686 KEPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



CiiAKLES K. Orcutt aud William Healey Dall. Notes ou the mollusks of the vi- 

 cinity of Sau Diego, Cal., and Todos Santos Bay, Lower California, by Cliarles 

 R. Orcutt, with comments by W. H. Dall. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Sept. BO, 1885, pp. 534-552, plate xxiv. 



This paper comprises a list of the species, witli their statious, habits, etc., by Mr. Orcutt, 

 with systematic notes on various species, descriptious of Lawellaria dierjoensis, Caecum call- 

 fornieum and G.orcutti, Leptothyra var. lurida and Platidia vav. radiata Dall, with an account 

 of the marsupium in the female Milneria minima Dall, and the light which this discovery 

 throws on the formation of the more specialized marsupium of Thecalia concamerata Adau s. 

 See under William Healey Dall. 



William Palmer. Occurrence oi Eelminthophila Ivucobronchialis in Virginia. 

 The Auk, II, July 1885, p. 304. 



Announces the capture of this species near Fort Myer. The specimen was pieseuted to 

 the Museum by the author. 



Emory D. Potter. The Pike family. 



Forest and Stream, sxv, No. 9, Sept. 24, 1885, p. 168. 



Edward Potts. Fresh-water Sponges from Mexico. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Oct. 19, 1885, pp. 587-589. One figure. 



Description of Myenia plumosa Carter, var. Palmieri Potts. Obtained by Dr. Edward I'almer 

 along the banks of the Colorado liiver, near Terdo, .Sonora, iu northwestern Mexico. The 

 specimens are preserved in the Kational Museum. 



John D. Quackenbos. The new trout of Sunapee Lake. 

 Forest and Stream, xxv, No. 8, Mar. 18, 1886, p. 149. 



John D. Quackenbos. The trout of Sunapee Lake. 

 Forest and Stream, xxvi, No. 13, Apr. 22, 1886, p. 247. 



Richard Rathbun. An edible clam introduced on the Atlantic coast. 



Science, vi. No. 128, July 17, 1885, p. 53. 



Notice of the planting at the Wood's Holl station of the U. S. Fish Commission of eight hun- 

 dred living specimens of Tapes statninea, known as the "little round clam," obtained at Hen- 

 derson's Bay, Puget Sound, near Tacoma, Washington Ton-itory. 



KiCHARD Rathbun. A crab invasion. 



Science, vi, No. 131, Aug. 14, 1885, p. 135. 



Notice of the sudden appearance, on the sea-shore, at Cape San Antonio, western Cuba, of 

 countless myriads of young Grapsoid crabs, probably belonging to the genus Sesarma. 



Richard Rathbun. Report upon the Echini collected by the U. S. Fish Commission 

 steamer Albatross iu the Gulf of Mexico, from January to March, 1885. 

 Proc. U.S.Nat. Mus., viii, Nov. 3, 1885, pp. 606-620. 



Contains a " Notice of the Cruise of 1885," " List of the stations at which Echini were col- 

 lected in 1885," "Account of the species of. Echini obtained in 1885," and "Lists of the spe- 

 cies obtained ^^ 1884 and 1885, arranged according to localities." Brief notes are given with 

 many of the species. The number of species collected in 1885 was thirty-one, the total num- 

 ber for 1884 and 1885 combined, forty. These were obtained in various depths from the litto- 

 ral zone to to 1,639 fathoms. 



SiCHARD Rathbun. Notice of a collection of Stalked Crinoids made by the steamer 

 Albatross in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, 1884 and 1885. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Dec. 7, 1885, pp. 628-635. 

 ' Four species are recorded : Rhizoerinus Rawsoni, Pentacrinus decorus, P. Mulleri, and P. 



asterius. A few notes are given lespecting each of the species, a few variations are described, 

 and lists are given of all the specimens collected. 



Richard Rathbun. Notes on Lobster Culture. 



Bull. TT. S. Fish Com., VI, Feb. 8, 1886, pp. 17-32. 



Contains an account of the experiments made at the Wood's Holl station of the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission during the summer of 1885, to ascertain the best method of handling lobster eggs for 

 the purposes of artificial lobster-culture. The following topics are akso discussed : " Necessity 

 of attempting the artificial propagation of lobsters," "Kange and migrations of lobsters," 

 "Spawning season and habits, developments, aud rate of growth," "Experiments previously 

 made in lobster-culture," " Transplanting of lobsters," 



