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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1899. 



LUCAS, Frederic Arcu'STrs — Cont'd. 



A new ynake from the Eocene of 



Alabama. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mm., XXI, No. 1164, Dec. 20, 



1898, pp. U37, 638, pis. XLV, XLVI. 

 Describes a large snake found associated 



with remains of Zeuglodon for which the 

 name Pterosphemis schuclicrti is proposed. 



Theragra Lucas, a new genus. 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, Part iii, 1898, 

 p. 2535. 

 Gives a diagnosis of the genns of which the 

 Alaskan Pollack, Tlienu/ra chalcogramma, is 

 the type. The description is included in Jor- 

 dan and Evermann's "Fishes of North and 

 Middle America," published as Bulletin 47 

 of the National Museum. 



The characters of Bkon occidentalis, 



the Fossil Bison of Kansas and Alaska. 



Kansas Univ. Quarterly, viii. No. 1, Jan., 

 1899 (Series A), pp. 17, 18, pis. vni,ix. 

 De.scribes this new species and contrasts it 

 with Bison antiquus. 



The nomenclature of the hyoid in 



birds. 



Science (new series), ix. No. 218, Mar. 3, 



1899, pp. 223-234, 1 fig. 



Calls attention to the discrepancies in nam- 

 ing the component parts of the hyoid and 

 suggests the correct names for them. 



The Fossil Bison of North America. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi.No. 1172, May 



13, 1899, pp. 755-771, pis. LXV-LXXXIV, 



figs. 1,2. 



Describes and figures the various species of 



North American fossil bison and gives syn- 



onomy. 



The species recognized are Bison alleni, 

 antiquus, bison, crassicornis, ferox, latifrons, 

 and occidaitalis. This paper is based largely 

 upon material belonging to other institutions. 



McGregor, Richard C. Description of 

 a new Ammodramu.'^ from Lower Cali- 

 fornia. 



Auk, XV, No. 3, July, 1898, pp. 265-267. 

 Ammodramus halophilus is here described. 

 Based partly upon Museum material. 



MARK, E. L. Reports on the dredging 

 operations off the west coast of Central 

 America to the Galapagos, to the west 

 coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of 

 California, in charge of Alexander 

 Agassiz, carried on by the U. S. Fish 

 Commission steamer Albatross during 

 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, 

 U. S. N., commanding. XXIV. — Pre- 



MARK, E. L.— Continued. 



liminary report on Branchiocerimdhus 

 urceolus, a new type of actinian. 



Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. Coll., xxxii, 

 No. 8, Aug., 1898, pp. 147-154, pis. 1-3. 

 In general appearance this form resembles 

 Cerianthus, but differs from it in important 

 points and may be the type of a new family. 

 It exhibits a pronounced bilateral symmetry 

 and an incomplete circle of branching gill- 

 like organs. 



The specimens were taken in the Gulf of 

 Panama in 286 and 210 fathoms. 



MARLATT, Charles L. House ants. 



Circ. Div. Ent, U. S. Dcpt. Agric. (second 

 series) , No. 34, July, 1898, p. 4, 3 figs. 

 Gives the life habits and remedies for three 

 common species. 



The true Clothes Moth. 



Circ. Div. Ent., V. S. Dept. Agric. (second 

 series), No. 36, Aug., 1898, pp. l-£, 3 f.;:. 

 A full account of three species. 



Japanese Hymenoptera of the family 



Tenthredinidse. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi. No. 1157, Nov. 

 21, 1898, pp. 493-506. 

 Includes the description of 26 new species 

 of sawfiies, with a list of additional species 

 based on material presented to the National 

 Museum by Dr. K. Mitsukuri, of the Imperial 

 University, Tokyo, Japan. 



Notes on insecticides. 



Bull. Ent. Div., U. S. Dept. Agric. (new 

 series). No. 17, Nov., 1898, pp. 94-98. 

 Presents the result of experimental work 

 with kerosene, fish-oil soaps, and arsenicals. 

 In the case of the latter particular attention 

 is called to the superior value of ar.senite of 

 copper over paris green. 



Some new Nematids. 



Canadian Entomologist, xxx. No. 12, Dec, 

 1898, pp. 302-304. 

 Describes the following new species: JVo- 

 tanta censors, P. borealis, and Pteronus carpini; 

 describes also the male of the two following 

 species: Pteronus quercus and Nematus 

 chloreus. 



A new nomenclature of the broods 



of the Periodical Cicada. 



Bull. Div. Ent., U. S Dept. Agric. (new 



series). No. 18, 1898, pp. 52-58. 

 Gives a review of the nomenclature adopted 

 at different times for the Periodical Cicada, 

 and points out the inappropriateness of the 

 system in common use; suggests a renumber- 

 ing of the broods, to show the relationship of 

 the broods to each other, in both the seven- 

 teen and the thirteen-year race. The relation- 

 ship sustained between the different broods 



