PROCEEDINGS 87 



Proc. 

 No. 



1118. Catalogue of a collection of birds made by Doctor W. L. Abbott in Mada- 



gascar, with descriptions of three new species. By Charles W. Richmond. 

 Pp. 677-694. May 13, 1897. 



1119. On the insects collected by Doctor Abbott on the Seychelles, Aldabra, Glorioso, 



and Providence Islands, with descriptions of nine new species of Coleop- 

 tera. By Martin L. Linell. Pp. 695-706. May 13, 1897. 



1120. Cambrian Brachiopoda: Genera Iphidea and Yorkia, with descriptions of new 



species of each, and of the genus Acrothele. By Charles D. Walcott. Pp. 

 707-718, 2 pis. Aug. 27, 1897. 



1121. Descriptions of six new mammals from North America. By Edgar A. Mearns. 



Pd. 719-724. July 30, 1897. 



1122. The food plants of scale insects (Coccidae). By T. D. A. Cockeretl. Pp. 



725-785. Aug. 14, 1897. 



1123. Notes on larval cestode parasites of fishes. By Edwin Linton. Pp. 787-824, 



8 pis. Oct. 4, 1897. 



Volume 20 



Proceedings of the United States National Museum, vol. 20. Pp. i-xii (title page, 

 advertisement, table of contents, list of illustrations, and errata) ; pp. 1-901 (Pro- 

 ceedings papers 1124-1139) ; pp. 903-932 (index) ; 149 figs., 97 pis. 1898. 



1124. Revision of the orthopteran group Melanopli (Acridiidae), with special ref- 



erence to North American forms. By Samuel Hubbard Scudder. Pp. 1-421, 

 26 pis. Dec. 28, 1897. 



1125. Notes on cestode parasites of fishes. By Edwin Linton. Pp. 423-456, 8 pis. Dec. 



24, 1897. 



1126. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals of the genera Lynx, Urocyon, Spilo' 



gale, and Mephitis, from the Mexican boundary line. By Edgar A. Mearna, 

 Pp. 457-461. Dec. 24, 1897. (Advance sheets issued Jan. 12, 1897.) 



1127. Description of a new blenny-like fish of the genus Opisthocentrus, collected 



in Vulcano Bay, Port Mororan, Japan, by Nicolai A. Grebnitsfci. By Tarle- 

 ton H. Bean and Barton A. Bean. Pp. 463-464, 1 pi. Dec. 24, 1897. (Advance 

 sheets issued Jan. 28, 1897.) 



1128. Description of a new crustacean of the genus Sphaeroma from a warm spring 



in New Mexico. Pp. 465-466. Dec. 24, 1897. (Advance sheets issued Feb. 

 6, 1897.) 



1129. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals of the genera Mephitis, Dorcelaphus, 



and Dicotyles, from the Mexican border of the United States. By Edgar A. 

 Mearns. Pp. 467-471. Dec. 24, 1897. (Advance sheets issued Feb. 11, 1897.) 



1130. New species of Coleoptera of the family Chrysomelidae, with a short review 



of the tribe Chlamydini. By Martin L. Linell. Pp. 473-485. Jan. 5, 1898. 



1131. Notes on a collection of fishes from the Colorado Basin in Arizona. By Charles 



Henry Gilbert and Norman Bishop Scofield. Pp. 487-499, 4 pis. Jan. 19, 

 1898. 



1132. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals of the genera Sciurus, Castor, Neotoma, 



and Sigmodon, from the Mexican border of the United States. By Edgar A. 

 Mearns. Pp. 501-505. Jan. 19, 1898. (Advance sheets issued Mar. 5, 1897.) 



1133. Notes on trematode parasites of fishes. By Edwin Linton. Pp. 507-548, 15 pis. 



Jan. 20, 1898. 



1134. Contributions to Philippine ornitholog>'. Part L — A list of the birds known 



to inhabit the Philippine and P.ilawan Islands, showing their distribution 

 within the limits of the two groups. By Dean C. Worcester and Frank 

 8. Bourns. Part II. — Notes on the distribution of Philippine birds. By Dean 

 C. Worcester. Pp. 549-625, 7 pis. Feb. 17, 1898. 



1135. Supplement to the annotated catalogue of the published writings of Charles 



Abiathar White, 1886-1897. By Timothy W. Stanton, Pp. 627-642. Feb. 

 12, 1898. 



