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HOWARD, LEtAND O.— Continued. 



The Grass and Grain Joint-worm 

 Flies and their allies: a consideration 

 of some North American Phytophagic 

 Eurytomin*. 



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

 No. 2, Mar., 1896, pp. 1-24, 10 figs. 

 Treats of the spei'ies of Phytophagic Eury- 

 toiuinjii that have been reared aud whose life 

 history is known. There are five genera and 

 twenty species, of which fourteen species are 

 described as new. 



To prevent the growth of beard. 



Science (New series), in, No. 74, May 29, 

 1896, p. 813. 

 An account, on the authority of Dr. B. F. 

 Egeling, of Monterey, Mexico, of the native 

 superstition that certain cocoons hung around 

 the neck will ju'event the growth of beard, and 

 the announcement that the cocoons are those 

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The shade-tree insect problem in the 



eastern United States. 



Yearbook U. S. Dept. Agric, 1895 (June, 

 1896), pp. 361-384, 11 figs. 

 Introductory; Galerucella luteola: Orgyia 

 leucostigma; Hyphantria cunea,- relative im- 

 nnmity from insects of different varieties of 

 shade trees; general work against shade-tree 

 insects in cities and towns. 



On two interesting new genera of 



scale-insect parasites. 



Canadian Entomologiist, xxvill, 1896, pp. 



165-167. 



Reviews the scale-insect parasites other than 



Encyrtinaj and Aphelinina;, and describes two 



new pireuine genera and species from New 



Zealand and Australia. 



JOHNSON, Charles W. A review of the 

 Stratiomyia and Odontomyia of North 

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Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxii. No. 2, July, 

 1895, pp. 227-277, pis. ni, iv. 

 A complete monograph of the North Ameri- 

 can species of the Diptera-gonera Stratiomyia 

 and Odontomyia, partly based on the material 

 in the National Museum. Tlie species are tab- 

 ulated in analytical keys, all elaborately 

 described, and most of them figured on the 

 plates. Of the genus Stratiomyia twenty spe- 

 cies are recognized, one of which is described 

 as new, and the original descriptions of seven 

 unrecognized species are added. In the genus 

 Odontomyia there are thirty-one valid species, 

 seven of which are described as new, and 

 original descriptions of fifteen unrecognized 

 species are added. The types of three of the 

 new species are in the National Musexim. 



KP:NDALL, William C. 

 (See under Barton W. Evekmann.) 



LEIDY, Joseph. Fossil vertebrates from 

 the Alachua clays of Florida. 



Trans. Wagner Free Inst. Sci., iv, Jan., 

 1896, pp. 1-61, pis. i-xix. 

 A posthiunoiis paper of Dr. Joseph Leidy, 

 completed aud edited by Mr. Frederic A. Lucas, 

 including the identification of most of the spe- 

 cies with those previously described. Definite 

 characters are assigned to Procamelua major 

 (Leidy) for the first time, and Ehinoceroi prote- 

 rus, Leidy, and E. longipes, Leidy, are shown 

 to be Aphelops fossiger (Cope) and A. malaco- 

 rhinus (Cope). 



LINELL, Martin L. Description of a 

 new species of Golden Beetle from 

 Costa Rica. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvin. No. 1040, .-Vpr. 

 23, 1896, pp. 77, 78. 

 Describes a new species of the Rutelidaa from 

 Costa Eica, and comments on the generic char- 

 acter and on the variety in collections of the 

 golden and silver-colored species of the group. 



LUCAS, Frederic Augustus (editor). 

 (See under Joseph Leidy.) 



LUCAS, Frederic Augustus. Notes on 

 the osteology of Zeiiglodon cetoides. 

 Am. Naturalist, Aug., 1895, pp. 745, 746. 

 Describes salient skeletal characters of the 

 species in the light of the material obtained 

 by the U. S. National Museum. 



Note on Pallas' Cormorant. 



Science (New series), H,Nov.l5,1895, p. 661. 

 Notes the finding of a, skull of this extinct 

 species by Dr. Stejneger. 



The weapons and wings of birds. 



Pep. Smith.sonian Inst. ( U. S. Xat. M^ls.), 

 1893 (1895), pp. 653-663, pi. i, figs. 1-8. 

 Describes the various spurs and callosities 

 on the wings of birds which render them effect- 

 ive as weapons. 



The deltoid muscle in the Swifts. 



Avk, xin, Jan., 1896, pp. 28, 29. 

 Reference is made to the variability of this 

 muscle in the group, and special conditions are 

 shown to bo characteristic of certain genera. 



The fossil birds of Patagonia. 



Auk, xni, Jan., 1896, pp. 61-63. 

 A review of Ameghino's work on the gigan- 

 tic extinct birds of Patagonia, taking the 

 ground that, while they had no near allies 

 among existing birds, they certainly were not 

 related to the ostriches. 



Does the private collector make the 



best museum administrator? 



Science (New series), ni,Feb. 21,1896, p. 289. 

 The author takes the ground that the pri- 

 vate collector does not make the best adminis- 

 trative officer. 



