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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1899. 



BANGS, OuTRAM— Continued. 



Notes on 66 species of birds collected by W. 

 W. Brown, jr., in Colombia, of which the fol- 

 lowing are diagnosed as new: Neocrcc colom- 

 biaims, Aulacoiiiamphus Imitus, Leucuria (new 

 genus), Leucuria phalemta, Elxnia sororia, 

 Grallaria spatiator, Spinus spinescens capitanc- 

 us, Diglossa nocticolor, Merula phxopyga vii- 

 nuscula, and Merula (/igas cacozela. Based 

 partly upon Museum material. 



On the Hubspec'ieH of Manacm mana- 



cus (Linn.). 



Proc. Nciv England Zool. Club, i. Mar. 31, 

 1899, pp. 33-37. 

 This species is divided into four forms, viz: 

 Manacus manacus jnanaciis (Linn.), M. M. ab- 

 ditivus (new subspecies), M. M. punts (new 

 sub-species), and M. M. guttm-osus (Desm.). 

 Based partly upon Museum material. 



A new Rail from Southern California. 



Proc. New England Zool. Club, i, June .S, 

 1899, pp. 45, 46. 

 Rallus levipes is described as new. Based 

 partly upon Museum material. 



BANKS, N.\THAN. Some new spiders. 



Canadian Entomologist, xxx. No. 7, July, 

 1898, pp. 185-188. 

 Descriptions of 7 new species from various 

 parts of the United States. 



Some Mexican Phalangida. 



Journ. N. V. Ent. Soc, vi. No. 3, Sept., 1898, 

 pp. 181,182. 

 Descriptions of 5 new species from Mexico. 



Three myrmecophilous mites. 



Canadian Entomologist, xxx, No. 10, Oct., 



1898, pp. 265, 266. 



Descriptions of 3 new mites associated with 

 ants. 



Descriptions of new North Ameri- 

 can neuropteroid insects. 



Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxv. No. 3, Dec, 1898, 

 (Jan., 1899), pp. 199-218. 

 Descriptions of 5 new genera and 44 new 

 species; synopses of 1 family and 3 genera. 



[Plecoptera, Trichoptera, and Arach- 



nida. ] 



Report of Fur Seal Investigations lS9f>- 

 1897, Part IV, 1898, Appendix i, pp. 346- 

 350, pi. A. 

 These notes are included in " Reports on the 

 in.sects, spiders, mites, and myriapods col- 

 lected by Dr. L. Stejneger and Mr. G. E. H. 

 Barrett-Hamilton on the Commander 

 Islands," edited by W. H. Ashmead. Seven 

 new species are described. 



A classification of the North Ameri- 

 can Myrmeleonid?e. 



Canadian Entomologist, xxxi. No. 3, Mar., 



1899, pp. 67-71. 



Synopses of the genera; descriptions of 2 

 new genera and 1 species. 



BANKS, Nathan — Continued. 

 Some spiders from northern Louisi- 

 ana. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv.. No. 3 (issued 

 May 24, 1899), pp. 188-193. 

 A list of 127 species. Seven new species are 

 described. 



A new species of the genus Hala- 



rachne. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv. No. 3 (issued 

 May 24, 1899), pp. 212-214, fig. 15. 

 A new species found in a West Indian seal. 



An American species of the genus 



Qi'cidus. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv, No. 3 (issued 

 May 24, 1899), pp. 221, 222, fig. 16. 

 A new species from Southern California. 



Tnrmnemus in America. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv. No. 3 (issued 

 May 24, 1899), pp. 294-296, fig. 17. 

 A new species injurious to chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



A new solpugid from California. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv. No. 3 (issued 

 May 24, 1899), pp. 314, 315. 

 A new species of Cleobis. 



New Myrmeleonidse. 



Entomological News, x. No. 6, June, 1899, 

 pp. 170-172. 

 Descriptions of three new species. 



BARTSCH, Paul. First record of the 

 Turnstone, Arenaria interprcs (Linn.), 

 in Iowa (May 21, 1892). 



Iowa Ornithologist, iv, No. 3. July, 1898, p. 3. 

 The paper records the capture of 2 speci- 

 mens at Burlington, Iowa. 



Primitive nesting sites of the Cliff 



Swallow. 



Osprey, ui. No. 1, Sept., 1898, p. 6, 1 fig. 

 This paper mentions two colonies noted on 

 the Oncota River in northern Iowa, and in- 

 cludes a figure showing their nesting site. 



An afternoon amongst old scenes. 



Wilson Bull., No. 22, 1898, pp. 63-65. 

 This paper gives an account of the birds 

 observed on an afternoon ramble in Hender- 

 son County, 111. 



A piscivorous Yellow-leg. 



Wilson Bull., No. 24, Jan., 1899, p. 8. 

 This paper records the Yellow-leg feeding 

 upon Top minnows. 



— Xema sabinii and Chordeiles virgin- 

 iamis sennetti: Two additions to the 

 Iowa avifauna. 



Auk, XVI, Jan., 1899, p. 86. 



