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PROCEEDINGS OF THE Biological Society of Washington VOLUME 34 1921 WASHINGTON PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS CHAS. W. RICHMOND, Chairman T. E. SNYDER F. C. LINCOLN J. H. RILEY Press of H. L. & J. B. McQueen, Inc. Washington, D. C. OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON FOR 1921 (ELECTED DECEMBER 11. 1920 OFFICERS President N. HOLLISTER Vice-Presidents A. S. HITCHCOCK J. W. GIDLEY S. A. ROHWER H. C. OBERHOLSER Recording Secretary A. A. DOOLITTLE Corresponding Secretary T. E. SNYDER Treasurer F. C. LINCOLN COUNCIL PAUL BARTSCH* F. A. LUCAS* R. E. COKER WILLIAM R. MAXONi FREDERICK V. COVILLE* C. HART MERRIAM* WILLIAM H. DALL* E. W. NELSON* B. W. EVERMANN* H. C. OBERHOLSER E. A. GOLDMAN T. S. PALMER* W. P. HAY* WILLIAM PALMERS A. D. HOPKINS* J. N. ROSE* L. O. HOWARD* H. M. SMITH* FRANK H. KNOWLTON* L. STEJNEGER* H. H. T. JACKSON DAVID WHITE* R. W. WILLIAMS STANDING COMMITTEES—1921 Committee on Communications S. A. RoHWER, Chairman C. E. Chambliss J. S. Outsell Committee on Publications Chas. W. Richmond, Chairman T. E. Snyder J. H. Riley F. C. Lincoln • Ex-Presidents of the Society. 1 Elected May 14, 1921, to succeed William Palmer. 2 Died April 8, 1921. (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 J. N. Rose, 1918 Hugh M. Smith, 1919 A. D. Hopkins, 1920 * Deceased. (iv) TABLE OF CONTENTS Officers and Committees for 1921 _ m Proceedings for 1921 ix-xiv Birds of the Washington Region, by May Thacher Cooke 1-22 The Smallest Known Leaf Hopper, by E. D. Ball 23-24 \^ A New Classification of the Shipworms and Descriptions of some New Wood Boring MoUusks, by Paul Bartsch 25-32 New Marine MoUusks from the West Coast of America, by Paul Bartsch 33-40 Two New Legumes from Mexico and Costa Rica, by C. V. Piper.. 41-42 New Trees and Shrubs from Yucatan, by S. F. Blake 43-46 Notes on Three Clupeoid Fishes Collected by Edmund Heller in San Filipe Bay, Gulf of California, by Carl L. Hubbs 47-48 Mutanda Ornithologica. X, by Harry C. Oberholser 49-50 Five New Genera of Birds, by J. H. Riley 51-54 Four New Birds from Celebes, by J. H. Riley... 55-58 Additional Fungous Insects and their Hosts, by Harry B. Weiss and Erdman West 59-62 Food Habits of Sceloporus graciosus graciosus (Baird and Girard), by Herbert J. Pack..... 63-66 Descriptions of Sixteen New Murine Rodents from Celebes, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., and N. Hollister 67-76 General Notes 77-80 The names for Two Genera of African Artiodactyla, by N. Hollister, 77; Lophotriccus versus Cometornis, by Outram Bangs and Thomas E. Penard, 78; A New Name for Pachy- ramphus polychopterus costaricensis Chubb, by Outram Bangs and Thomas E. Penard, 78; Textor Temminck versus Alecto Lesson, by Harry C. Oberholser, 78-79; Hyphantornis Gray becomes Textor Temminck, by Harry C. Oberholser, 79. The Julidae and Isobatidae in North America, by Ralph V. Chamberlin... 81-84 Diptera and Fungi, by Harry B. Weiss..... 85-88 Descriptions of Six New Supspecies of American Birds, by Outram Bangs and Thomas E. Penard 89-92 Twenty New Mammals Collected by H. C. Raven in Celebes, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. and N. Hollister 93-104 Mutanda Ornithologica. XI, by Harry C. Oberholser 105-108 A New Ophiuran of the Genus Ophiopsila from Southern Cali- fornia, by Austin H. Clark.. 109-110 A Neglected Fern Paper, by William R. Maxon... 111-114 New Meliaceae from Mexico, by S. F. Blake 115-118 A New Aspilia from Trinidad, by S. F. Blake 119-120 (V) i Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Thomomys douglasii shawi, a New Supspecies of Pocket Gopher from Mount Rainier, Washington, by Walter P. Taylor 121-122 Membracidae of the Vicinity of Washington, D. C, by W. L. McAtee....- 123-134 General Notes 135-138 Choiropotamus versus Koiropotamus, by Oldfield Thomas, 135; A New Name for the West African Pygmy Squirrel, by N. Hollister, 135; LioptUus Cabanis Preoccupied, by Harry C. Oberholser, 136; A New Name for the Genus - Curaeus Sclater, by Harry C. Oberholser, 136; Anthracoceros Reichenbach versus Hydrocissa Bonaparte, by Harry C. 136 Note on the Name Oberholser, ; Hypermegethes Reichenow, by Harry C. Oberholser, 136-137; Note on the Generic Names Textor, Alecto, and Hyphantornis, by Harry C. Oberholser, 137. On a Small Collection of Reptiles from Argentina, by T. Barbour 139-142 Two New Central American Salamanders, by Emmett Reid Dunn- - - 143-146 Amecystis, a New Genus of Ordovician Cystidea, by E. O. Ulrich and Edwin Kirk.. _ 147-148 Additions to the Orchid Flora of Panama, by Oakes Ames 149-154 New Species of Crabs from Formosa, bj' Mary J. Rathbun 155-156 Herpetological Novelties, by T. Barbour and E. R. Dunn 157-162 ' ' Notes on Horsfield's Zoological Researches in Java, by Harry C. Oberholser.