FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 43 



No. U, July, 1916 



*Seale, Alvin. Sea products of Mindanao and Sulu, II: Pearls, pearl shells, 

 and button shells. 



Bunker, Paul D. Nesting of the Philippine glossy starling. 

 *McGregor, Richard C. New or noteworthy Philippine birds, I. 



Kieffer, J. J. Neuer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der philippinischen Cynipiden. 



. Beschreibung einer neuen Mymaride aus den Philippinen. 



Schultze, W. II. Beitrag zur coleopteren Fauna der Philippinen. 



No. 5, September, 1916 



Cockerell, T. D. A. The ceratinid bees of the Philippine Islands. 



Muir, Frederick. A new Formosan Purohita (Delphacidae). 



Grouvelle, A. Nitidulidae (Coleopteres) des iles Philippines recoltes par 



C. F. Baker, II. 

 Kieffer, J. J. Evaniiden (Hymenoptera) der Philippinen. 

 Schultze, W. III. Beitrag zur coleopteren Fauna der Philippinen. 



No. 6, November, 1916 



Oshima, Masamitsu. A collection of termites from the Philippine Islands. 



(New species of white ants.) 

 Muir, Frederick. Additions to the known Philippine Delphacidae (He- 



miptera) . 

 Fleutiaux, Ed. Melasidse (Coleopteres des iles Philippines recoltes par 



C. F. Baker. (New species of beetles.) 

 Kieffer, J. J. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Gattung Loboscelidia Westwood 



(Hymenoptera). (New species of wasps.) 

 Kieffer, J. J. Neue Stephanidae (Hymenoptera) der Philippinen. (New 



species of Philippine wasps.) 



The Mineral Resources of the Philippine Islands for 1915 was 

 issued during the year, as were also publication No. 10, Studies 

 in Philippine Diptera, II, by M. Bezzi, and press bulletin 50, 

 the manufacture of 96-degree sugar by the use of open kettles 

 (cauas) and the vacuum pan. A translation of the latter into 

 the Spanish, entitled Fabricacion del azucar de cana, was also 

 printed, and a Bontoc grammar by Father Vanoverbergh is in 

 galley proof. 



The press bulletins issued during the year are as follows : 



Press Bulletin No. 48. Importance of soil surveys and Bureau of Science 

 methods of taking samples. (March 23, 1916.) 



Press Bulletin No. 49. The Bureau of Science indicates the value of in- 

 dustrial alcohol as motor fuel. (April 28, 1916.) 



Press Bulletin No. 50. The manufacture of 96-degree sugar by the use 

 of open kettles (cauas) and the vacuum pan. (August, 1916. Issued 

 in English and Spanish.) 



Press Bulletin No. 51. The melting and reboiling of muscavado sugar. 

 (June 27, 1916. Issued in English and Spanish.) 



