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Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington «AA£XnPVMf AK raJUDir^VMrW MMAJCr: ' j/^mAW -Sr,^ >^^^1^^5^^ m^F-^^^^f^^f^ ffi; ^S^^ ^^' '^ lAWrvi /^UW/^'^/^ ^^^HnWr^C'' W^^5febb,b^W«fc^r' 1 A'A i '^^mmmm '^ '^ (n^ ^ /«\ ^ '^ ^ '^•l^ 'Kr^^^ncrsncfyyj SS^ES^w^^^J^^ij o^m^""^' ^S5«m M^;^nOnn^noi mrs 'mmmm"Sell 9,1 '^^^ mum^i^ nt^^fm^f^^^^^^ ,00©SS: '^'^z ^-,r>^'^ors ^. /x PROCEEDINGS /r OP THE Biological Society of Washington VOLUME 37 1924 WASHINGTON PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS CHAS. W. RICHMOND, Chairman T. E. SNYDER F. C. LINCOLN G. S. MILLER, JR. J. H. RILEY Press op H. L. & J. B. McQueen, Inc. Washington, D. C. \ OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON FOR 1924 (ELECTED DECEMBER 8, 1923) OFFICERS President J. W. GIDLEY Vice-Presidents S. A. ROHWER H. C. OBERHOLSER E. A. GOLDMAN A. WETMORE Recording Secretary S. F. BLAKE Corresponding Secretary T. E. SNYDER Treasurer F. C. LINCOLN COUNCIL V. BAILEY* FRANK H. KNOWLTON^ PAUL BARTSCH H. H. T. JACKSON C. E. CHAMBLISS F. A. LUCAS* FREDERICK V. COVILLE* WILLIAM R. MAXON WILLIAM H. DALL* C. HART MERRIAM* B. W. EVERMANN* E. W. NELSON* H. C. FULLER T. S. PALMER* W. P. HAY* J. N. ROSE* A. S. HITCHCOCK* H. M. SMITH* A. D. HOPKINS* L. STEJNEGER* L. O. HOWARD* C. W. STILES DAVID WHITE STANDING COMMITTEES— 1924 Committee on Communications E. A, Goldman, Chairman C. E. Chambliss J. S. Outsell H. C. Oberholser W. R. Maxon S. A. ROHWER Committee on Zoological Nomenclature G. S. Miller, Jr., Chairman Paul Bartsch S. A. ROHWER E. A. Chapin H. C. Oberholser Committee on Publications Chas. W. Richmond, Chairman J. H. Riley G. S. Miller, Jr. T. E. Snyder F. C. Lincoln *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 J. N. Rose, 1918 Hugh M. Smith, 1919 A. D. Hopkins, 1920 *N. HOLLISTER, 1921 Vernon Bailey, 1922 A. S. Hitchcock, 1923 * Deceased. (iv) TABLE OF CONTENTS Officers and Committees for 1924 iii Proceedings for 1924 vii-xi Descriptions of some Fossil Vertebrates from the Upper Miocene of Texas, by Oliver P. Hay 1-20 New Gulf Races of a Pacific Scorpaena and Prionotus, with notes on other Gulf of Mexico Fishes, by J. T. Nichols and C. M. Breder, Jr 21-24 Flies of the Family Drosophilidae of the District of Columbia Region, with Keys to Genera, and other Notes of Broader application, by J. R. Malloch and W. L. McAtee 25-42 Eight New Species of Plants from Mexico, by Paul C. Standley... 43-48 Nine New Species of Plants from Central America, by Paul C. Standley ..- 49-54 Eight New Asteraceae from Mexico, Guatemala, and Hispaniola, by S. F. Blake 55-62 A Third Species of Atalopteris, by William R. Maxon. 63-64 Some Neotropical Batrachians preserved in the United States National Museum with a Note on the Secondary Sexual Characters of these and other Amphibians, by G. K. Noble.... 65-72 The Woodfrogs of Japan, by Leonhard Stejneger 73-78 A New Freshwater Nereid from China, by Ralph V. Chamberlin.... 79-82 An Extraordinary new Rhinotermes from Panama, by T. E. Snyder 83-86 Notes on Molluscan Nomenclature, by William Healey Dall 87-90 New Flowering Plants of the Pacific Coast, by C. V. Piper__ 91-96 New or Noteworthy Ferns from the Dominican Republic, by William R. Maxon 97-104 Descriptions of Three New Birds from Gonave Island, Haiti, by Chas. W. Richmond and Bradshaw H. Swales 105-108 On the Status of Privately Issued Papers on Systematic Zoology, by Oliver P. Hay 109-112 Remarks on the Genus Amblycercus and its allies, by W. E. Clyde Todd 113-118 A New Cuckoo-shrike from Australia, by W. E. Clyde Todd 119-120 Descriptions of Eight new Neotropical Birds, by W. E. Clyde Todd 121-124 A New Gymnophis from Colombia, by Thomas Barbour 125-126 New Species of Crabs from Samoa, by Mary J. Rathbun 127-128 A New Spotted Babbler from Siam, by J. H. Riley 129-130 (V) vi Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington Records of Species of the Genus Erythroneura (Homoptera; Eupterygidae) with Descriptions of New Forms, by W. L. McAtee 131-134 Notes on the Races of Ramphalcyon capensis, by Harry C. Oberholser -- —- 135-138 A New Antarctic Form of Larus dominicensis Lichtenstein, by J. H. Fleming 139-140 A New Bullfrog (Rana heckscheri) from Georgia and Florida, by A. H. Wright ..-.. 