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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



COGNIAUX, Alfred. Boseanthns, a.iiew 

 genus of Ciircurbitaceai from Acapulco, 

 Mexito. 



Contnh.V. S. Nat. Herbarium, n\,'No. 9, 

 Aug. 5, 1896, pp. 577-578, pi. 28. 

 A new genus named for Dr. J. N. Eose. 



COQUILLETT, Daniel W. A new sub- 

 family of Epbydridiv. 



Ent. Keirs, vil, Sept., 1896, pp. 220-221. 

 Describes Lipochaeta slossonae, new genus 

 and species. 



A new Dipterous genus related to 



Gnoriste. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., in, Oct., 1896, pp. 

 321-322. 

 Describes Eugnoriste occidentalis. 



A Dipterou s parasi te of s piders' eggs. 



Ent. News, vil, Dec, 1896, p. 320. 

 Describes Gaurax araneae, ii. sp. 



COUES, Elliott. Avimodramus {Pas- 

 serculus) sanctorum. 



Auk, XIV, No. 1, Jan., 1897, pp. 92-93. 

 Mentions the rediscovery of this species on 

 San Benito Island— the type locality— by Mr. 

 A. W. Anthony, and its validity as a species is 

 atfirnied. Somereniarksareaddedon the genus 

 Passerculug, and the name Ammodramus (Pas- 

 sereuhts) sandicichensis wilsonianus is pro- 

 posed, to tq^Aaco A. sandivichensis savanna. 



Una lomvia in South Carolina. 



Auk, XIV, No. 2, Apr., 1897, pp. 202-203. 

 Records the capture of a Briinnich's Murre 

 near Anderson, S. C. 



COULTER, John M., and ROSE, Joseph 

 Nelson. Leibergia, a new genus of 

 Umbellifene from tbe Columbia River 

 region. 



Contrib. V. S. Nat. Herbarium, III, No. 9, 

 Aug. 5, 1896, pp. 575-576. 

 This new genus is named in honor of J. B. 

 Leiberg, Hope, Idaho. 



COVILLE, Frederick Vernon. Crepis 

 occidentalis and its allies. 



Contrib. V. S. Nat. Herbarium, in. No. 9, 

 Aug. 5, 1896, pp. 559-565, pis. 22, 24, 25. 



Juncns confusus, a new rush from the 



Rocky Mountain region. 



Proc. liiol. Soc. Wash., X, Nov. 14, 1896, pp. 

 127-130. 



lUhes eri/throcarpum, a new currant 



from the vicinity of Crater Lake, Ore- 

 gon. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., x. Nov. 14, 1896, pp. 

 131-132. 



The National Herbarium and the 



Division of Botany. 



Botan.Gaz., xxii, Nov. 23, 1896, pp. 418-420. 



COVILLE, Frederick Vkrnon— Cont'd. 



Collomia mazama, a new plant from 



the vicinity of Crater Lake, Oregon. 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi. Mar. 13, 1897, 

 pp. 35-37, pi. 1. 



The itinerary of .John Jeffrey, an 



early botanical explorer of western 

 North America. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi. Mar. 23, 1897, 

 pp. 57-60. 



The technical name of the Camas 



plant. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, Apr. 21, 1897, 

 pp. Gl-65. 



Two new plants from Mount Ma- 

 zama, Oregon. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, June 9, 1897, 

 pp. 169-171. 



COX, ULYS.SES O. 



(See under Barton W. Evermann.) 

 CRAMER, Frank. 



(See under Charles Henry Gilbert.) 

 CULIN, Stewart. Mancala: The na- 

 tional game of Africa. 



Pep. Smithsonian Inst. (U. S. Nat. Mus.) 

 1894 (1897), pp. 595-607, pis. l-v, figs. 

 1-15. 



DALL, William Healey. On the Amer- 

 ican species of Ervilia. 



Nautilus, X, No. 3, July, 1896, pp. 25-27. 

 This summary enumerates the species and 

 gives their distinctive characters. Ervilia 

 maculosa Dall, from off Cape Lookout, North 

 Carolina, is described as new. 



The niollusks and brachiopods of 



the Bahama Expedition of the State 

 University of Iowa. 



Nat. Hist. Bull. State Univ. Iowa, IV. No. 

 1, Aug. 20, 1896, pp. 12-27, pi. 1. 

 This pajier enumerates the species collected, 

 most of which are represented in the National 

 Museum, and describes and figures as new Mti- 

 rex nuttingi Da.ll, Sand Key, Fla. ; Cerion (May- 

 nardia) niteloides BnU, "Water Cay, Bahamas; 

 Liotia centrifuga Dall, Strait of Florida; and 

 Carditella smithii Dall, Bermuda. The types 

 are in the National Museum and the State 

 University of Iowa. 



Insular land-shell faunas, especially 



as illustrated by the data obtained by 



Dr. C. Baur in the Galapagos Islands. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., for Aug.. 



1896, pp. 395-497, pis. xv-xvil. 



This memoir discusses the conditions under 



which land-shells exist in the Galapagos, St. 



Helena and other oceanic volcanic islands; 



snnunarizes the history of their exploration; 



tabulates the distribution of the Galapagos 



species among the several islands, and in the 



different life-zones on single islands, and ofiers 



