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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



COOK, O. F.— Continued. 



The author comes to tlie conclusion that the 

 species long known in Euroiie as Oeophilus 

 /errvginetis, Koch, also occjirs on tiiis conti- 

 nent, and is identical -with Say's species. It 

 has the generic characters of Meeistocephalttn 

 of Newport, and should now be called Mecisto- 

 cephalus attemiatus, Say. 



East African Diplopoda of the sub- 

 order Polyde.«moidea, collected by Wil- 

 liam Astor Chanler. 



Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mu8., xviii, No. 1042, Apr. 

 23, 1896, pp. 81-111, pi. li-vi. 

 A complete monograph of the species of this 

 group known from East Africa, based partly 

 on the material in the Berlin Museum. Analyt- 

 ical tables are given of the seven families 

 occurring in Africa and of the genera of the 

 three families represented in East Africa. 

 Three new genera and five new species are 

 described. The types are: Three in the Na- 

 tional Museum (coll. Chanler-Hohnel), one in 

 the British Museum, and one in Berlin. Struct- 

 ural details of all the known East African 

 species are shown in the plates. 



COQUILLETT, Daniel W. Two Dipte- 

 rous Leaf-miners on garden vegetables. 



Insect Life, vil. No. 5, July, 1895, pp. 381- 



384, 2 ligs. 



An account of the habits of Drosophila fla- 



veola and its injury to radishes by mining the 



leaves, and of Trypeta fratria, and its damage 



to parsnips by similar work. 



Two dipterous insects injurious to 



cultivated llowers. 



Insect Life, vil. No. 5, July, 1895, pp. 399- 

 402, 1 fig. 

 An accountof the habits and transformations 

 of Phytomyza chrysanthenii and of its damage 

 to Chrysanthemums. Also an account of a 

 Cecidomyiid fly and its damage to the garden 

 poppy. 



A new wheat pest. 



Insect Life, vn. No. 5, July, 1895, pp. 406- 

 408, 1 fig. 

 A consideration of Sciara tritici, n. sp., and 

 of its probable damage to young wheat plants. 



Diptera of Florida. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1895, pp. 307- 

 319. 

 Describes threenew genera and eighteen new 

 species, two of the latter being founded partly 

 on specimens in the National Museum. 



CulicidiB from North America. 



Canadian Dntornoloyist, xxviii, No. 2, 

 Eeb., 1896, p. 43. 

 Describes three new species, two of which 

 are based (m specimens in the National Mu- 

 seum. 



COQUILLETT, Daniel W.— Continued. 

 Revision of the North American 

 Empida', a family of two-winged in- 

 sects. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., xvni, No. 1073, 

 May 25, 1896, pp. 387-440. 

 An analytical key is given to the thirty- 

 four genera of tliis family recognized :i» 

 occurring in North America, four of wliich are 

 described as new. Twelve genera have ana- 

 lytical keys to their species, and sixty-six new 

 species are described. 



CORY, Charles B. Descriptions of two 

 new species of birds from Santo Do- 

 mingo. 



Auk, XII, No. 3, July, 1895, pp. 278, 279. 

 Hyetornit Jieldi aiul Elainia cherriei are 

 described as new. 



COULTER, John M. Preliminary revi- 

 sion of the North American species of 

 Echinocacius, Cereus, and Opuntia. 



Gontrib. TJ. S. Nat. Herbarium, in. No. 7, 



Apr. 1, 1896, pp. 355-462. 



This paper is a monograph of Echinocactus, 



Cereus, and Opuntia, and forms the second part 



of Professor Coulter's work on North American 



CactacesB. 



COULTER, John M., and ROSE, Joseph 

 Nelson. Deanea, a new genus of Um- 

 belliferjB from Mexico. 



Botan. Gaz., xx, No. 8, Aug., 1895, pp. 



372, 373, pi. XXVII. 



The genus Deanea is named for Mr. Walter 



Deane, of Cambridge, Mass. It contains two 



species, viz: midicaulis and tuberoia, both 



natives of western Mexico. 



Umbelliferaj. 



Contrib. TJ. S. Nat. Uerbarium, in, Nov., 

 1895, pp. 227-288. 

 This article forms a portion of a report on a 

 collection of plants made by J. M. Saudberg 

 and assistants in northern Idaho in the year 

 1892. Twenty-three species are enumerated. 

 Peucedanum sabnonijiorum, Coulter and liose, 

 is described as new. 



Report on Mexican Umbellifenp, 



mostly from the State of Oaxaca, re- 

 cently collected by C. G. Pringle and 

 E. W. Nelson. 



Contrib. TJ. S. Nat. Herbarium, ni, No. 5, 

 Dec. 14, 1895, pp. 289-309, pis. v-X. 

 A history of the collection is given, willi 

 notes on each station visited, and a catalogue 

 of the species. Four new genera and 26 new 

 species are reported upon. The following 

 species are figured : Coaxana purpurea, Deanea 

 nudicanlis, Nenr/oezia gracilipes, Neogoezia 

 minor Neonelsonia ovata, Ogmorrhizamexicana. 



