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-7 PROCEEDINGS (>K THE Biological Society of Washington /' VOLUME 31 1918 WASHINGTON PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY K99¥ COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS CHAS. W. RICHMOND, Chairman W. L. McATEE NED DEARBORN J. H. RILEY Press of H. L. & J. B. McQueen, Inc. Washington, D. C. OFFICERS AM) COUNCIL OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON For 1918 (ELECTED DECEMBER 15, 1917) OFFICERS President J. N. ROSE Vice-Presidents A. D. HOPKINS VERNON BAILEY HUGH M. SMITH NED HOLLISTER Recording Secretary MARCUS W. LYON, Jr. Corresponding Secretary W. L. McATEE Treasurer NED DEARBORN COUNCIL PAUL BARTSCH* FRANK H. KNOWLTON* FREDERICK V. COVILLE* F. A. LUCAS* WILLIAM H. DALL* C. HART MERRIAM* B. W. EVERMANN* E. W. NELSON* J. W. GIDLEY T. S. PALMER* E. A. GOLDMAN WILLIAM PALMER W. P. HAY* L. STEJNEGER* A. S. HITCHCOCK ALEXANDER WETMORE L. O. HOWARD* DAVID WHITE* STANDING COMMITTEES— 1918 Committee on Communications William Palmer, Chairman Alexander Wetmore L. O. Howard R. E. Coker A. S. Hitchcock Committee on Publications Chas. W. Richmond, Chairman W. L. McAtee Ned Dearborn J. H. Riley *Ex-Presidents of the Society. (iii) EX-PRESIDENTS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON *Theodore N. Gill, 1881, 1882 *Charles A. White, 1883, 1884 *G. Brown Goode, 1885, 1886 William H. Dall, 1887, 1888 Lester F. Ward, 1889, 1890 C. Hart Merriam, 1891, 1892 *C. V. Riley, 1893, 1894 *Geo. M. Sternberg, 1895, 1896 L. O. Howard, 1897, 1898 Frederick V. Coville, 1899, 1900 F. A. Lucas, 1901, 1902 B. W. Evermann, 1903, 1904 F. H. Knowlton, 1905, 1906 L. Stejneger, 1907, 1908 T. S. Palmer, 1909, 1910 David White, 1911 E. W. Nelson, 1912, 1913 Paul Bartsch, 1914, 1915 W. P. Hay, 1916, 1917 *Deeeased. (iv) TABLE OF CONTENTS Officers and Committees for 1918 hi Proceedings for 1918 ix-xiv A New Flving-Squirrel from the Philippine Islands, by Wilfred H. Osgood 1-2 A New Flying-Squirrel from Eastern Asia, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 3-4 Description of New Species of Shells chiefly from Magdalena Bay, Lower California, by W. H. Dall 5-8 A Revision of the Viviparous Perches, by Carl L. Hubbs 9-14 New Chinese Fishes, by John Treadwell Nichols 15-20 Five New Mammals from Arizona and Colorado, by E. A. Goldman „ 21-26 A New Genus and Three New Species of North American Membracidae (Hemiptera), by E. D. Ball 27-30 A New Subspecies of Chipmunk from the Yellowstone National Park, by Vernon Bailey 31-32 A New Bullfinch from China, by J. H. Riley... 33-34 A New Hare from British East Africa, by N. Hollister 35-36 A New Unstalked Crinoid from the Philippine Islands, by Austin H. Clark. 37-38 Three New Bats from Haiti and Santo Domingo, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 39-40 A New Crinoid from New Zealand, and another from Tasmania, by Austin H. Clark. 41-44 Notes on District of Columbia Juncaceae, by Frederick V. Coville and Sidney F. Blake 45-46 Mutanda Ornithologica. Ill, by Harry C. Oberholser.. 47-50 Notes on Clemmys, by Albert Hazen Wright 51-58 Notes on the Bee Genus Andrena (Hymenoptera), by Henry L. Viereck... 59-60 Occurrence of a European Solitary Bee (Andrena wilkella Kirby) in the Eastern United States, by J. R. Malloch. 61-64 Notes and Descriptions of Some Anthomyiid Genera, by J. R. Malloch. 65-68 A List of Families and Subfamilies of Ichneumon-flies or the Super-family Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), by Henry L. Viereck 69-74 New Plants of the Pacific Northwest, by Charles V. Piper 75-78 Two New Species of Fossil Marine Shells from California, by Paul Bartsch 79-80 A New Fossil Pyramidellid Mollusk from the West Coast of America, by Paul Bartsch 81-82 Description of a New Subspecies of the Little Yellow Bittern from the Philippine Islands, by Alexander Wetmore 83-84 The Dimorphs of Species of Chaitophorus, by A. C. Baker 85-88 Description of a New Snapping Turtle and a New Lizard from Florida, by Leonhard Stejneger 89-92 (v) £</c2Z(3 vi Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.. General Notes 93-100 The Earliest Technical Name for the Portuguese Ibex, by N. Hollister, 93; The Yellow Rail in the District of Columbia, by N. Hollister, 93; Instinctive Feeding Habits of Young Herons, by John T. Zimmer, 94; The Status of Perognathus longimembris (Coues), by Wilfred H. Osgood, 95-96; A New Name for an African Rat, by N. Hollister, 97; Olor colum- bianus on the Potomac River, by Harry 0. Oberholser, 97; Squatarola squat arola cynosurae near Washington, D. C, by Harry C. Oberholser, 97; Hierofalco rusticolus candicans in North Dakota, by Harry C. Oberholser, 97; Aristonetta, a good Genus, by Harry C. Oberholser. 