IGO 



EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



STF: AliNS, Robert E. C. The fossil fresh- 

 Avater yhells of the Colorado Desert, 

 their distribution, environment, and 

 variation. 



Prcc. r. S. Sat. Mus., xxiv. No. 12o(5, Dec. 

 28, 1901, pp. 271-299, pis. xix-xxiv, 

 figs. 1-9. 



STEJNEGER, Leonh.\rd. On tlie her- 

 petology of Porto Rico. 



rugeblatt d. V Intfrnat. Zool.-Congirss, 

 Berlin, No. 8, Aug. 26, 1901, p. 28. 

 Abstract of the introduction to n greater 

 work. 



An annotated list of batrachians 



and reptiles collected in the vicinity of 

 La Guaira, Venezuela, with descrip- 

 tions of two new sj)ecies of snakes. 



Pror. r. S. Nat. Mus., ixiv, No. 1248, Oct. 

 3, 1901, pp. 179-192, figs. 1-33. 

 Described as new .species: Pbrijnonax lyoni, 

 type No. 27826, U.S.N. M., and Pseudoboa robln- 

 xdiii. type No. 22.532, U.S.N.M. 



.V new species of bullfrog frcini 



Florida and the Gulf Coast. 



I'foc. r. S. Xat. MuH., XXIV, No. 12.52, Oct. 

 4, 1901, pp. 211-215. 

 Described as new species: Ranagri/Uo, type 

 No. 27443. U.S.N.M. 



■ Diagnoses of eight new batrachians 



an<l reptiles from the Riu Kiu Archi- 

 pelago, Japan. 



Proc. Biol. Soi: )('((.«/(., XI V, 1901. pp. 



189-191. 



New species as follows: Microhyla okinaveii- 



gis, liana narina, L'ana numiyei, Buergeria 



ijimx, Buergeria iMkawie, Eumeces kishi- 



votiyei. f'alamarin pfefferi. THsieira orienlalis. 



A new opisthoglyph snake from 



Formo.sa. 



Proc Biol. Soc. ]\'ash., xv, 1902, pp. 15-17. 

 Describes as new species: Boiga kr:epelini, 

 type No. 1.565, Hamburg Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Pti/cliozoon kiiiill, a new name for 



P. hnmulocephabim. 



Pror. Biol. Sor. 1C(W(., xv, 1902, p. 37. 

 Gerrhonotits cun-nleus versus (rcrrJto- 



rtdtii.'i burmttU. 



Proc. Biol. Sac. Wash., xv, 1902, p. 37. 

 .\n examination of the type in Berlin shows 

 that the former name takes precedence. 



The generic name (hrcystrs unten- 



al)le. 



Proc Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, p. 37. 

 Shows that Cocrj/stcs of Gloger must give 

 way to the older Clamator of Kaup. 



TASSIN, WiKT. Descriptive catalogue of 

 the meteorite collection in the TT. S. 

 National Museum to January 1, 1902. 



Rri). Sinithsoniun Inst. (U.S. Nat. Mus.). 

 1900 (1902), pp. 671-098, pis. 1-4. 



Descriptive catalogue of the col- 



lections of gems in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 



Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (U. S. Nat. Mus. i. 



1900 (1902), pp. 473-670, pis. 1-9, text figs. 



1-26. 



TREADWELL, Aaron L. The Poly- 

 chfetous annelids of Porto Rico. 



Bull U. S. Fish Com., 1900, ll, Oct. 4. 1901. 

 pp. 181-210, 78 text figs. 

 Of the 85 species described, 32 are new, be- 

 longing to the genera .%W/»-, Custalia, Polynoe, 

 Sthcnrlais, Panthalis, Eulepis, Phyllodoce, Eula- 

 Ua, Nereis, Amphinome, Eunice, Lnmbricone- 

 reis, Lysidice, Glycera, Goniada, Aricia, Arici- 

 dea, Anthostoma, Cirratulus, Thelepus, Dasy- 

 hranchus, Stylaroides, Dasychone. Eupomatus, 

 and Hennella. 



TRUE, Frederick W. Report on the 

 Department of Biology for the year 

 1899-1900. 



Rep. Sniithsonian Inst. (U. S. Nat. Mus.), 

 1900 (1902), pp. 31-44. 



ULRICH, E. O., and SCHUCHERT, 

 Ch.vrles. Paleozoic seas and bai'riers 

 in ea.stern North America. 



Bidl. N. Y. State Mus., No. 52, 1902, pp. 

 633-663. 

 Tliis paper defines the .seas, barriers, and 

 land masses for eastern North America dur- 

 ing Paleozoic time. The results attained are 

 based on geologic structure and the differ- 

 ences of the faunas as preserved in the rocks, 

 especially along the outcroppings of the Ap- 

 palachian Mountain area from Newfound- 

 land to Alabama. Based partly on Museum 

 material. 



VAUGHAN, T. Wayland. Review of 

 two recent papers on Bahaman corals. 



Science, xiv. No. 352 (new series), Sept. 27, 

 1901, pp. 497-498. 

 The papers reviewed were published by 

 Professor Whitfield in the Bulletin of the Amer- 

 ican. Museum of Natural History. In one he 

 ascribes to the genus Ctenophyllia a form 

 wliich Mr. Vaughan regards as a variation of 

 Meandrina labyrinthica; in the other he de- 

 scribes as a new species a form belonging, ac- 

 cording to Mr. Vaughan, to Diploria labyrinth- 

 iformis (Linnwus). 



The stony corals of the Porto 



Rican waters. 



Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 1900, IX, Dec. 12, 1901 

 pp. 289-320, pis. i-xxxviii. 



