Edit reference shows empty in Xamarin Studio - xamarin

I'm newbie in Xamarin. I'm using the latest stable version of Xamarin (6.1.4) on my MAC.
I created a Xamarin.Forms project (Forms App) PCL type of project, I checked the IPhone only (Portrait only). It created 3 projects....
ProjectX
ProjectX.iOS
ProjectX.Droid
Now I like to add some .NET assemblies in my ProjectX project to use the webservice or any other .NET assembly like System.Data, system.web.webservice but the strange thing is the list is EMPTY...
e.g. How to add System.Web.Webservices in this ProjectX project?

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