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KKi'OKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1901. 



HUBBARD, Henry G. Letters from the 

 Southwest. Salton Lake in the Colo- 

 rado Desert, and its insert fauna." 



Proc. Ent.\Soc. Wash., iv, No. 4, Apr. 24, 

 L901, pp. 376 378. 

 An enumeration of the insects observed by 

 the writer during one day's collecting al the 

 so-called Salton Lake, with notes on their 

 mode of occurrence. The saline fauna of 

 thai locality, both of aquatic and terrestrial 

 species, is not a rich one. 



[nsect faunaof Dasylirion wheeleri. a 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv, No. -1, May 3, 

 1901, pp. 381,382. 

 Young and vigorous Dasylirion plants in 

 southern Arizona do not seem to be infested 

 by insects, but partly decayed plants harbor 

 numerous insects, mostly Coleoptera, many 

 of which are not yet described and are pecu- 

 liar to this plant. 



Insect life in Florida caves. « 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., IV, No. 4, May 3, 

 1901, pp. 394-396. 

 A brief account of the insects observed in 

 several caves of Hernando and Citrus coun- 

 ties, Kla. 



JORDAN, David Stakr, and SNYDER, 

 John Otterbkix. A list of fishes col- 

 lected in Japan by Keinosuke Otaki, 

 and by the United States steamer J Iha- 

 tross, with descriptions of fourteen new 

 species. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, No. 1213, Dec. 

 10, 1900, pp. 335-3S0, pis. IX-xx. 



JORDAN, David Starr, and STARKS, 

 Edwin Chapin. On the relationships 

 oftheLutianoid fish, Apfmreusfurcatus. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, No. 1232, June 

 21, 1901, pp. 719-723, pis. XXVIII, XXIX. 



KING AID, Trevor. Papers from the 

 Harriman Alaska expedition, vii. 

 Entomological results (1): The Ten- 

 thredinoidea. 



I'roc Wash. Acad. Sci., u, Nov. 24,1900, 

 pp. 341-365. 

 Introduction concerning the arthropoda of 

 Alaska, a resume of the localities visited, and 

 the insects, spiders, mites, and myriapods col- 

 lected by the author on this expedition. The 

 body of the paper consists of a report upon 56 

 species of saw -flies, 32 of which are described 



as new . 



Papers front the Harriman Alaska 



expedition. vm. Entomological re- 

 sults (2): The metamorphoses of some 

 Alaskan ( loleoptera. 



Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., u. Nov. 21, 1900, 

 PP. 367 388, pis. wii xxvi. II tigs. 

 Describes and figures the immature stages 



of nine Species. 



KINCAID, Trevor. Papers from the 

 Harriman Alaska expedition. xiv. 

 Entomological results (8): The Sphe- 

 goidea ami Yespoidea. 



Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., II, Dec. 20, 1900, 

 pp. 507-510. 

 A list of nine species, twoof which are here 



described for the tiist time. 



KNOWLTON, Frank Hall. Fossil 

 plants of the Esmeralda formation. 



Ust Ann. Pep. U. S. <,<ot. Surv., 1900, pt. it, 

 pp. 200-222, pi. xxx. 

 This paper contains the description of a col- 

 lection of fossil plants from the vicinity of 

 Silver Peak in Esmeralda County, Nev. Six- 

 teen species are described, all but one of them 

 being new. The beds are lake beds of fresh- 

 water origin and probably of the Miocene 

 Age. 



Fossil hickory nuts. 



Plant World, iv, 1901, pp. 51-52. 

 This paper mentions some fossil hickory 

 nuts (Archihicoria sfouxensis) from the Bad 

 Lands of Sioux County, Nebr., specimens of 

 which are now in the Museum collections. 



A fossil flower. 



Plant World, iv, 1901, pp. 73,74. 



This paper describesa flower of Hydrangea 

 from the Mascall beds of the John Day Basin, 

 Oregon. 



(See also under Lester F. Ward.) 



LUCAS, Frederic A. The lachrymal 

 bone in pinnipeds. 



Sri, are (new series), XII, July 27, 1900, 

 p. 150. 

 It is noted 'hat this bone occurs in embry- 

 onic and very young eared seals. 



A new rhinoceros, Trigonias 08- 



borni, from the Miocene of South 

 Dakota. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxnt. No. 12n7, 



Oct. 9, 1900, pp. 221-223, figs. 1. 2. 



A new genus and species characterized by 



a full set of incisors in the upper jaw. The 



lower procumbent tooth, usually called a 



canine, is shown to be tin incisor. 



The pelvic girdle of Zeuglodon, 



Basilosaurm cetoides ( I hven), with notes 

 on other portions of the skeleton. 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., xxnt, No. 1211, 

 Nt>v. s, 1900, pp. 327-331, pis. v-vn. 

 Describes the pelvis and femur for the first 

 time, and gives characters of the genera 

 Basilosaurus emS Dorudon. 



Anew fossil cyprinoid, Leuciscus 



turneri, from the Miocene of Nevada. 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.. xxm, No. 1212. Nov. 

 8, 1900, pp. 333,334, pi. VIII. 



" A posthumous paper. 



