TABLE OF CONTENTS 



(Jiricers and Committees for 1915 iii 



Troceedings for 15)15 ix 



First Listof the Fishes of the Vicinity of Plummers Island, Mary- 



huid, by W. L. McAtee and A. C. Weed . 1-14 



The Water Shrew of Xova Scotia, by Glover M. Allen 15-18 



Proposal of New Muscoid Genera for Old Species, by Charles 



H. T. Townsend 19-24 



Andropogon halepensis and Andropogon sorghum, by Charles V. 



Piper 25-44 



Four New North American Diptera, by J*. R. Malloch 45-48 



A Remarkable New Thrips from Australia, by J. Douglas Hood 49-52 

 An Outline of the Sul)families and Higher Grojips of the Insect 



Order Thysanoptera, by J. Douglas Hood 53-60 



The Variations of a Brood of Watersnakes, by E. R. Dunn . . 61-68 



General Notes ... 69-70 



Determination of Vesperugovaga7is Dobson from "Bermuda," 

 by Oldfield Thomas, 69; The Generic Name Connochxtes of 

 Lichtenstein, I)y Oldfield Thomas, 69; The Type Locality of 

 Pecari tajacu, by N. Hollister, 70; A New Name for the 

 White-tailed Jack Rabbit, by N. Hollister, 70. 

 Recent Notes Regarding West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians, 



by T. Barbour 71-78 



Preliminary Diagnoses of Apparently New South American 



Birds, by W. E. Clyde Todd 79-82 



Two New Species of Pipunculus, by Frederick Knab 83-86 



A New Species of Achyranthes from Tobago, by Paul C. Standley 87-88 

 Notes on the Sharks and Rays of Cape Lookout, N. C., by Rus- 

 sell J. Coles ... 89-94 



New Fresh- Water Crabs ( Pseudothelphusa) from Colombia, by 



Mary J. Rathbun 95-100 



A New Spider ^Monkey from Panama, by E. A. Goldman . . . 101-102 

 Description of a New Bob-white from Colorado, by F. C. Lincoln 103-104 

 Descriptions of some New Forms of American Cuckoos, Parrots, 



and Pigeons, by Robert Ridgway 105-108 



Descriptions of a New Genus and Seven New Races of Flying 



Squirrels, by Arthur H. Howell 109-114 



A New Squirrel from Northeastern China, byGerritS. Miller, Jr. 115-116 

 New Species of Decapod Crustaceans from the Dutch West In- 

 dies, by Mary J. Rathbun 117-120 



A New Turnagra from Stephens' Island, New Zealand, by J. H. 



Fleming 121-124 



Three New Subspecies of Birds from Eastern Mexico and Yuca- 

 tan, by Outram Bangs 125-126 



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