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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1919. 



Ellis, Max M. The Brancluobdellid 

 worms in the collections of the 

 United States National Museum, 

 with descriptions of new genera and 

 new species. 



Proc. U. /S'. Nat. Mus. vol. 

 55, no. 2267, May 2, 

 1919, pp. 241-265, pis. 

 10-13, text figs. 1-18. 

 A detailed annotated account 

 of the Branchiobdellid -worms, 

 describing two new genera, eight 

 new species, one new subspecies, 

 and discussing many previously 

 described forms, with an exhaus- 

 tive anatomic diagnosis of each. 

 The types and additional ma- 

 terial are in the U. S. National 

 Museum ; duplicate material oc- 

 curs in Dr. Ellis' private collec- 

 tion, he having generously do- 

 nated his types to the museum. 



Fattst, Ernest Caeroll. Studies on 

 American Stephanophialinae. 



Trans. Amer. Micr. Soc, 

 vol. 37, no. 3, July, 

 1918, pp. 183-198, pis. 

 14, 15. 

 A detailed annotated discussion 

 of the Stephanophialinae, includ- 

 ing the description of two new 

 species. Based on Museum ma- 

 terial. 



Fewkes, J. Walter. A unique form 

 of prehistoric pottery, 



Journ. Washington Acad. 



8ci., vol. 8, no. 18, Nov. 



4, 1918, pp. 598-601, 



figs. 1-2. 

 Describes and figures a double 

 vase of black and white ware, the 

 two portions being connected by 

 an eflBgy figure made of clay, re- 

 sembling a bird. The object was 

 found not far from the towers of 

 the Hovenweep Canyon, Colorado. 



Prehistoric towers and castles 



of the southwest. 



Art and Arch., vol. 7, no. 

 9, Dec, 1918, pp. 353- 

 366, figs. 1-13. 

 Devoted to the various pre- 

 historic caetle-like buildings in the 

 McElmo Canyon and its tributaries 

 in southwest Colorado and ad- 

 jacent areas of Utah. It points 

 out that these buildings may be 

 simple towers, of round, D-shaped, 

 or rectangular form; may be ac- 

 companied by other buildings an- 

 nexed to them, or in the highest 



Fewkes, J. Walter. — Continued. 



form of pueblo architecture may 

 even be added to large pue1)los 

 in the open or in cliff dwellings. 

 Main attention is given to these 

 buildings in Square Tower, Holly 

 and Bridge Canyons, where the 

 most striking forms appear and 

 which it is intended later to in- 

 clude in a National Monument for 

 Government protection. 



Fisher, Walter K. Starfishes of the 



Philippine seas and adjacent waters. 



Bull., U. 8. Nat. Mus. no. 

 100, vol. 3, June 27, 

 1919, pp. 1-712, pis. 1- 

 156. 

 A detailed account of the star- 

 fishes collected by the U. S. 

 Bureau of Fisheries steamer 

 Albatross, Philippine Expedition, 

 1907-1910, augmented by two 

 new forms in the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology and additional 

 miscellaneous specimens in the U. 

 S. National Museum. One hundred 

 and ninety-two species and sub- 

 species are described or listed of 

 which 134 species and subspecies 

 are believed to be new. An ex- 

 haustive discussion of the zoogeo- 

 graphic and bathymetric distribu- 

 tion and the relationships of the 

 respective groups of species pre- 

 cedes the systematic discussion. 



All types are in the collections 

 of the U. S. National Museum, ex- 

 cept two in the collections of the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



Fisher, W. S. A new species of 

 AgTilus from Florida (Coleoptera; 

 Buprestidae). 



Proc. Ent. Sac. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 20, no. 4, Sept. 

 ■27, 1918, pp. 67, 68. 

 Describes A. dozieri. 



Chrysobothris tranquebarica 



Gmel. versus impressa Fabr. (Cole- 

 optera; Buprestidae). 



Proc. Ent. 8oc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 20. no. 8, Jan. 

 24, 1919. pp. 173-177. 

 Gives notes and a bibliography 

 and full synonymy of the species. 



Note on Macrobasis murina 



LeConte (Coleo.). 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 21, no. 1, Feb. 

 24, 1919, pp. 1, 2. 



