168 abstracts: zoology 



of these species in California and Oregon and especially in the region of 

 the Klamath National Forest, where noble fir of the north is associated 

 wdth red fir and Shasta fir of the south. To facilitate correct reports of 

 the occurrence of the red firs, the conspicuous characters by which they 

 may be most conveniently recognized are set forth with keys, photo- 

 graphs of typical cones, and drawings of leaf sections and of cone scales 

 with bracts. W. H. L. 



ZOOLOGY. — Descriptions of eleven new crinoids helonging to the families 



Calometridae and Thalassometridae discovered by the Siboga in the, 



Dutch East Indies. Austin H. Clark. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 



39: Nr. 11/12: S. 420-428. 1912. 



Short preliminary diagnoses are here given of new species in these two 



families found by the Siboga . A. H. C. 



ZOOLOGY. — Seventeen new East Indian crinoids belonging to the families 



Comasteridae and Zygonietridae. Austin H. Clark. Proceedings 



of the Biological Society of Washington, 25: 17-28. 1912. 



Short preliminary diagnoses are herein given of seventeen new species 



of Comasteridae and Zygometridae discovered by the Soboga in the 



Dutch East Indies. A. H. C. 



ZOOLOGY. — Naumachocrinus, a new genus belonging to the crinoid 



family Phrynocrinidae. Austin H. Clark. Proceedings of the 



U. S. National Museum, 42: 195-197. 1912. 



The genus Naumachocrinus, herein described, is closely related to the 



genus Phrynocrinus, heretofore the only known genus of the family 



Phrynocrinidae. 



Naumachocrinus is from the Hawaiian Islands, and is the first stalked 

 crinoid to be reported from that region, Phrynocrinus is from southern 

 Japan, where it was discovered by the author in 1906. A. H. C. 



ZOOLOGY. — Six new East hidian crinoids belonging to thefa7nily Chari- 



tometridae. Austin H. Clark. Proceedings of the Biological 



Society of Washington, 25: 77-84. 1912. 



Short preliminary diagnoses are herein given of six new species of 



Charitometridae discovered by the Siboga in the Dutch East Indies. 



A. H. C. 



