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Charles V. Riley and L. 0. Howard. Some of the bred parasitic Hymenoptera in 



the National Collection. 



Insect Life, iv, Nos. 3 and 4. November, 1801, pp. 122-120. 



Continuation of paper in Insect Liu-, in. Nos. 11 and 12, August, 1891, p. 404, and covering 

 tin- family Proctotrypidee (subfamilies Bethylince, Dryininee, Spalangiince, Ooraphronince, 

 Scelionince, Platygostorinee, Proctotrypince, and IHapriince). 

 Charles V. Riley and L. <>. HOWARD. (Editorials, reviews, and notes.) 



Insect Life, in, Nos. 11 and 12. August, 1891, and iv. Nos. Llo, October, 1891, to June, 1892. 



See table of contents of each number of Insect Life. 

 Charles V. Riley and L. O. Hoavard. (Correspondence of the Division of Ento- 

 mology, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



Insect Liu, in, Xos. 11 and 12, August, 1891, and IV, Nos. 1-10, October, 1891, to June, 1892. 

 Selected letters from correspondents with the replies. 

 Charles V. Riley and C. L. Marlatt. Wheat and Grass Sawtlies. 



Insect Life, IV, Nos. 5 and (i. December, 1891, pp. 168-179, Figs. 13-15. 



Review of previous records of Saw fly larva feeding on graminaceous plants; food habits of 

 European species of Dolerus; general characteristics of Dolerus larva and distinguishing 

 characters of the various forms observed in North America, with notes on their food habits; 

 life history of Nematus mary\andicus with characteristics of the earlier stages ; food habits of 

 a California species of Cephus w hich is described as G. occidentalis n. sp. ; notes on the para- 

 sites of wheat sawtlies. and on remedial measures; original figure of Dolerus arvensis,- Ne- 

 matus marylandicus, in all stages, and Cephus occidentalis larva, its mode of work, ami female 

 imago. 



J. N. Rose. Notes on Aselepias glaueescens and J. data. 

 Botanical Gazette, xvn, June, 1892, pp. 19:;. 191. 



These two species have generally been considered one and the same species, but it is here 

 shown that there are good characteristics by which they can be separated. 

 J. N. Rose. Two weeds new to the United States. 



Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1891, pp. 355-358, pis. 2. 



Descriptions and remarks upon Ordbafiche ramosa and Salsola Kali var. Tragus are given. 

 Both are figured. 



E. A. Schneider and F. W. Clarke. (See under F. \V. Clarke.) 



R. W. Shufeldt. On the external characters of Festal Reindeer and other notes. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, July, 1891, pp. 224-233. Four 

 wood-cuts *in text. 



An anatomical article based upon a male and female foetus of the Reindeer, collected by 

 Mr. L. M. Turner in Alaska, and now forming a part of the collection of spirit specimens of 

 mammals iu the National Museum. 

 R. W. Shufeldt. A female Piranga minx assuming the plumage of the male. 



The Auk, vm, No. 3, July, 1891, pp. 315. 316. 

 R. W. Shufeldt. The collections of the late Prof. Parker, F. R. S. 

 Science, xvin, No. 441, New York, July 17, 1891, pp. 39, 40. 

 Recommending their purchase by the 0". S. National Museum. 

 R. W. Shufeldt. Head-flattening as seen among the Navajo Indians. 



T)te Popular Sciente Monthly, New York. August, 1891, xxxix, No. 4, pp. 535-539, 3 figures 

 in text. 



To some extent dissenting from the views of Sir William Turner, F. II. S., as to the distor- 

 tion of the cranium seen in these Indians being always due to the strapping of the infants in 

 their cradles. 

 R. W. Shufeldt. Contributions to the comparative osteology of Arctic and Sub- 

 arctic Water-biii Is. Part ix. 



Jour, if Aunt, a ml Phye., Lond., XXV., n. s., v, pt iv, art. 5, pis. xi. xn. London, July, 

 1S91, pp. 509-525. 



Full and comparative account of the skeletons of many water birds contained in the col- 

 lections of the National Museum. 

 R. W. SHUFELDT. Where young amateur photographers cau be of assistance to 

 science. 



The Amer. Naturalist, xxv, No. 295, Philadelphia, July, 1891, pp. 626-630, pi. xm, tig. 1. 

 Illustrated by a plate of Iluteo borealis calurus, and a figure of the Tiger Salamander (A. 

 tif,rinurn); specimens now belonging to the collection of the National Museum. 

 R. W. Shufeldt. Further notes on the anatomy of the Heloderma. 

 Nature, No. 1135, v. 44. London, July 30, 1891, pp. 294, 295. 



