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 The United States National Museum annual report for the year ended June 30, 

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VOLUME 102 



Title page, table of contents, and Index. Pp. i-iv, 529-549. February 13, 1956. 



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Title page, table of contents, and index. Pp. i-v, 633-667. March 12, 1956. 



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No. 3342. Biology and taxonomy of North American beetles of the subfamily 



Geotrupinae, with revisions of the genera Bollocerosoma, Eiccanthus, Oeo- 



trupes, and Peltotrupes (Scarabaeidae), by Henry F. Howden. Pp. 151-319, 



pis. 1-18. November 28, 1955. 

 No. 3343. Fruit flies of the genus Tomoplagia Coquillett (Diptera, Terphritidae) , 



by Martin L. Aczel. Pp. 321-411, figs. 90-102, pis. 19-26. September 28, 1955. 

 No. 3344. Scarab beetles of the genus Psammodius in the Western Hemisphere, 



by O. L. Cartwright. Pp. 413-462. August 24, 1955. 

 No. 3345. A further contribution to the ornithology of northeastern Venezuela, 



by Herbert Friedmann and Foster D. Smith, Jr. Pp. 463-524, figs. 103-107, 



pis. 27-30. December 2, 1955. 

 No. 3346. Modifications of pattern in the aortic arch system of birds and their 



phylogenetic significance, by Fred H. Glenny. Pp. 525-621, figs. 108-119. 



December 16, 1955. 

 No. 3347. Fishes of the family Percophididae from the coasts of eastern United 



States and the West Indies, with descriptions of four new species, by Isaac 



Ginsburg. Pp. 623-639, figs. 120-122. October 13, 1955. 

 No. 3348. Neotropical Miridae, LXV : New genera and species of bugs of the tribe 



Termatophylini (Hemiptera: Deraeocorinae), by Jose C. M. Carvalho. Pp. 



641-649, fig. 123, pi. 31. October 27, 1955. 



