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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



DALL, William Healey — Continued, 

 collection of the Wagner Institute and have 

 heen generously shared with the National 

 Museum. They are from the Chesapeake 

 Miocene of Mfiryland and Virginia. 



New species of Mexican laud shells. 



Nautilus, XI, No. 7, Nov., 1897, pp. 73, 74. 

 Helix (Lysinoe) queretaroana (p. 73), Helix 

 (Lysino'd) nebastiana (p. 73), Polygyra nelsoni, 

 and a variety collisella (p. 74) are described 

 as new. The types are in the National 

 Museum. 



New West American shells. 



Nautilus, XI, No. 8, Dec, 1897, pp. 85, 86. 

 Sigaretus oldroydi (p. 85), from Catalina 

 Island, Calitornia; Pecten palmeri (p. 85), 

 from the Gulf of California; Pecten randolphi 

 (p. 86), from the coast of Washington, and 

 Pecten davidsoni (p. 86), from Bering Sea, are 

 described as new. The types of Pecten are in 

 the National Museum. 



Notice of some new or interesting 



species of shells from British Columbia 

 and the adjacent region. 



Bull. Nat. Hist. Soc. British Columbia, ii, 

 1897, pp. 1-18, pis. I, II. 

 The following species described as new: 

 Crenella columbiana (p. 4, pi. I, figs. 3, 5), Ore- 

 nella leana (p. 4, pi. i, figs. 6-7), Crenella 

 japonica (p. 5, pi. I, flg. 2), Modiolaria taylori 

 (p. 5, pi. I, figs. 17, 18), Modiolaria seminuda (p. 

 5, pi. I, flg. 1), Nucula carlottensis (p. 6, pi. I, 

 figs. 15, 16), Leda celluUta (p. 7, pi. ii, figs. 5, 7), 

 Leda extenuata (p. 8, pi. ii, fig. 2), Yoldia 

 ensifera (p. 9, pi. Ii, fig. 4), Yoldia martyria 

 (p. 9, pi. II, fig. 15), Malletiafaba (p. 10, pi. ii, 

 fig. 10), Malletia gibbsii (p. 10, pi. 2, fig. 14), 

 Malletia pacifica. Malletia (Tindaria) ken- 

 nerleyHp. M,&g.9), Macomaliotricha (p. 12, pi. 

 I, fig. 21), Gadulus hepburni (p. 12, pi. I, fig. 13), 

 Cadulus tolmiei (p. 13, pi. I, flg. 8), Cythara 

 victoriana (p. 13, pi. I, flg. 9), MuTuiola tenuis 

 (p. 13, pi. I, fig. 10), Odostomia (Miralda) in- 

 flecta (p. 14), Rissoina neivcombei (p. 14, pi. I, 

 fig. 12), Molleria quadrce (p. 15, pi. I, figs. 14, 

 14a), and Eucosmia liirida (p. 15, pi. I, fig. 11). 

 Yoldia scisgurata Dall (p. 8) is proposed for 

 Y. arctica Brod. non Gray, and the unfigured 

 Modiolaria vernicosa Midd., Leda fossa'RaivA, 

 Leda cellulita Dall, Leda leonina Dall, and 

 Yoldia montereyensis Dall, are figured. All 

 are from the North Pacific and most of them 

 from the northwest coast of America. The 

 types are in the U. S. National Museum and 

 the Colonial Museum of British Columbia. 



On a new species of Fitrea from 



Maryland. 



Nautilus, XI, No. 9, Jan., 1898, pp. 100-101. 



Yitrea raderi (p. lOO), from Cumberland, 



Md., is described as new, and the varietal 



name Clingmani is proposed for the large form 



of Zonites wheatleyi Bd., from Clingman's 



DALL, William Healey — Continued. 

 Peak, North Carolina. Both types are in the 

 National Museum. 



Florida's interesting fossils. 



Florida Times-Union, Feb., 1898. 



This article is containedin a special edition 

 of the Times-Union devoted to the resources 

 of the State. 



The paper discusses the Tertiary fossil 

 faunas of the State, and figures (from speci- 

 mens in the Nationul Museum) six of the 

 most remarkable and characteristic species. 



Recent progress in malacology. 



Science (New series), vii. No. 167, Mar. 11, 

 1898, pp. 334-337. 

 A summary of new facts brought out in 

 recent malacological and paleontological 

 papers. The term "provinculum" is sug- 

 gested for the larval hinge of bivalves, re- 

 cently shown by Bernard to precede the 

 development of the regular hinge. 



How phosphate came. 



Florida Times-Union, Mar. 13, 1898. 

 A summary of the present opinion of geol- 

 ogists as to the source and formation of the 

 rioridian deposits of phosphate of lime. 



Coal and lignite. 



Map of Alaska, U. S. Oeol. Surv. (descrip- 

 tive text). Mar., 1898, pp. 39-44. 

 This article is contained in the descriptive 

 text of a map of Alaska prepared by the 

 United States Geological Survey in accord- 

 ance with a resolution of Congress. Mr. Dall 

 gives a synopsis of our knowledge of the 

 coal and lignite of Alaska. 



Synopsis of the recent and Tertiary 



Psammobiidic of North America. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. for 1898, Apr. 

 5, 1898, pp. 57-62. 

 A synopsis of the species, with a revision 

 of their generic and specific synonymy. The 

 section Orammatomya with Psammobia 

 squamosa as the type; Nuttallia with San- 

 guinolaria nuttallii as the type ; and Oarum 

 with Psammobia filosa Conrad as an example 

 are new. The name of P. californica (rubro- 

 radiata Cpr.) is restored, and the P. edentula, 

 described as a fossil SV.iquaria by Gabb, is 

 placed in its proper genus, and noted as oc- 

 curring in the recent fauna of San Pedro, Cal. 



The future of the Yukon gold fields. 



Nat. Oeograph. Magazine, ix, No. 4, Apr., 

 1898, pp. 117-120. 

 A discussion of the conditions of fuel and 

 food supply in the Yukon region. 



A Yukon pioneer, Mike Lebarge. 



Nat. Geograph. Magazine, ix, No. 4, Apr., 

 1898, pp. 137-139. 

 A biographical sketch, with portrait, of a 



