BIBLIOGRAPHY OF U. S, NATIONAL MUSEUM. 681 



Willia:<! IIealky Dall, CnAni.ES R. Orcutt, and. Notes on tlie niolhisks of tbo 

 vicinity of Sau Diego, California, and Todos Santos Bay, Lower California, by 

 Charles R. Orcutt ; with coaiinents by VV. H. Dall. 



Proe. v. S. Nat. Mus., vni, Sept. 30, 1885, pp. 534-552. Plate xxiv. 



Thi8 paper comprisoa a list by Mr. Orcutt of the species, with their Htations, hahits, etc , 

 with systematic notes oa variousspecioa, descriptions of iameHaria diego'ensis, Crecuni call/or- 

 niciini anil C.orcutti. Leptothjra. var. lurida anil Platidia var. radiatn D.all, with an account 

 of the niarsupinin in the female Milncria minima DM, and the light which this discovery 

 tlirowson tlie formation of tbe more specialized marsupiura of Thecalia concamerata Adams. 



Fiti'-.D. P. Dewey. The Copper Industry of the United States. 

 Chautaiiquan, vi, No. 2, 1885, pp. 9,5-08. 



Gives a short account of the occurrences of copper, the methods of its extraction, and its 

 most important uses. , 



Fred. P. Dewey. Porosity and Specific Gravity of Flat Top Coke. 

 Virginias, vi, Ko. 10, 1885, p. 138. 



Gives the results of an examination of the coke made in the Soldenhoff Copp6e Ovens, at 

 Hawlv's Nest, Virginia, from the Blue Stone Coal of West Virginia. 



Fkei). p. Dewey. Statement before the Select Coturaittee of the Senate on Ord- 

 nance and War Ships. 



Report of the Select Committee of the Senate on Ordnance and War Shijjs, pp. 263-280 of ap- 

 pendix. 



Gives some general information as to the iron ores of tlie country with especial reference to 

 their adaptability to making steol, and some special statements in regard to the steel-making 

 iron ores of the South, giving many perssonal analyses. 



Cart. H. Eigenmann. A review of the American Gasterosteidse. 

 rroc. Ac. Kat. Sci. Phila., 18S6, pp. 233-252. 



Barton W. Evermann. 



See under Seth E. Meek. 



Walter Faxon. A list of the Astacida? in the United States National Mu.seum. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vui, Sept. 2, 1885, pp. 356-361. 



Contains the names of forty-,seven species and varieties, all of which, excepting four, are 

 from North America. The origin of each lot of specimens is stated, and the catalogue numbers 

 under which they are registered are given. 



J. Walter Fewkes. On a collection of Medusae made by theU. S. Fish Commi.ssiou 

 steamer Albatross in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. 

 Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., vni, Sept. 2 and 14, 1885, pp. 397-402, pi. XX. 



"The greater part of this collection was made in the years 1884 and 18S5. It contains no 

 new species, but is interesting in a study of the geographical distribution of these animals, and 

 is a supplement to a paper already prepared on the Medusa; of the Gulf Stream. Many of the 

 genera and species here mentioned up to the present have not been recorded from the region 

 of the Gulf Stream, but will probably be later taken from this locality." 



Nine species are enumerated, with the localities in which they were taken, the two follow- 

 ing being described : 



Page. 



Cassiopea frondosa Lam 398 



Abijla trigona Q. & G., pi. xx 399 



J. Walter Fewkes. List of Mediisw from near Point Barrow. 



llepurtof the Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaxka (1882-83), pp. 163-165. 

 See also under John Murdoch. (Part iv, Natural History.) 



F. IjYNWood Garrison. The microscopic structure of iron and steel. 



Transactions Am. Inntitute Mining Engineers, 1885-'86, xiv, pp. 64-75. 10 figures. 

 Description of photographs of microscopic sections of iron and steel, copies of which have 

 been presented to the Museum. 



TriEODORE N. Gill. Tiie chief characteristics of the North American fish fauna.. 



Forest and Stream, xxv. No. 8, Sept. 17, 188.5, p. It9; also in Trans. Am. Fish. Soc, 1885, p. 69. 



