the Distribution of certain Mammals in New 
England and northern New York. By Charles F. Batchelder. October, 
1896. 185 
No. 11. — A new Occurrence of Carboniferous Fossils in the Narragansett Basin. 
By Myron L. Fuller. October, 1896. 195 
No. 12. — List of exotic Orthoptera described by S. H. Scudder, 1868-1879, with a 
Revision of their Nomenclature. By Samuel H. Scudder. December, 1896. 201 
No. 13. — Memorial of Thomas Tracy Bouv6. 
Address of James C. White. 219 
Letter of Charles J. Sprague. 225 
Mr. BouvAs Services in the Society since 1870. By Alpheus Hyatt . 227 
Mr. BouvAs Work in Geology and Mineralogy. By W. 0. Crosby. 236 
Letter of James Hall. 239 
Letter of George L. Goodale. 241 
Letter of F. W. Putnam. 241 
December, 1896. 
No. 14. — On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies. By Alfred 
Goldsborough Mayer. (10 Plates.) March, 1897. 243 
