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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



EICHMOND, Charles W., audKNOWL- 

 TON, Frank Hall. Birds of south cen- 

 tral Montana. 



Auk, XI, Xo. 4, Oct., 1894, pp. 298-308. 

 An annotated list of 112 species observed dur- 

 ing two seasons, mainly in Oallatiu County, 

 Mont. 

 EIDGWAY, Robert. Geographical, ver- 

 sus sexual, variation in Oreortyx plctus. 

 Auk, XI, Xo. 3, July, 1894, pp. 193-197, 

 pi. VI. 

 Tlie ditferences between Oreortyx pictus and 

 O. pictus pluiniferus are explained, and atten- 

 tion is directed to some erroneous statements 

 made in the Britisb Museum Catalogue con- 

 cerning American game birds. 



Colinus rirginianns cuianensis not a 



Florida bird. 



Auk, XI, Xo. 4, 1894, p. 324. 

 Explains the error through which this bird 

 was recorded as a North American species. 



Descriptions of twenty-two new 



species of birds from the Galapagos 

 Islands. 



Proc. TT. S. Nat. Mtis., xvil. No. 1007, Nov. 

 15, 1894, pp. 357-370. 

 The following species here described are 

 new: Xesominms Bauri, N. hindlcei, K. 

 Adamsi, Certhidea Salvini, C. bifasciata, C. 

 7nentalis, C. albemarlei, O. luteola, Geospiza 

 Barringtoni, G.propinqua, G. Bauri, G. albe- 

 marlei, G.fratercula, G. debilirostris, G.acuti- 

 rogtris, Camarhynchun rostratus, C.produclus. 

 C. Salvini, C. afinis, Byroeephalus carolensis, 

 P. intercedens, P. abingdoni. The name Geo- 

 spiza intermedia is tentatively proposed for a 

 species from Charles I.slaud, supposed to be 

 separable from G. assimilis (Gould). Some 

 critical remarta are offered on Geos^nza assimi- 

 lis (Gould), and Pyroeephalus dvbius, Gould. 



Descriptions of some new birds from 



Aldabra, Assumption, and Gloriosa 

 Islands, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Proc. r. S. Xat. Mus., xvii, No. 1008, 

 Nov. 15, 1894, pp. 371-373. 

 The following species are described as new: 

 Zosterops aldabrensis, Z. madagascariensis 

 gloriosce, Cinnyris aldabrensis, C. Abbotti, 

 Centropus insularis, and Caprim,ulgus alda- 

 brensis. 



Additional notes on the native trees 



of the Lower Wabash Valley. 



Proc. 77. S. Nat. Mus., xvil. No. 1010, J.an. 

 26, 1895, pp. 409-421, pis. x-xv. 



Report on the Department of Birds 



in the U. S. National Museum, 1892. 



Rep. JSm,ithsonian Inst. (U. S. Nat. Mus.), 

 1892 (1893), pp. 147-152. 



RILEY, Charles Valentine. Bees. 



Insect Life, vi. No. 5, Sept., 1894, pp. 350- 

 360, figs. 23-25. 



RILEY, Charles Valentine — Cont'd. 

 This paper gives an account of the habits of 

 bees, especially the honey bee, the more impor- 

 tant special organs, and the si)ecies of the 

 genus Apis and variations in Aids rnellifica. 



The senses of insects. 



Insect Life, vil, No. 1, Sept., 1894, pp. 33- 

 41, figs. 10-14. 



Notes upon lielosioma and llenacuft. 



Proc. Put. iSoc. Wash., in, No. 2, Jan. 8, 

 1895, pp. 83-86, tigs. 4-5. 

 Gives the structural characters of the genera 

 mentioned. 



The eggs of Ceresa hiihalus, Fab. and 



those of C. taurina, Fitch. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., ill, No. 2, Jan. 8, 

 1895, pp. 88-92, figs. 6-11. 



Notes from California: Results of 



Mr. Koebele's second mission to Aus- 

 tralia. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., in, No. 4, June 22, 

 1895, pp. 250-252. 

 Expresses the opinion that the predaceous 

 insects introduced by Mr. Koebele ou his sec- 

 ond trip to A ustralia will not prove a success 

 in exterminating California scale-insects. 



On oviposition in the Cynipidie. 



Proc. Ent. Soe. Wash., in, No. 4, June 22, 

 1895, pp. 254-273. 

 A review of the observations of Adler and 

 Hartig on the oviposition of the Cynipida;, 

 with an account of observations of his own 

 which indicated that the oviposition in this 

 family follows no uniform system. 



Report ou the Department of In- 

 sects ill the U. S. National Museum, 

 1892. 



Pep. Smithsonian Inst. (TJ. S. Nat. Mus.), 

 1892 (1893), pp. 171-174. 



RILEY, Charles Valentine, ASH- 

 MEAD, William H., and HOWARD, 

 Leland O. Report upon the parasitic 

 Hymeuoptera of the island of St. Vin- 

 cent. 



Journ. Linn. Soc, Zoology, xxv, 1894, 

 Nos. 159-160, pp. 56-254. 

 This i)aper, which was read June 29, 1893, 

 embraces the following sections : («) Introduc- 

 tion by C. V, Eiley, with ILst of previously 

 described parasitic Hymenoptera fouiul in 

 St. Vincent (pp. 56-61) ; {b) rei)ort on the para- 

 sitic Cynipidic, by W. H. A.shmead (pp. 61-78), 

 including synoptic tables of the species of 4 

 genera and describing 24 new species; (o) re- 

 port on part of the Chalcididas, by L. 0. How 

 ard (pp. 79-108), describing 4 new genera and 

 33 new species, redeserihing more fully some 

 previously known genera and species, and 

 giving synoptic tables of the species of 2 

 genera; (d) report on i)art of the BraconidiB, 



