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JORDAN, David Starr, and STARKS, 

 EinviN Chapin. A review of tlie 

 Atherine fishes of Japan. 



Proc. V. S. Aat. Mus., XXI V, No. 11250, Oct. 

 4, 1901, pp. 199-206, figs. 1-4. 

 An account of the species of silversides, 

 Atherinidx, found in .Tapanese waters. Based 

 upon collections made in 1900 by Messrs. 

 Jordan and Snyder. Atlierina woodwardi, A. 

 tnunigie, Atherion elynius, and Tso flos-maris 

 are described as new. 



KNOWLTON, Frank H. A fossil nut 

 pine from Idaho. 



Torrej/a, I, No. 10, Oct., 1901, pp. 113-114, 

 3 fjgs. in text, 

 A new species of nut pine, Piniis lirulgrcnii, 

 the first cone of this type of pine to be de- 

 scribed in a fcssil state from this country, is 

 characterized and illustrated. It was found 

 in the Pliocene lake beds of Snake River 

 Valley, near Bernards Ferry, Idaho. 



Description of a new fossil species 



of Chara. 



Torreya, ii, No. .5, May, 1902, pp. 71-72, 1 fig. 



The .specimen described, to which the name 



Chara springcrx is given, was collected by 



Miss Ada Springer from the Pleistocene beds 



at Arroyo Pecos, Las Vegas, N. Mex. 



LUCAS, Frederic A. Paleontological 

 notes; vertebrates from the Trias of 

 Arizona. 



Seiemr (new series), xiv, No. 349, Sept. (i, 

 1901, p. 376. 

 Giving a summary of the results of explora- 

 tions made for the Museum by Mr. Barnum 

 Brown, and noting the occurrence of Hcfe- 

 rodontosuclms, Palseorfonnn, and Episcoposau- 

 riis, as well as the discovery of a large laby- 

 rinthodont. 



A flightless auk, Mancalla cnlifor- 



niensis, from the Miocene of California. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv. No. 1245, 



Sept. 27, 1901, pp. 133-134, figs. 1-3. 



MancaUa caUJorniensis is the earliest known 



member of the Alcidie and is described as a 



new genus and species. 



Animals of the past. 



12 mo., McClure, Phillips & Co., New 

 York, Nov. 2.5, 1901, pp. l-xx, 1-258, 16 

 pis. 26 text figs. 

 Includes many references to specimens in 

 the U. S. National Museum, and to restora- 

 tions of HcKpcrornis, Triccrntops, and Cerato- 

 Kaiinii'. based cm material in the Mu.seum. 



The restoration of extinct animals. 



Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1900 (1901), pp. 479- 

 492, pis. i-viii. 

 Gives a sketch of the various attempts at 

 the restoration of extinct animals, ihe 

 methods followed, and includes a descrip- 

 tion of the restoration of Triceratops. 



LUCAS, Frederic A. Constructing an 

 extinct monster from fossil remains. 

 ,SV/. Am., Jan. 18, 1902, p. 43, 3 figs. 

 Describes the manner in which the model 

 of the skeleton of Triceratops was made for 

 the Pan-American Exposition. 



Paleontological notes : North 



American Elephantids. 



Science (new series), xv. No. 379, Apr. 4, 

 1902, pp. 554-555. 

 Notes on the species of mastodons and ele- 

 phants. The validity of Leidy's Elephas im- 

 perator is recognized. 



LYON, Marcus, W., Jr. Description of 

 a new Phyllostome l>at from the Isth- 

 mus of Panama. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. M-<ish.. xv, Apr. 25, 1902, 

 pp. 83-84. 

 Urodorma conrexuin, sp. nov. 



Description of a new ha\ from Co- 

 lombia. 



Proc. Biol. Sor. ]Vash.. XV, June 20, 1902, 

 pp. 151-152. 

 Vampi/rojis umbratus, sp. nov., is described. 

 Based on material in the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology, Cambridge, Ma.ss. 



MARLATT, C. L. Some insecticide ex- 

 periments. 



Bull. Div. Ent., U.S. Depi. Agric. (new se- 

 ries). No. 30, July 25, 1901, pp. 33-39, 2 

 pis. 

 Details experiments in the summer of 1900 

 with (1) crude and refined petroleum; (2) 

 lime, sulphur, and salt wash; (3) Bordeaux 

 mixture and kerosene emulsion; (4) kero- 

 sene-lime emulsion; (5) whitewash; (6) for- 

 maldehyde gas. 



Remarks on some recent work on 



Coccidfe. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv. No. 4, July 16, 

 1901, pp. 383-386. ( Author's extras pub- 

 lished May 3, 1901.) 

 The author calls attention to the great 

 amount of literature on Coccidse now filling 

 entomological and other journals and points 

 out the fact that many new species are based 

 on trivial characters. He enumerates and 

 di.scusses trivial characters which have been 

 so used, and discusses the value or characters 

 of scale-covering and of structural features 

 of the insect itself which are subject to eon 

 •siderable variation within specific limits 



A preliminary report on the San 



Jose scale in Japan. 



Bull. IHv. El'., U. S. Dept. Agric (new 

 series), No. 31, Dec. 3; 1901, pp. 41-47. 

 Describes the extent of the survey made in 

 Japan and the nature of the problem and tne 

 conditions under which the scale exists on 

 tne different islands, and brings the evidence 

 together showing that the scale has been le- 



