304 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Riley, Charles V.— Osage Orange vs. Mul )erry for the Silkworm. 



(Amer. Naturalist, Jan., 1884, xvm, pp. 78-79.) 



Comparative value of leaves of Madura auraniiaca and of Moras as food for 

 Sti-icaria mori; critical review of the conclusions Ret forth by V. des Lauriers. 



The Chinch-bug iu New York State. 



(Amer. Naturalist, Jan., 1884, xvm, pp. 79-80.) 



Critical review of a circular issued from the office of the State Entomolo- 

 gist, of New York, Oct. 18, 1883, aDd J. A. Lintner's "The Chinch-bug in 

 New York" (Science, Oct. 19, 1883, ii, p. 540) ; the occurrence of Blissus leu- 

 opterus in New York State, in unusual abundance, in 1882 and 1883, is not 

 warrant for great alarm. 



Bacterial Disease of the imported Cabbage-worm. 



(Amer. Naturalist, Jan., 1884. xvm, p. 80.) 



Notice of observations by S. A Forbes on the death of larva) of Pterin rapes 

 from infection by Bacterium; quotation of former mention of this disease by 

 the author. 



The Department of Insects in the U. S. National Museum. 



Rep. Asst. Director U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1882 : Report Smithsonian Institution 

 for 1882 (1884), pp. 174-183 ; 215-216). 



Shufeldt, Eobert W.— On the Ossicle of the Antibrachium as found 

 in some of the North American Falconidcc. 



(Bull. Nutt. Ornithological Club, Cambridge, Mass., Oct., 1881, p. 197.) 

 A description of the carpal sesamoid iu Circus hudsonicus. The author gave 

 this sesamoid the name of the " os prominens." 



The Claw on the Index digit of the Cathartidw. 



(Amer. Naturalist, Nov., 1881, p. 906.) 



This is an account of the discovery of a claw upon the pollex phalanx of all 

 our American Vultures. 



Remarks upon the Osteology of Opheosaurus ventralis. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, p. 392.) 



A quite complete account of the Osteology of this apodal lizard. The dis- 

 sections go to show that it possesses rudimentary femora, but the fore-limbs 

 are entirely absent. Its skeleton is here compared with Gerrhonotus, Eumcces, 

 and others. 



Note on Mimus polyglottus. 



(Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Cambridge, Mass., July, 1882, No. 3, vol. vm, 

 p. 180.;) 



Notice of the capture of a specimen of this bird at Fort Fetterman, Wyo., 

 latitude 42° 23' 35" N., and longitude 105° 21' 4" W., where it was breeding. 

 This extended its geographical range. 



Notes upon the Osteology of Cinclus mexicamis. 



(Bull. Nutt. Ornithological Club, Cambridge, Mass., vol. vn, Oct., 1882, 

 No. 4, pp. 213-221.) 



An account of the skeleton is given, and notice taken of the structure of 

 the tarsal joint in the young of Cinclus, which presents many points of in- 

 terest. The results of the examination show the close relation of the Dipper 

 to the genus Siurus. 