__ _ _. 163-166 Additional Notes on Fungous Insects, by Harry B. Weiss and Erdman West 167-172 Studies in the Tyrannidae. I. A Revision of the Genus Pipromorpha, by W. E. Clyde Todd 173-192 Table of Contents. vii \ PLATES I. Facing p. 171. Three Species of Fungi, with their Insect Fauna. The Committee on PubHcations declares that each paper of tilis volume was distributed on the date indicated on its initial page. The Index, title page, and minutes of meetings for 1921 (pp. i-xiv; 193-199) were issued on March 20, 1922. viii Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. ERRATA. Page 82, for Byachyiulus pusillus, read Brachyiulus pusillus. Page 119, at top of page, for June 30, 1911, read June 30, 1921. •4 Vol. 34, pp. ix-xiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON PROCEEDINGS. The Society meets from October to May, on alternate Saturdays, at 8 p. m. All meetings during 1921 were held in the new lecture hall of the Cosmos Club. January 8, 1921—618th Meeting, i President N. HoUister in the chair; 62 persons present. Mr. E. G. Runyan elected to membership. President Hollister announced the membership of the Com- mittee on Publications as follows: Chas. W. Richmond, Chairman, and J. H. Riley, T. E. Snyder, F. C. Lincoln. Also the Committee on Communications: S. A. Rohwer, Chairman, and Chas. E. Chambliss, J. S. Gutsell. Informal communications: J. M. Aldrich, Exhibition and notes upon caterpillars of Coloradia 'pandora Blake; David Fairchild, Note upon the edibility of certain borers; A. S. Hitchcock, Note upon botanical codes. Formal communications: L. O. Howard, Some views of the fight in southern France last summer against the Moroccan Locust, and A visit to the home of Henri Fabre; S. F. Blake, Sexual differences in the coloration of the Spotted Turtle. January 22, 1921—619th Meeting.2 President Hollister in the chair; 112 persons present. New members were elected as follows: Arthur J. Poole and Mrs. Marion G. Brown. Informal communications: Paul Bartsch, Note upon the lAbstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 11, p. 241, May 19, 1921. 2Abstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. vol. 11, p. 262, June 4, 1921. (ix) X Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. acquisition by the National Museum of the Hirase collection of Japanese and Pacific Molluscs; Paul Bartsch, Note upon a Mockingbird wintering in the city of Washington; R. W. Shufeldt, Exhibition of File Fish from Argentina; T. S. Palmer, Note upon the heights at which birds fly; H. M. Smith, Note upon taking the Large Fork-tailed Swift, Micropus pacificus (Latham) in the Pribilof Islands; A. H. Howell, Note upon the abandonment of the Crow roost at Laurel, Md. L. O. Howard, Conveyed the greetings of former President F. A. Lucas. Formal communications: L. H. Miller,* Asphalt Beds of Rancho La Brea; H. C. Bryant,* Birds and Mammals of Yosemite National Park. February 5, 1921—620th Meeting.^ President Hollister in the chair; 50 persons present. New members were elected as follows: Glenwood C. Roe, Maurice K. Brady. Deaths of Wm. J. Bennets and W. W. Welsh were announced. Informal communications: H. M. Smith, Exhibit of artificial pearls, and fish-scale material, and exhibit of the smallest and youngest eel ever captured; R. W. Shufeldt, note upon frac- tured bones in birds and mammals. Formal cominunications: Ivar Tidestrom, Notes upon the Flora of the Iberian Peninsula; R. S. Bassler, Paleontological Work at the National Museum. February 19, 1921—621st Meeting.^ Vice-President Hitchcock in the chair; 48 persons present. O. M. Freeman was elected to membership. Informal communications: The Secretary read by title a paper by S. Stillman Berry, entitled Notes on some Japanese Cephalopods; L. O. Howard introduced Prof. E. S. Morse, former president of the Boston Society of Natural History, who addressed the Society. Formal communications: C. E. McClung, Chromosomes in Relation to Heredity; Sewall Wright, Heredity as a Factor in the Resistance of Guinea Pigs to Tuberculosis. 1 Introduced by Dr. J. C. Merriam. zAbstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 11, p. 315, July 10, 1921. 3Abstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol.