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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1901. 



COQUILLETT, Daniel W. A new 

 genua of Ortalidse. 



Entomological News, mi, No. 1, Jan., 1901, 

 p. 15. 

 Describes a new genus and species from the 

 Southern States. 



Three new species of Diptera. 



Entomological News, xn, No. 1, Jan., 1901, 

 pp. 16-18. 

 Describes 3 new species, chiefly from Wash- 

 ington, D. O, obtained by Dr. L. O. Howard 

 while investigating the spreading of diseases 

 by insects. 



New Diptera in the II. S. National 



Museum. 



Proc. U.S.Nat. Mus., xxin, No. 1225, Mar. 

 27, 1901, pp. 593-618. 

 Describes 2 new genera and 71 new species 

 from various parts of the United States. 



A systematic arrangement of the 



families of the Diptera. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxin, No. 1227, May 



2, 1901, pp. 653-658. 



Briefly reviews the various attempts that 



have been made in the past at classifying the 



families, and gives a modified arrangement, 



based on recent research. 



Descriptions of three lepidopterous 



larvae. 



Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, IX, No. 2, June, 

 1901, pp. 85,86. 



Describes the larvse of Homazosoma mucidel- 

 lum Ragonot Ephestiodes gilvescentella Rago- 

 not. and Setiosoma fernaldella Riley. 



[Diptera.] 



Pysche, ix, No. 297, 1901, p. 149. 

 Included in "Some insects of the Hud- 

 soiiian Zone in New Mexico.— II," edited by 

 Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell. Gives a list of 23 

 species, with their known distribution, and 

 describes 2 of the species as new. 



COUTIERE, H. SurquelquesAlpheiche 



des c6tes americaines (Collection de 



I'D". S. National Museum, Washington). 



C. J!. Acad. Sci., Paris, cxxxi, No. 5, July, 



1900, pp. 356-358. 



Preliminary notice of Alpheidse sent by the 



U. S. National Museum to Dr. Coutiere for 



study. Noii-s:i new species, Alpht us rathbuni, 



A.faxoniaD.6 Automate rugosa; places Athanas 



ortmanni Rankin in Jousseaumea, and draws 



several conclusions from the occurrence of 



vast numbers of Synaipheus Isevimanus longi- 



carpus from a single locality. 



COVILLE, Frederick V. The tree wil- 

 lows of Alaska. 



Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., n, Oct. 10, 1900, 

 pp. 275-286, pi. xv, figs. a-e. 

 An account of the 5 tree willows of Alaska, 

 one of them, Salix amplifolia, being a new 

 species. 



Ribes mescalerium, an undescribed 



currant from New Mexico and Texas. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xin, Dec. 21, 1900, 

 pp. 195-198. 



The home of Botrychium pwnicola. 



Hull. Torrey Botan. Club, Feb. 28, 1901, pp. 

 109-111, one plate. 

 An account of the anomalous habitat of 

 this fern in the pumice gravel at Crater Lake, 

 Oregon. 



Ribes eoloradense, an undescribed 



currant from the Rocky. Mountains of 

 Colorado. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, Mar. 9, 1901, 

 pp. 1-6. 



Juncus Columbian us, an undescribed 



rush from the Columbia Plains. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, June 19, 1901, 

 pp. 87-89. 



CURRIE, Rolla P. A new Bird of Par- 

 adise. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxn, No. 1204, July 

 7, 1900, pp. 497-499, pi. xvil. 

 Describes Cicinnurus lyogyrus, new species, 

 from a specimen in the National Museum 

 labeled "New Guinea," received from Mon- 

 sieur A. Boucard. A table is given showing 

 the important structural differences between 

 this form and Cicinnurus regius (Linnaeus). 

 The plate gives outline figures of the pectoral 

 shield, head, and tail of each species. 



- A dwarf Ant-lion fly. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv, No. 4, May 13, 

 1901, pp. 435^37. 



The new genus Maracandula is erected for 

 Myrmeleon pygmscus Hagen from Mexico, and 

 the species is redescribed from material re- 

 cently collected in Madera Canyon, Santa 

 RitaMountains, Arizona, by Mr. E.A. Schwarz, 

 and at Phoenix, Ariz., by Dr. R. E. Kunze. 



DALL, William Healey. [Review of] 

 A monograph of Christmas Island. 



Science (new series), xu, No. 293, Aug. 10, 

 1900, pp. 226,226. 

 A review of the Monograph on the fauna of 

 Christmas Island, issued by the British Mu- 

 seum. 



