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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1907. 



Rose, Joskimi \.. and I'aintkr, Joseph 

 II. Mni-killia, a new name for the 

 genus t'liitonia : with doscriptiou of 

 a \H'\v sjiecies. 



t^niithminiaii Mine. CoUx., I>, May 

 1, 1907. pp. -M-ZA. 

 Contains dest-riptions of MorUiUin 

 incxirtiun and M. (icii)iiiiintu. 



("actus maxDMii, a new caetus 



from (Juateniala. 



SmitJisiiiiiiiii Misc. Coll-^. L. .lune 

 1.5, l!Ki7, pp. <i;{-fi4, pi. 0. 

 Contains description of Caciua nuix- 

 onii Rose. 



Studies of Mexican and Central 



American plants No. 5. 



Coiitr.. r. S. Xnt. Herb., 10, pt. .3, 

 Dec, 1906. pp. 79-132, pis. 16- 

 4.S, flgs. 1-6. 

 Contains descriptions of many new 

 Mexican plants. 



Smith, .Toh.n Doxxell. Undescribed 



plants from (Juatemala and otiier 



Central American republics. . xxvni. 



nofnniral Gnzctlc, No. 42, Oct., 



]'.)(iO. pp. 292-300. 



Enunicratio I'lantaniin (Jnatcmalen- 



sium necnon Salvadorensinni Ilon- 



durensium Nicaraguensium Costarican- 



seum quas edidit .Tolin Donnoll Smitli. 



I'ars VIII. Index. Apr., 1907. 



Stejxeger Leoxhard. (See under 

 Mammals.) 



GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 



Merrill, (J. I'., and others. Catalogue 

 of the type and figured specimens of 

 fossil vertebrates ; fossil plants : min- 

 erals, rocks, and ores. 



Bull. V. S. ^at. Miis., No. 53, pt. 

 II, June 26, 1907, pp. i-v, 1- 

 370. 

 Tliis is the second volume of the 

 catalogue. The lists of minerals and 

 meteorites include those wliich have 

 been the sui)ject of special investiga- 

 tion and pnl)lication and are now in 

 the Department of (Jcolojiy. 



On ;i new found meteorite from 



Selma, Dallas County, Ala. 



Proc. U. S. Sat. Mim.. XXXII. No. 



l.-)08, Feb. 7, 1907, pp. 59-61, 



pis. vi-vn. 



Describes tlie occurrence and pctro- 



grnphlc nature of a recently found 



stone from the locality noted. 



Merrill, G. P. (with Wirt Tassin). 

 Notes on the composition and struc- 

 ture (»f the Ilender.sonville, N. C., 

 meteorite. 



Proc. U. »s'. .\(it. j/H.v., .\xxii. No. 



1511, Feb. 7, 1907, pp. 79-82, 



pis. VIII-IX. 



Gives the petrof^rapliic and chemical 



composition of the Ilendersonville 



meteorite, the finding of whicli was 



described by Prof. L. C. (ilenn, in 



March. 1904. 



(with Wirt Tassin). On the 



meteorite from Rich Mountain, .Tack- 

 son County, N. C. 



Proc. U. S. Xat. Mux., xxxii. No. 



1524. Apr. 17, 1907, pp. 241- 



244, pi. XVI. 



Descrilies the phenomena of the fall 



and gives the mineral and cliemlcal 



composition of the stone from the 



locality mentioned. 



On a iK'culiar form of meta- 



morphism in siliceous sandstone. 



Proc. U. .S'. \(it. Mux., XXXII. No. 

 1546, June 15. 1907, pp. 547- 

 550, pi. LI I. 

 Describes a case of fusion and re- 

 crystallization of a siliceous sandstone 

 as found in the crater at Coon lUitte 

 and supposed to i)e due to the impact 

 of a meteorite. 



[ Microstructure of the Eliu 



Creek Aerolite]. The Elm Creek 

 Aerolite, by K. S. Howard. 



Am. Joitrii. Sci., 4th series, xxiii, 

 1907, pp. 380-381. 

 The paper gives an account of the 

 microstructure of a meteorite, tlie gen- 

 eral description of which is given by 

 Mr. Howard. 



Tassix, Wirt. Note on an occurrence 

 of graphitic iron in a meteorite. 



Proc. T\ S. yat. Mux.. XXXI. No. 

 1497. Nov. 14, 1906, pp. 573- 

 574. 

 The paper gives the composition and 

 physical properties of a new graphitic 

 iron found in the Canyon Diablo me- 

 teorite. 



PALEONTOLOGY. 



Bassler. liAY S. Tile I'.ryozoan fauna 

 of the Rochester shale. 



Hull. r. .S". Gcol. Surr., No. 292, 



190t;, pp. i-iv. l-i:'.7, i-iii, pis. 



i-xxxi. 



1'his bulletin treats of all the Isnown 



bryozoa of this Silurian formation of 



