202 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



LEIBEEG, John B. Delphinium viridea- 

 vens aufl Sanibitciis Iciosperma, two new 

 plants from the northwest coast. 



rroc. Biol. Soc. ^Yaiih., xi, Manli 13, 1897, 

 pp. 39-41. 



LINELL, Maktix L. List of Coleoptera 

 collected on the Tana IJiver, and ou 

 the .Joiiibc'no Range, East Africa, by 

 Mr. William Astor Chauler and Lieu- 

 tenant Lndwig von Hnhnol, with 

 descriptions of new genera and species. 

 Froc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xVni, No. 1094, Aug. 



12. 1896, pp. 687-716. 



New species of North American 



Coleoptera of the family Scarabieidaj. 



Proe. U. ,V. Nat. Mus., xvni. No. 1096, Oct. 



7,1890, pp. 721-731. 



Describes one new genus anil sixteen new 



species, and makes critical remarks on other 



species. 



A short review of the Chrysomelas 



of North America. 



Journ. N. Y.Ent. Soc, iv, Dec, 1896, pp. 

 195-200. 

 Gives tabli's of tbe genera and species of 

 North American Chrysomelas found in the 

 United States, and indicates one new sub- 

 species, Galligrapha califoniica. 



Descriptions of North American 



Coleoptera in the families Ceram- 

 bycidie and Scarab;cida3. 



Proc. 77. S. Nat. Mus., xix. No. 1113, Feb. 5, 

 1897, pp. 393-401. 

 Describes one new genus and twelve new 

 species, and makes critical observations on 

 some described species. 



On the insects collected by Dr. Ab- 

 bott on the Seychelles, Aldabra, Glo- 

 riosa and Providence Islands, with de- 

 scriptions of nine new species of Cole- 

 optera. 



Proc. r. S. Nat. J/m«.,xix, No. 1119, May 



13. 1897, pp. 69.';-706. 



Gives a list of the insects taken in the differ- 

 ent islands, makes remarks respecting their 

 distribution, and describes nine ntyv species 

 of Coleoptera. 



New genera and species of North 



American Curculionidic. 



Journ. N. T. Ent. Hoc, V, Juno, 1897, pp. 

 49-56. 

 Describes two new genera and twelve new 

 species. 



A new, nearly blind genus of Tene- 



brionidaj. 



Ent. News, vm, June, 1897, pp. 154-156. 

 Describes Typhlusechus singularis, new genus 

 and species. 



LONNBERG, Einar. Is the Florida 

 Box Tortoise a distinct species? 



Proc. JJ. ,V. Nat. Mus., xix. No. 1107, Dec. 

 30, 1896, pp. 253-254. 



LUCAS, Frederic Augustus. Contri- 

 butions to the natural history of the 

 Commander Islands. - XI. — The cra- 

 nium of Pallas's Cormorant. 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xvni, No. 1095, Oct. 

 7, 1896, pp. 717-719, pis. XXXIV, XXXV. 



A dog of the ancient pueblos. 



Science (New series), v. No. 118, April 2, 

 1897, p. 544. 

 Description of a skull of a dog of a well- 

 marked breed, from the ancient pueblo of 

 Homolobi. 



McGUIRE, Joseph D. Classification 

 and develoi>nient of primitive imple- 

 ments. 



Am. Anthropologist, l.x, July, 1896, pp. 

 227-237. 



A study of the primitive methods of 



drilling. 



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

 1894 (1897), pp. 623-756, figs. 1-201. 



McNeill, Jerome. Revision of the 

 TruxaliniB of North America. 



Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, 1896- 

 1897, pp. 179-274. 

 Contains a revision of the genera and species 

 of the North American subfamily TruxaliniB, 

 gives a key to the subfamilies of tlie Acrididas, 

 tlie important characters used in this classitl- 

 cation, a full bibliography of North American 

 writers, togetlier with tables and full descrip- 

 tionsof allthogoneraand species. Eleven new 

 genera and nine new species are described. 



MARL ATT, C. L. A house-infesting 

 Spriugtail. 



Can. Ent., xxvni, Sept., 1896, p. 219. 

 Describes Lepidocyrtus americana, n. sp. 



(See also under Leland O. Howard.) 



MASON, Otis T. Rochefort on the Car- 

 ibbeans. 



ScienceCNew series), iv, July 10, 1896, p. 52. 

 This paper calls attention to the mention 

 of the dishing pile dwellings in San Marco, 

 Florida, as far back as 1666. 



Eskimo tbi'owing-sticks. 



Nature, London, July 23, 1896, p. 271. 

 A hitherto unknown form from Prince Will- 

 iam Sound, Alaska is identified. 



On lifting monoliths. 



Science (New series), I v, Aug. 21, 1896, p. 

 228. 

 It is shown by the author that all the great 

 stones in liiim.in art were cut and put in place 

 in pie-mechanical times. 