141-152 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 1924 (pp. i-xi; 153-156) were issued on March 12, 1925. ERRATA Page 80, line 24, for Notopodium read Neuropodium. Page 83, line 8, for labrium read labrum. PLATES I, II. Facing p. 18. Upper Miocene Vertebrates from Texas. III. Upper Miocene Mammals from Texas. IV, V, VI. Upper Miocene Camel from Texas. VII. New subspecies of Scorpaena. VIII, IX. Characters of Drosophilidae. X. Rhinotermes longidens Snyder. XI. Rana heckscheri. XII. Venters of adult males of Uncommon Ranas of E. U. S. : Vol. 37, pp. vii-xi PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON PROCEEDINGS. The Society meets from October to May, on alternate Satur- days, at 8 p. M. All meetings during 1924 were held in the new lecture hall of the Cosmos Club. January 5, 1924—659th Meeting, i Vice-President H. C. Oberholser in the chair; 60 persons present. The membership of the following committees was announced Committee on Communications: E. A. Goldman, Chairman, S. A. Rohwer, H. C. Oberholser, C. E. Chambliss, J. S. Outsell, W. R. Maxon; Committee on Publications: C. W. Richmond, Chairman, J. H. Riley, T. E. Snyder, F. C. Lincoln, G. S. Miller, Jr.; Committee on Zoological Nomenclature: G. S. Miller, Jr., Chairman, P. Bartsch, S. A. Rohwer, E. A. Chapin, H. C. Oberholser. President Gidley was nominated as a Vice-President of the Washington Academy of Sciences as a representative of the Society. New members: C. S. Brimley, Frank C. Baldwin. Informal communication: S. F. Blake, Observation of a blue- gray gnatcatcher in Washington in winter. Forinal communications: W. E. Safford, Economic plants as indicators of the origin and migrations of primitive races; V. Bailey, Some habits of the grasshopper mouse, an insect-eating rodent. January 19, 1924—660th Meeting. 2 President Gidley in the chair; 41 persons present. Informal communications: B. A. Barton, Note on the com- lAbstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 14, p. 223-224, May 19, 1924. 2Abstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 14, p. 224-226, May 19, 1924. (vii) viii Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. pletion of Prof. Bashford Dean's Bibliography of Fishes; P. Bartsch, Note on gray squirrels rolling in decayed wood. Formal communications: P. Bartsch, Additional facts con- cerning the Cerion breeding experiments; CD. Marsh, Relation of poisonous plants to milk-sickness in man and animals. February 2, 1924—661st Meeting. ^ President Gidley in the chair; 90 persons present. New member : Wilber Brotherton, Jr. Informal communications: V. Bailey, Behavior of chipmunks in captivity; C. W. Stiles, Note on the typification of the genus Musca. Formal communications: A. Wetmore, Visit of a naturalist to Wake Island; M. K. Brady, Salamanders of the District of Columbia. February 16, 1924—662d Meeting.2 Vice-President Oberholser in the chair; 67 persons present. Informal communications: P. B. Johnson, Note on correla- tions between physical measurements and susceptibility to disease; M. K. Brady, Another local record of Pseudotriton m. montanus. Formal communications: L. O. Howard, Importing foreign parasites of introduced injurious insects; V. Bailey, Hoarding habits of mammals in relation to disposition and social instincts. March 1, 1924—663d Meeting. Vice-President Oberholser in the chair; 111 persons present. Informal communications: A. S. Hitchcock, Laboratory of Institute for Tropical Research in the Canal Zone. Formal communications: H. M. Albright, Progress in wild life protection in Yellowstone National Park; O. F. Coqk, The domestication of plants in Peru. lAbstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci.. vol. 14, p. 226-227, May 19, 1924. ZAbstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 14, p. 227, May 19, 1924. 8 Abstract in Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 14, p. 227-228, May 19, 1924. — Proceedings. ix March 15, 1924—664th Meeting, i Vice-President Oberholser in the chair; 34 persons present. Informal communications: H. C. Skeels, Question regarding the ending of specific personal names; R. W. Shufeldt, Extract from letters relating to Archaeopteryx and the Labrador duck; S. F. Blake, Roosting of purple grackles in the Soldiers' Home grounds. Formal communications: F. V. Coville, Grossularia echinella, a new species of gooseberry from Florida; O. E. Sette, Conserva- tion studies on California sardines; 0. P. Hay, Distribution of vertebrates in the Pleistocene of North America. March 29, 1924—665th Meeting.2 Vice-President Oberholser in the chair; 95 persons present. Formal communications: E. P. Killip, Botanical exploration in Colombia; N. A. Cobb, Two blue jays. Jack and Jill, and their home life.
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