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COQUILLETT, Daniel W. Two new 

 genera of Diptera. 



Entomological News, xi, No. 4, April, 1900, 

 pp. 429, 430. 

 Describes 2 new genera and 2 new species, 

 with n figure of the head and wing of one of 

 them. 



Report on a collection of dipterouH 



insects from Porto Rico. 



I'roc. U. S. Nai. Mas., xxn, No. 1198, May 

 12, 1900, pp. 249-270. 

 Gives a list, with localities, dates of cap- 

 ture, and general distribution, of 117 species 

 of Diptera collected by Mr. August B\isck, of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Three 

 of the genera and 16 of the species are de- 

 scribed as new. 



New Scenopinidse from the United 



States. 



Entomological News, xi, No. t;, June, 1900, 

 p. 500. 

 Gives a synoptic table of the 3 genera, 1 of 

 which is new, and describes 2 new species. 



■ Description of a new parasitic 



tachinid fly from Ceylon. 



Indian Museum Notefs, iv, 1899, p. 279. 

 Describes and figures a new species of 

 Exorista. 



COULTER, John M. (See under J. N. 

 Rose. ) 



CURRIE, RoLLA Patteson. New species 

 of North American Myrmeleonidse V. 



Canadian Entomologist, xxxi, No. 12, Dec, 



1899, pp. 361-365. 



Describes for the first time the male of 



Brachynenmrus tuberculatus Banks, and gives 



descriptions of 2 new species of the .same 



genus, B. papago and B. pusillus. 



DALL, W. H. Synopsis of the Solenidte 

 of North America and the Antilles. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxn. No. 1185, Oct. 

 9, 1899, pp. 107-112. 



This synopsis shows the species of the region 

 referred to and the groups to which they 

 belong, with sjTionyms. 



Ensis minor, E. californicus, and ,Solai mex- 

 icaiiug are described as new; Eiisis directus 

 Conrad is substituted for Ensatdla americana 

 Beck, a later name in common ase, and 

 Psammosokn Risso, not Hup6, for the later 

 Macha of Oken. Some supplementary notes 

 to the author's Synopsis of the Psammobiida-, 

 1898, are added, in which the genus iVbra- 

 culina Benson is redefined, a new section, 

 Clunaculu7H Dall, proposed, and a new species, 

 Tagelus poeyi Dall, from Cuba is described. 



DALL, W. H Synopsis of the American 

 species of the family Diplodontidae. 



Journ. Conchology, ix. No. 8, Oct., 1899, pp. 

 244-246. 

 This synopsis exhibits the groups into which 

 this family is divided, the genera already 

 described and their synonyms. Section Fc- 

 laniella Dall, based on Felania usta Gould, and 

 section Pldyctiderma Dall, based on Diplodonta 

 stmiaspcra Philippi, are described as new. 

 Diplodonta verrillii Dall is proposed as a new 

 name for D. turgida Verrill and Smith, not 

 Conrad; D. semirugosa Dall is proposed as a 

 new name for D. semiaspera Carpenter, not of 

 Philippi. Diplodonta platensis, from Argen- 

 tina, is described as new. 



The moUusk fauna of the Pribilof 



Islands. 



The Fur Seals and Fur Seal Islands of the 

 North Pacific Ocean, Partni, 1899 (Nov.), 

 pp. 539-546, and map. 

 This paper discusses the distribution of 

 mollusks in Bering Sea and vicinity and its 

 causes, the characteristics of the littoral 

 fauna, and those of the very distinct plateau 

 fauna of the offshore shallows of Bering Sea. 

 Lists of the species known to inhabit the 

 Pribilof and Commander islands are given, 

 followed by -an enumeration of the fossil 

 mollusks of St. Paul Island. The map shows 

 the summer and winter southern limits of 

 pack ice, and the direction of currents of the 

 sea bearing upon the distribution of animal 

 life in this region. 



■ Note on Sigaretus oldroydii. 



Nautilus, XIII, No. 8, Dec, 1899, p. 85. 

 Notes the discovery of the adult form of 

 this species, and describes its characters from 

 specimens dredged at Drakes Bay, California, 

 by J. S. Arnheim. 



Origin of the mutations of Ostrea. 



Nautilus, xiii. No. 8, Dec, 1899, pp. 91-93. 

 Reprint of a discussion of this subject in 

 Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of 

 Science, iii, part iv, 1898. 



A new species of Capnlnx from 



California. 



Nautilus, XIII, No. 9, Jan., 1900, p. 100. 

 Describes Capiilus californicus as new, from 

 a specimen dredged in 20 fathoms off San 

 Pedro. In a note attention is called to the 

 iepionic shell of PHricola. 



Note on Petricolu denticulata Sow^- 



erby. 



Nautilus, XIII, No. 11, Mar., 1900, pp. 121, 

 122. 

 Shows that the nepionic shell of P. denticu- 

 lata is identical with Carpenter's Psephis tel- 

 limyalis, and aftergrowth has taken place and 

 the shell is adult, the dark colors of the larval 

 shell fade out entirely. 



