NO. l8 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF R. E. C. STEARNS II 



io8. On the Composition and Decomposition of Fresh-water Mussel Shells, 

 with Notes and Queries. — Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, June 12, 1907, Vol. 

 20, pp. 67-70. 



Anodonta NuttalHana and its varieties, of the West Coast, mentioned. 



109. Among the Cephalopods. — Nautilus, Vol. 21, No. 2, p. 23, Philadelphia, 

 June, 1907. 



no. In re Cytherea petechialis of Carpenter's Mazatlan Catalogue. — Nau- 

 tilus, Vol. 21, No. 3, p. 29, Philadelphia, July, 1907. 



111. The U. S. Coast Survey Expedition to Alaska in the Year 1867. — 

 Nautilus, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 29-31, Philadelphia, July, 1907. 



COELENTERATA 



112. Remarks on a New Alcyonoid Polyp, from Burrard's Inlet. — Proc. 

 California Acad. Sci., Vol. 5, February 3, 1873 ; also separately, 8 pp. 



113. Description of a new species of Alcyonoid Polyp, Pavonaria Blakei. — 

 Mining and Scientific Press (San Francisco), August 9, 1873; also separately. 



114. Description of a New Genus, Verrillia, and species, V. Blakei, of 

 Alcyonoid Polyp. — Proc. California Acad. Sci., Vol. 5, August 18, 1873; 

 Morning Call, San Francisco, August 12, 1873; Amer. Naturalist, Vol. 7, 

 October, 1873, and Vol. 16, January, 1882. 



115. Remarks suggested by Dr. J. E. Gray's paper on the "Stick Fish," 

 in "Nature" [Verrillia Blakei], November 6, 1873. — Proc. California Acad. 

 Sci., Vol. 5, March 16, 1874; also separately. 



116. Verrillia Blakei or Plalipteris Blakei. — Amer. Naturalist, January, 1882, 

 PP- 55-56; also separately. 



117. A new Virgularian Zoophyte. — Mining and Scientific Press, San Fran- 

 cisco, October 13, 1883. 



118. 'Description of a New Genus (Radicipes), and Species (R. pleuro- 

 cristatus), of Alcyonoid Polyp, from Japanese waters, with remarks on the 

 Structure and Habits of related forms, etc.— Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 6, 

 1883, pp. 96-101, and pi. 7. 



119. Contributions to the Natural History of the Coelenterata ; 4 pp., cover 



and title, Washington, D. C, October 26, 1889. 



Historical Sketch and Bibliography of Halipteris Blakei and Radicipes pleurocristatus, 

 with which copies of the previous papers were included under the same cover. 



AGRICULTURE, ETC. 



120. The Value of the Sugar Beet.— The Pacific, San Francisco, 1859. 



If not the first, yet very nearly the first article suggesting the cultivation of the sugar 

 beet as a profitable industry in California. No doubt too far ahead of the time. The 

 first company was organized in 1869 and in November, 1870, the first beet sugar was 

 made, the output the first season being 500,000 pounds. At the present date, 1903, the 

 number of factories is eight with a capacity of 10,050 tons in twenty-four hours; "the 

 capital invested in the factories will aggregate approximately $12,000,000, to which may 

 be added as a working capital and that invested in land, enough to raise the total amount 

 invested by the companies themselves in the industry to about $20,000,000." The popu- 

 lation of the State being " 1,485,053; the consumption of sugar estimated at 101,577,800 