98; Spizella monticola (Gmelin), the Correct Name for the North American Tree Sparrow, by Harry C. Oberholser, 98; Nomenclatorial Notes on Milk Snakes, by Leonhard Stejneger, 99. Two New Manzanitas from the Sierra Nevada of California, by C. Hart Merriam 101-104 Geographic Variation in Citellus tereticaudus, by Joseph Grinnell 105-106 A New Hydnocera (Coleoptera: Cleridae), by Edward A. Chapin. 107-108 Genera of the Eupterygidae (Homoptera; Jassoidea), by W. L. McAtee..... 109-124 Mutanda Ornithologica. IV, by Harry C. Oberholser 125-126 Two New Shrews from Oregon, by Hartley H. T. Jackson 127-130 Six New Species of Trees and Shrubs from Mexico, by Paul C. Standley 131-134 A New Marine Mollusk of the Genus Cerithiopsis from Florida, by Paul Bartsch 135-136 Changes in and Additions to Molluscan Nomenclature, by Wil- liam Healey DalL... 137-138 The Lip-Ferns of the Southwestern United States related to Cheilanthes Myriophylla, by William R. Maxon 139-152 Four New Mollusks from the Philippine Islands, by Paul Bartsch 153-154 Two New Genera and Eight New Birds from Celebes, by J. H. Riley 155-160 Three New Subspecies of Passerella iliaca, by H. S. Swarth 161-164 New Spiroboloid Diplopods, by Ralph V. Chamberlin 165-170 A New Selaginella from Oklahoma and Texas, by William R. Maxon. 171-172 Polychaetes from Monterey Bay, by Ralph V. Chamberlin 173-180 New Marine Mollusks from the Philippine Islands, by Paul Bartsch 181-188 Some Western Species of Lathyrus, by C. V. Piper 189-196 Description of a New Iole from the Anamba Islands, by Harry C. Oberholser 197-198 Three New Philippine Island Land Shells, by Paul Bartsch 199-202 The Status of the Genus Orchilus Cabanis, by Harry C. Ober- holser 203-204 Table of Contents. vii PLATES. I. Facing p. 56. Heads of Clemmys muhlenbergi. II-IV. Facing p. 102. New species of Arctostaphylos. The Committee on Publications declares that each paper of this volume was distributed on the date indicated on its initial page. The Index, title page, and minutes of meetings for 1918 (pp. i-xiv; 205-210) were issued on February 14, 1919. Vol. 31, pp. ix-xiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON .——_—-j-, PROCEEDINGS. The Society meets from October to May, on alternate Sat- urdays, at 8 p. m. January 12, 1918—577th Meeting.* Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club.t President J. N. Rose in the chair; 38 persons present. New members were elected as follows: E. A. Chapin, F. P. Metcalf, and Charles E. Chambliss. The death of Katherine M. Raber was announced. President Rose announced the membership of the Publica- tion Committee as: C. W. Richmond, J. H. Riley, N. Dearborn, and W. L. McAtee; of the Committee on Communications as: Wm. Palmer, Alexander Wetmore, R. E. Coker, L. O. Howard and A. S. Hitchcock. Informal communications: Gen. T. E. Wilcox, Note on the inability of camels to swim; A. S. Hitchcock, Note on plans for establishing an abstract journal of botany. Formal communications: N. E. Mclndoo, The senses of in- sects; Eleanor C. Allen (introduced by President Rose), Wax models of fleshy fungi; C. B. Doyle, Some agricultural and botanical features of Haiti. January 26, 1918—578th Meeting.* President Rose in the chair; 62 persons present. J. B. Norton and S. F. Blake were elected to membership. * Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 8, pp. 138-140, March 4, 1918. t The 577th to 584th meetings were held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. t Abstracts in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 8, pp. 177-179, March 19, 1918. (ix) x Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Informal communications: A. Wetmore, Remarks on certain food habits of the grackle; A. S. Hitchcock, Note on Rydberg's recently issued flora of the Rocky Mountain region; Paul Bartsch, Note on a collection of Philippine shells from the Island of Luzon; L. 0. Howard, Note on the utilization of acorns for the manufacture of alcohol; W. L. McAtee, Note on the be- havior of ducks, geese and other birds during the recent con- tinued cold weather in North Carolina. Formal communications: Emerson Stringham, Notes on the speed of fishes, especially the Alewife; W. E. Safford, Natural history of Paradise Key, Florida.* February 9, 1918- 579th Meeting. t President Rose in the chair; 36 persons present. Informal communications: A. S. Hitchcock, Note on the feeding of gulls and pelicans at Tobago. Formal communications: S. A. Rohwer, Notes on the nesting habits of the social wasps; R. W. Shufeldt, biological anomalies as exemplified b}^ the collection in the Army Medical Museum, \ February 23, 1918—580th Meeting.^ President Rose in the chair; 48 persons present. Miss M. T. Cooke and Edmund D. Gibson were elected to membership. Informal communications: Vernon Bailey, Exhibition and description of some new born opossums; R. W. Shufeldt, Exhi- bition and description of a young two-headed box tortoise; C.