542 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1892. 



Fish Commission, U. S. — Continued. 

 (Through Col. McDonald): Fishes for skeletons, including carp (Cyprinua carpio), 

 toail-lish (Batrachus tan), file-fish (Alutera schoepffi), spot (Liostomus xanthurus), 

 sailor's choice (Pomadasys fulvomaculatus), California salmon (Onchorhynchus 

 chouicha), and Euvettus temminchii (24959); collection of reptiles and hatrachians 

 made by Prof. 13. W. Evermann in Montana and Wyoming in 1891 (25022); 10 

 specimens of fishes, comprising Serranus atrarius, Menticirrus nebulosus, Cynos- 

 cion regale, Cliipea harengus, Merlucius bilinearis, Phycis chuss, Lophopsetta macu- 

 lata, Esox Indus, Cottus octodecimspinosus and Pomoxis (25055); plants from 

 Alaska collected by the steamer Albatross during the cruises of 1889 and 1890 

 (25079); plants from the Galapagos Islands, obtained during the cruise of the 

 Albatross under the direction of Prof. Alexander Agassiz (25080); specimens of 

 nuts and orehila from the Galapagos Islands, collected by the steamer Albatross 

 during the cruise of January to April. 1891, under the direction of Prof. Alex- 

 ander Agassiz (25081); iishes consisting of Micropterus dolomieu, Lampris luna, 

 Phycis, Brosmius brosme, Pleuronectes americanus, Pollachius carbonarius, Cottus 

 octodecimspinosus, and a turtle, Aspidonectes spinifer (25121); birds' skins from the 

 Galapagos Islands and Alaska, collected by Mr. C. H. Townsend, naturalist of 

 the Fish Commission -steamer Albatross] skin of coast fox, Urocyon virginianus 

 littoral is from Santa Rosa Island, California, and birds' eggs from Alaska, also 

 collected by Mr. Townsend (25151) ; birds, rocks, lizard, insects, birds' skeletons, 

 birds' nests, collected during the southern cruise of the steamer Albatross be- 

 tween .January and April. 189i, under the direction of Prof. Alexander Agassiz, 

 comprising the following specimens: 



Birds: Chatham Island. Nesomemus molanotis Gould, Dendroica aureola Gould, 

 Geospiza fortis Gould, Geospiza fuliginosa Gould, Camarhynchus prosthemelas 

 Scl. and Salv., Myiarchus magnirostris Gray,' Pyrocephalus minimus Ridg. 

 Charles Island. Dendroica aureola Gould, Geospiza fuliginosa Gould, and 

 Pyrocephalus manus Gould. 

 Rocks from Chatham Island, Galapagos (east side), Malpelo Island, Cocos 



Island. Duncan Island, and Panama reef. 

 Lizard: Amblyrhynchus cristatus. 

 Birds' skeletons: Skeleton of Creagus furcatus from Malpelo Island, and of 



Oceanodroma melania from the Gulf of California. 

 Birds' nests: Nest of Geospiza from Charles Island, and one from Duncan 

 Island. 

 Order orthoptcra. Specimen of a Large locustid belonging to the genus 



Meroncidius. 

 Order homoptera. Two specimens of a Cicada, genus Tibicen? 

 Order scorpionidse. Specimen of Centrums sp. Galapagos Islands. 

 Order coleoptera. Calosoma galapagoum Hope. Chatham Island, seven 

 specimens; Charles Island, nine specimens. Dermestes carnivorus Fabr. 

 .Chatham Island, specimen of our well-known species. Passalus sp. Chat- 

 ham Island, one specimen. 

 Order lepidoptera. Agraulis ranillie L. var. galapagensis Hull. Chatham 

 Island, two specimens; Charles Island, three specimens; Duncau Island, 

 one specimen. Callidryas eubule. Chatham Island, one specimen; Charles 

 Island, four specimens. Lycoenasp. Chatham Island, two specimens. Aello- 

 pos titan Cram. Chatham Island, one specimen. Deilephila lineata Fab. 

 Charles Island, one specimen. Proto parce sp. Chatham Island, one speci- 

 men. Eudamus sp. Chatham Island, three specimens; Duncan Island, 

 two specimens. Eudamus sp. Chatham Island, one specimen. Utetheisa 

 ornatrix. Chatham Island, one specimen; Charles Island, two specimens. 



* See Proceedings of the National Museum, Vol. XII, No. 767, 1889, page 113 in 

 text. 



