42 BULLETIN r,l, T^NTTED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



P. 241>. On the North American land tortoises of the genus Xerohates. 

 By Frederick W. True. 



pp. 434-449. 3 figs. 



P. 250. Catalogue of a collection of Japanese cotton fiber presented to 

 the United States National Museum by the Gov^ernment of 

 Japan together with the amount of the annual crop of Jaj)an 

 and the price of cotton. (Prei:)ared ^^\ the Japanese h:>gation.) 



pp. 449-452. 



P. 2.51. Brief account of cotton hus])andrv in Japan. (Prepared b}- 

 the Japanese legation.) 



pp. 452-453. 



P. 252. Description of a new species of XeiueldliyH {XenleJitJiys xenu- 

 rus) from the west coast of Central America. B}^ David S. 

 Jordan and Charles H. Gilbei't. 



p. 454. 



P. 253. List of anthropological publications. By Charles Rau. 



pp. 455-4.58. 



P. 254. Description of five new species of fishes from Mazatlan, 

 Mexico. By David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. 



pp. 458-463. 



P. 255. Notes on a collection of ishes made by Capt. Henrj" F. Nich- 

 ols, U. S. N., in British Columl)ia and southern Ahiska, with 

 descriptions of new species and a new genus (Delolt/jls). By 

 Tarleton H. Bean. 



pp. 463-474. 



P. 256. On the rare rodent Cricetodipiis imtvus (Baird) Coues. By 

 Frederick AV. True. 



pp. 474-475. 



volume: V, CON^TAIXIXG PAPET?S 257-342. 



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I Proceedings | of the | United States National Museum. | Vol. 

 V. I 1882. I I Published under the direction of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. | | Washington: | Government Printing 



Office. I 1883. 



8vo., pp. xi, 1-703, 12 pis.. .'v2 figs. 



P. 257. Information concerning some fossil trees in the United States 

 National Museum. By P. T. Swaine and J. T. C. Hegewald. 



pp. 1-3. 



P. 258. A study of the Phronimid?e of the North Pacific surveying 

 expedition. By Thomas H. Streets. 



pp. 3-9, 1 plate. 



P. 259. Description of several new races of North American birds. 

 B}' Robert Ridgway. 



PI.. 9-l.x 



