INDEX. 1291 



Page. 



South Ainerioa, distrilmfion of si)0('itiu'nM in 127 



Special asKemblage of tintlirop()loj;;ioai materials 27 



Specimens, identification of 68 



Sphterodactylus 462 



notatns 462 



S(juamata 178 



classification of 1 75 



distribution of 178 



general anatomy of 1 75 



habits of 178 



history of 181 



phylogeny of 1 80 



Staff of National Museum 5 1 , 79 



Stanton, Timothy Wilhani, titles of papers by 143 



Statement of distribution of specimens during year ending June 30, 1898 121 



Stearns, Robert E. C. , titles of papers by 143 



Stejneger, Leonhard, curator of division of reptiles and batrachians 40, 73 



detailed to identify Museum specimens used by E. D. 



Cope 73 



detailed to visit Alaska (1897) on Fur Seal Commission. 72 



material acquired from explorations conducted by 71 



titles of papers by 143, 144 



Stiles, Charles Wardell, title of joint paper by 144 



title of paper by 144 



Stilosoma 924 



extenuatum 924 



Stone, Witmer, birds sent for examination to 65 



Storage quarters in the National Museum 9 



Storeria 1000 



dekay i 1000 



occipitomaculata 1003 



Straus, Oscar, information given to 61 



Students accorded access to collections in National Museum 61 



Summary of operations of the year 51 



Sweden, distribution of specimens in 128 



Swingle, W. T. , appointed custodian of section of Algte 39, 51 



Switzerland, distribution of specimens in 128 



Table showing number of visitors since 1881 8 



spa(!e needed in department of biology 12 



Tantilla 1110 



coronata 1114 



gracilis 1111 



nigriceps 1113 



planiceps 1113 



Tassin, Wirt, title of paper by 144 



Taxidermists, work accomplished by 75 



Taxidermy 74 



Teiidae 556 



Tennessee Centennial Exposition 76 



Thaxter, Roland, Coleoptera examined by 61 



Thecoglossa 470 



Thompson, C. H., Lemnaceae studied by 63 



Toltecan subregion 1228 



