REPORT OF NATIOITAL MUSEUM, 1923, 13 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The Museum published this year 10 volumes and 42 separate 

 papers. The former consisted of the Annual Eeport of the Museimi 

 for 1922; volumes 60 and 61 of the Proceedings; and the following 

 Bulletins, namely : No. 100, volume 5, "Contributions to the biology 

 of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions — Ophiurans of 

 the Philippine Seas and adjacent waters," by Rene Koehler; No. 

 120, " The opalinid ciliate inf usorians," by Maynard M. Metcalf ; 

 No. 121, " Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans 

 and their allies — Order Tubinares and order Steganopodes ", by 

 Arthur Cleveland Bent; No. 122, "A Monograph of the American 

 shipworms ", by Paul Bartsch ; No. 123, " Revision of the North 

 American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Ole- 

 threutidae ", by Carl Heinrich ; No. 124, " The type species of the 

 genera of Chalcidoidea or Chalcid-flies ", by A. B. Gahan and Mar- 

 garet M. Fagan ; and No. 126, " Life histories of North American 

 wild fowl — Order Anseres (part)", by Arthur Cleveland Bent. 



The 42 papers issued separately for prompt distribution to special- 

 ists were : Part 8 of Bulletin 102, " The Mineral Industries of the 

 United States — Manufactured Gas in the Home ", by Samuel S. 

 Wyer; 5 papers from volume 61, 21 papers from volume 62, and 

 11 papers from volume 63 of the Proceedings; and four papers in 

 the series. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, 

 as follows: Volume 23, Part 2, " Trees and Shrubs of Mexico (Fa- 

 gaceae-Fabaceae) ", by Paul C. Standley; Volume 24, Part 2, 

 " Studies of tropical American ferns — No. 7 ", by William R. 

 Maxon ; Part 3, " Key to the genus Diplostephium, with descriptions 

 of new species ", by S. F. Blake ; Part 4, " Native names and uses 

 of some plants of Eastern Guatemala and Honduras ", by S. F. 

 Blake. 



Contributions based on material in the collections of the Museum 

 are printed by other bureaus of the Government and by outside 

 sources. All of the publications above referred to are cited in the 

 list of publications at the back of this report. 



The regular distribution of Museum volumes and separates to 

 libraries and individuals on the mailing lists aggregated 63,869 copies, 

 besides 8,660 copies supplied in response to special applications. 



In addition to supervising the printing of the Museum publica- 

 tions, the editorial office is charged with the printing of labels and 

 the miscellaneous printing and binding. The label work alone is 

 a large item, and one requiring much care. About 280,000 labels 

 were printed this year, representing some 1,400 forms, and, aside 

 from the regular Museum publications, some 300 books were bound. 



