PROCEEDINGS 85 



Proc. 

 No. 



1075. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from the Mexican border of the 



United States. By Edgar A. Mearns. Pp. 443-447. May 23, 1896. (Advance 

 sheets issued Mar. 25, 1896.) 



1076. Characters of a new American family of passerine birds. By Robert Ridg- 



way. Pp. 449-450. June 24, 1896. 



1077. Osteological and pterylographical characters of the Procniatidae. By F. A. 



Lucas. Pp. 505-507, 5 figs. June 24, 1896, 



1078. Catalogue of a collection of birds made by Doctor W. L. Abbott in Kashmir, 



Baltistan and Ladak, with notes on some of the species, and a description 

 of a new species of Cyanecula. By Charles W. Richmond. Pp. 451-503. 

 June 24, 1896. 



1079. On birds collected by Doctor W. L. Abbott in the Seychelles, Amirantes, 



Gloriosa, Assumption, Aldabra, and adjacent islands, with notes on habits, 

 etc., by the collector. By Robert Ridgway. Pp. 509-546. June 24, 1896. 



1080. Descriptions of two new subspecies of the downy woodpecker, Dryobates 



pubescens (Linnaeus). By Harry C. Oberholser. Pp. 547-550. June 24, 1896. 



1081. Preliminary description of a new subgenus and six new species and sub- 



species of hares, from the Mexican border of the United States. By Edgar 

 A. Mearns. Pp. 551-565. June 24, 1896. 



1082. Note on Plectroplltes and Hypoplectrodes, genera of serranoid fishes. By 



Theodore Gill. Pp. 567-568. July 24, 1896. 



1083. Catalogue of a collection of birds made by Doctor W. L. Abbott in eastern 



Turkestan, the Thian-Shan Mountains, and Tagdumbash Pamir, central 

 Asia, with notes on some of the species. By Charles W. Richmond. Pp. 

 569-591. July 25, 1896. 



1084. Descriptions of three species of sand fleas (amphipods) collected at Newport, 



Rhode Island. By Sylvester D. Judd, Pp. 593-603, 11 figs. July 25, 1896. 



1085. Remarks on the synonymy of some North American scolytid beetles. By William 



Eichhoff. (Translated and annotated by E. A. Schwarz.) Pp. 605-610, 

 Aug. 12, 1896. 



1086. Fossil jelly fishes from the Middle Cambrian terrane. By Charles D. Wal- 



cott. Pp. 611-614, 2 pis. Aug. 12, 1896. 



1087. Preliminary descriptions of a new genus and three new species of crustaceans 



from an artesian well at San Marcos, Texas. By James E. Benedict. Pp. 

 615-617, Aug. 12, 1896. (Advance sheets issued Apr. 14, 1896.) 



1088. Description of a new genus and species of blind tailed batrachians from the 



subterranean waters of Texas. By Leonhard Stejneger. Pp. 619-621. Aug. 

 12, 1896. (Advance sheets issued Apr. 15, 1896.) 



1089. Description of a new stickleback, Gasterosteus gladiunculus, from the coast of 



Maine. By W. C. Kendall. Pp. 623-624. Aug. 12, 1896. 



1090. Description of a new species of ant thrush from Nicaragua, By Charles W. 



Richmond. Pp. 625-626. Aug. 12, 1896. 



1091. Partial list of birds collected at Alta Mira, Mexico, by Mr. Frank B. Arm- 



strong. By Charles W. Richmond. Pp. 627-632. Aug. 12, 1896. 



1092. On some reared parasitic hymenopterous insects from Ceylon. By L. O, How- 



ard and Wm. H. Ashmead. Pp. 633-648, Aug, 12, 1896, 



1093. An annotated list of birds observed on the Island of Margarita, and at 



Guanta and Laguayra, Venezuela. By Wirt Robinson, with critical notes 

 and descriptions of new species by Charles W, Richmond. Pp. 649-685, 1 fig., 

 1 pi. Aug. 12, 1896. 



1094. List of Coleoptera collected on the Tana River, and on the Jombene Range, 



East Africa, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieutenant Ludwig von 

 Hohnel, with descriptions of new genera and species. By Martin L. Linell. 

 Pp. 687-716. Aug. 12, 1896, 



1095. Contributions to the natural history of the Commander Islands. XI. — The 



cranium of Pallas's cormorant. By Frederic A. Lucas. Pp. 717-719, 2 pU. Oct. 

 7, 1896. 



1096. New species of North American Coleoptera of the family Scarabaeidae. By 



Martin L. Linell. Pp. 721-731. Oct. 7, 1896. 



