204 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



HOLZINGER, John M. Report on a 

 collection of plauts made by J. H. Sand- 

 berg and assistants, in northern Idaho 

 in the year 1892. 



Oontrib. JJ. S. Nat. Herbarium, ill, No. 4, 

 Nov. 23, 1895, pp. 205-287, pis. m, IV. 



This report is based iqion a collection of one 

 thousand two Inuidred and seventy-two plants. 

 Seven species are described as new : Bryum 

 sandbergii, Holzinger; Cardamine leibergii, 

 Holzinger; Dicranoweisia contermina, Renauld 

 and Cardot; Orthotrichium holzingeri, Eenauld 

 and Cardot; Peuccdanmn galmonijlorum, Coul- 

 ter and Kose ; Peronospora gllice, Ellis and 

 Everhart. 



The following species are figured : Carda- 

 mine leibergii, Holzinger; Viola orbieulata, 

 Geyer. 



HOUGH, Walter. Catalogue of the 

 ethnological collection of the United 

 States National Museum of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. 



Report of the JJnited Statex Ooinmission to 

 the Columbian Historical Exposition at 

 Madrid, 1892-93 (1895), pp. 143-193. 



The ancient Central and South 



American pottery in the Columbian 

 Historical Exposition at Madrid in 

 1892. 



Report of the United States Commission to 

 the Columbian Historical Exposition at 

 Madrid, 1892-93 (1895), p]). 339-365, figs. 

 1-63. 



Primitive American armor. 



Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (JJ. 8. Nat. Mus.), 



1893 (1895), pp. 625-651, pis. 1-22, figs. 



1-5. 



The object of this paper is, first, to present the 



diiferent types of armor worn by the American 



Indians, to wit, plate armor, slat armor, stick 



armor, and skin armor; second, to show the 



distribution of these difierent types, both 



ethnically and geographically. 



HOWARD, Leland O. The beet-leaf 

 Pegomyia. 



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

 379-381, 1 fig. 

 An account of the habits of Pegomyia vicina, 

 and the damage which its larva does by mining 

 the leaves of tlie sugar beet in California. 



Au injurious parasite. 



Insect Life, vii. No. 5, July, 1895, pp. 403, 

 404, 1 fig. 

 An account of a Chalcidid parasite, infesting 

 the beneficial larva of Dakruma coccidivora, 

 which preys iip(m the injurious .scale insect 

 Pulvinaria innumerabilis. A new genus and 

 species arc erected for tlie parasite — Leucodes- 

 mia, n. g., typica, n. sp. 



HOWARD, Leland O.— Continued. 



[Special notes; general notes ; notes 



from correspondents.] 



Insect Life, vii. No. 5, July, 1895, pp. 

 361-364, 411-430. 

 Forty-four notes, varying in length from 

 three lines to three pages, upon a variety of en- 

 tomological topics, most of them relating to 

 material now in the National Museum. 



Some scale insects of the orchard. 



Yearbook U. S. Dept. Agric, 1894 (July, 

 1895), pp. 249-276, 17 figs. 

 Introductory ; life history and habits of 

 scale insects in general; classification; species 

 to be considered; natural enemies; table of 

 parasites; Mytilaspis pomorum; Chionaspis 

 purpurus; Aspidiotus camellive; A . juglans- 

 regice; A. perniciosus; Diaspis lanatus ; Lecan- 

 ium persicce; Lecanium prunastri; remedies 

 for orchard scale ; preventives ; inspection and 

 quarantine laws. 



Revision of tlic Aphelininfp of North 



America. 



Tech. Ser., Div. Ent., U. S. Dept Agric, 

 No. 1, Sept., 1895, pp. 1-44, 14 figs. 

 A complete monograph of the North American 

 species of one subfamily of the Cbalcid para- 

 sitic flies. Introductory chapters treat on tlie 

 economic importance of this group and their 

 host relations, and a list is also given of the 

 described European species. Analytical tables 

 of the genera and species are presented. Ten 

 genera and twenty-nine species are recognized 

 in our fauna, of which two genera and seven 

 species are here described as new. 



A new genus and species in the 



Aphelinin?p.- 



Canadian Entomologist, xxvii, 1895, pp. 



350, 351. 



Describes Ameristus ceroplastce, from speei. 



mens reared from a Ceroplastes on Eujjhorbia 



hypericifolia in Jamaica, B. W. I., by Dr. M. 



Grabham. 



Mosquitoes and fleas. 



Circ. Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric, 13 

 (Series 2), Feb. 1, 1896, pp. 1-4. 



The Mexican Cotton-boll Weevil 



(Anthonomtis gravdis, Bop.). 



Circ. Div. Ent., TJ. S. Dept. Agric, 14 

 (Series 2), Feb. 12, 1896, pp. 1-8, 5 figs. 

 General appearance and method of work ; 

 distribution; natural history and habits; pop- 

 ular names; parasites and natural enemies; 

 remedies. 



Spanish edition of same, March, 1896. 



General work against insects which 



defoliate shade trees in cities and 

 towns. 



Circ. Div. Ent., JJ. S. Dept. Agric, 15 

 (Series '?.), Mar. 6, 1896, pp. 1-4. 



