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Sticta pulmonaria L. Thelotrema lepadinum Ach. 
anthraspis Ach. Heterothecium sanguinarium. | 
Alectoria jubata (L). ~ Lecanora pallescens L. 
jubata var. sarmentosa. subfusca L. 
Spherophorus globiferus L. Placodium ferrugineum Huds. 
Peltigera aphthosa Hffm. Graphis scripta Ach. 
venosa Hffm. Buellia geographica (L.)? 
polydactyla Hffm. Lecidea tessellata Flk. 
Cladonia furcata Huds. Pilophorus cereolus, var. Hallii Tuck. 
_ pyxidata L. Exobasidium Cassiopes Peck. n. sp. 
gracilis L. Nidularia candida Peck, n. sp. 
gracilis var. elongata Fr. Mycena strobilinoides Peck, n. sp. 
gracilis var. hybrida Scher. Otidella fulgens (Pers.) Sacc. 
rangiferina L. Polyporus varius Fr. 
bellidiflora (Ach.) piccinus Pk. 
Stereocaulon tomentosum Laur. versicolor Fr. 
Umbilicaria Muhlenbergii (Ach.) hirsutus Fr. 
Cetraria glauca (L.) Pluteus cervinus. 
glauca, var. Polydactyla. Mycena galericulata Scop. 
Parmelia physodes (L.) Bovista pila B. & C. 
Physcia pulverulenta Schreb. Daldinia concentrica Boet. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
The American Naturalist, August, 1891. Description of a New 
Jumping Mouse from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: Gerrit S. 
Miller, Jr. The new species is named Zapus insignis. Descrip- 
tions of Three New Species of Mexican Bats: Henry L.: Ward. 
The new forms are Vesperugo verecrucis, Nyctinomus depressus 
and Centurio minor. 
September, 1891. The Problem of the Soaring Birds: I. Lan- 
caster. Fossil Birds from the Equus Beds of Oregon: R. W. Shu- 
feldt, M. D. An abstract of a forthcoming work on fossil birds 
from the Upper Pliocene of the Silver Lake region, Oregon. Fifty- 
one species are enumerated. W. E. B. 
Description of a New Species of Capromys, from the Plana Keys, 
_ Bahamas. By J. A. ALLEN. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., iii, 2, 
Art. xxiii, pp. 329-336. Capromys ingrahamt. 
The Auk for October, 1891, has a beautiful colored plate by Mr. 
Robert Ridgway showing the adult female, one half natural size, of 
Megascops vinaceus Brewst. and J. aspersus Brewst., from Chihua- 
hua, Mexico. 
