208 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



SIMPSON, Charles Torrey— Cout'd. 



Helicma dysoni. 



XuKtilus, XI, June, 1897, pp. 13-14. 

 An a<'C(>unt ofcollectin;; this niollusk on the 

 Brickley Tliatch Palms of ITtilla, Houdaras. 



Notes oil the clussificatioii of Unios. 



XautUus. XI, June, 1897, ])]). 18-23. 

 Anatomical and concliolo.iiical notes on the 

 genus Unio and their hearing on the classifica- 

 tion. In this paper it is proposed to divide the 

 old genus Unio into other genera founded on 

 characters of the shell and solt parts. 



SMITH, Hugh M. 

 (See imder Barton W. Evermann.) 



STANTON, Timothy W. On the genus 

 Eemondia Gabb, a group of Cretaceous 

 bivalve mollusks, 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., Xix, No. 1109, Dec. 

 30, 1896, pp. 299-302, pi. xxvi. 

 Discusses the genus liemondia and defines it. 



[Cretaceous section near the mouth 



of Judith River, Montana.] 



Monogr. 77. ,S'. Geol. Surv., xxvil, 1896, pp. 

 239-241. 

 A descriptive note contained in the ' 'Geology 

 of the Denver Basin," by Messrs. Emmons, 

 Cross and Eldridge. 



[Upper Cretaceous section of Price 



River Canyon, near Castle Gate, Utah.] 



Monogr. U. S. Geol. Surv., xxvil, 1896, pp. 



241-242. 



This note forms a part of the work entitled 



"Geology of the Denver Basin," by Messrs. 



Emmons, Cross and Eldridge, published in the 



volume mentioned. 



The faunal relations of the Eocene 



and Upper Cretaceous on the Pacific 

 Coast. 



17th Ann. Rep. 77. S. Qeol. -Swru., 1895-96 

 (1897) pp. 1005-1059, pis. LXlll-LXVlI. 

 Discusses the local devoloi)ment and stra- 

 tigraphy of the Chico aud Tejon formations. 

 The Martinez group is shown to be not a sim- 

 ple formation and a subdivision of the Chico, 

 but to contain two distinct faunas, "one of 

 which is Cretaceous and insei>arable from the 

 Chico, while the other is Eocene, and is here 

 classed as Lower Tejon." Sixteen species re- 

 ported to occur in both the Chico aud Tejon for- 

 mations are discussed. Twenty-three Lower 

 Tejon species are described, of which ten are 

 new. 



STANTON, Timothy W., and KNOWL- 

 TON, Frank Hall. Stratigraphy and 

 Paleontology of the Laramie and re- 

 lated formations in Wyoming. 



Bull. Geol. Sac. Am., VIll, 1897, pp. 127-156. 



Partly baaed on material beWnging to tlie 

 National Museum. 



STEARNS, Robert E. C. Purpura lapil- 

 lu8 Linne; an imbricated variety col- 

 lected at Boston, Mass. 



NMililm, X, No. 8, Dec, 1896, p. 85. 



Uvantlla reijina, a new locality. 



Nautihts, xi. No. 1, May, 1897, p. 1. 

 Originally described from Guadalupe Lsland, 

 coast of Lower California; subsequently de- 

 tected on San Clemente Island, California. 



Description of a new species of 



Acfwon from the Quaternary bluft's of 

 Spanish Bight, San Diego, California. 



Nautilus, XI, No. 2, 1897, pp. 14-15. 

 Describes Actceon traskii Stearns as new. 

 The types are in the TJ. S. National Museum. 

 The siiell is also recent at San Diego. 



STEJNEGER, Leonhard. Description 

 of a new genus and species of blind 

 tailed batrachiaus from the subter- 

 ranean waters of Texas. 



Proc. 17. S. Nat. Mus., xviu. No. 1088, 1896, 

 pp. 619-621. 

 An advance edition of this paper was issued 

 April 15, 1896. 



Description of a new species of 



Guillemot from the Kuril Islands. 



Auk, XIV, No. 2, April, 1897, pp. 200-201. 

 Cep2)hus snoivi is described as new. 



STILES, Charles Wardell. Report 

 upon the present knowledge of the 

 tapeworms of poultry. 



Bull. Bureau Animal Industry, 77 S. Bept. 

 Agnc, No. 12, 1896, pp. 1-79, pis. l-xxi. 



A revision of the adult tapeworms 



of hares and rabbits. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., xix, No. 1105, Dec. 

 30, 1896, pp. 145-235, pis. v-XXV. 



STILES, Charles Wardell, and HAS- 

 SALL, Albert. Notes on Parasites — 

 47. On the priority of Ciiiotanna Riehm, 

 1881, over CtenoUvnia Railliet, 1897. 



Veterinary Magazine, iii, No. 7, July, 1896, 

 p. 407. 



STONE, Wither. The genus SturneUa. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phlla., 1897, pp. 146- 



152. 



A revision of the forms of SturneUa, mainly 



directed to the birds inhabiting the United 



States. 



SturneUa magna hoopesi from Brownsville, 

 Texas, is described as new. 



TANNER, Z. L. Deep-sea exploration: 

 a general description of the steamer 

 Albatross, her appliances and methods. 



Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 1896, Art. 5, June, 

 1897, pp. 257-428, pis. I-XL. 

 The chapter on the preparation and preser- 

 vation of specimens was compiled largely from 



J 



