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REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



FROM BILLjrriN 89. 



Bart N. Directions for preparing study specimens of small mammals. Second edition, 

 revised, with abstracts in ( rerman, French, and Spanish. By Gerrit S. Miller, jr. 

 pp. [l]-[25],3figs. 



Part P. Directions for collectors of American basketry. By Otis T. Mason, pp. 

 [l]-[?>l].44figs. 



CIRCl'T.AR 51. 



Circular to accompany collections illustrating rock-weathering and soil formation 

 which have been prepared l)y the Department of Geology, U. S. National 

 Museum, under direction of Dr. (ieorge P. Merrill, Head Curator, pp. 1-3. 



PAPERS BY OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AND OTHERS, 

 BASED UPON MUSEUM MATERIAL. 



AGASSIZ, Alexander, and MURRAY, 

 John. Reports on the Scientific Re- 

 sults of the Expedition to the Tropical 

 Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz, 

 by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer 

 Alhatrom, from August, 1899, to March, 

 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, 

 U. S. N., commanding. I. Preliminary 

 report. Together with a list of the sta- 

 tions occupied by the Albatross. By 

 Alexander Agassiz. Remarks on the 

 Bottom Deposits, l^y Sir John Mur- 

 ray, K. C. B. 



Mem. Mu.'i. Coinp. Zonl. Ilarv. Coll., xxvi, 

 No. 1, Jan., ]902, pp. 1-114, 21 pis., 1 

 text fig. 

 IiicUifles a narrative of the voyage, with 

 list (if jiositioiis lield by the Albatro.is, a com- 

 parison of tlie hauls made in the Pacific by 

 the Cliallenger and Albatro^K, and notes on the 

 bottom deposits and surface organisms col- 

 lected by the Challenger. 



AGASSIZ, Alexander, and MAYER, 

 Alfred Goldsborougii. Reports on 

 the Scientific Results of the Exi)edition 

 to the Tropical Pacific in charge of 

 Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish 

 Commission steamer AUxdross, from 

 Augtist, 1899, to ]\Iarch, 1900, Com- 

 mander .Jefferson F. Moser, V. S. N., 

 commanding. III. Medusae. 



Mem. Muit. Comp. Zool. ITarv. Coll., xxvi, 



No. 3, Jan., 1902, pp. 139-176, 13 pis., and 



a chart of the route. 



Forty-two species of Medusae were obtained, 



of which 21 are new to science. They are 



distributed among the Hydromedusa, Scy- 



phomedusst, Siphonophorse, and Ctenophora. 



AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' 

 UNION (Connnittee on Nomenclature) . 

 Tenth Sup])lement to the American 

 Ornithologists' Union Check-list of 

 North American Birds. 



Auk, xvin, No. 3, July, 1901, pp. 295-320. 

 Gives a list of changes in the A. O. U. check- 

 list adopted by the committee at a session 

 held in the Division of Birds, Apr. 10-18, 1901. 

 Sixty-one additions and changes were ac- 

 cepted, and 37 other cases were con.sidered. 

 (Based largely on Museum matexial.) 



ASHMEAD, William H. Hymenoptera 

 Parasitica. 



Fauna HawaiiensU, i, in, Aug., 1901, pp. 

 277-364, pis. 8, 9. 

 Records and describes 128 parasitic Hyme- 

 noptera from the Hawaiian Islands. Ten 

 genera and 87 species are described as new. 



Descriptions of five new jjarasitic 



Hymenoptera. 



Hull. N. Y. State Mas., No. 47, .Sept., 1901, 

 pp. 686-589. 

 This article is included in "Aquatic insects 

 in the Adirondacks," by James G. Necdham 

 and Cornelius Betten. 



Describes Telenomus longicornis, Brachysiro- 

 pha quadriceps, Rhizarcha astigma, Aphidiun 

 nigripes, and Atrartodes sepcdontis. 



A new Pammegischia. 



Ent. News., XII, No. 9, Nov., 1901, i)p. 

 277-278. 

 Describes Pammegischia xiphydrix. 



New species of Evaniidae. 



Canadian Ent., xxxiii. No. 11, Nov., 1901, 



pp. 300-304. 



Describes 10 new species and recognizes 



Evania unicolor Say as a valid species; it was 



previously made a synonym of Evania ap- 



pendigaster Linn6, by Cresson and Schletterer. 



