LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 95 
VOLUME XVII, CONTAINING PAPERS 976-1032. 
Smithsonian Institution. | United States National Museum. | —— | 
Proceedings | of the | United States National Museum. | —— | 
Volume XVII. | 1894. | —— | Published under the direction of 
the Smithsonian Institution. | —— | Washington: | Government 
Printing Office. | 1895. 
D916; 
ae 
P. 978. 
P2979. 
P. 980. 
P98t: 
Pe 982: 
P2088. 
F798: 
8vo., pp. xiii, 1-765, 32 pls., 83 figs. 
Notes on mammals of Baltistan and the Vale of Kashmir, pre- 
sented to the National Museum by Dr. W. L. Abbott. By 
Frederick W. True. 
pp. 1-16. 
Description of a new lizard ( Verticaria belding?), from Cali- 
fornia. By Leonhard Stejneger. 
pp. 17-18. 
Note on a blue mineral, supposed to be ultramarine, from 
Silver City, New Mexico. By R. L. Packard. 
pp. 19-20. 
Descriptions of two new species of crabs from the western 
Indian Ocean, presented to the National Museum by Dr. 
W. L. Abbott. By Mary J. Rathbun. 
pp. 21-24. 
Descriptions of a new genus and two new species of African 
fresh-water crabs. By Mary J. Rathbun. 
pp. 25-27. 
An analysis of jadeite from Mogoung, Burma. By Oliver C. 
Farrington. 
pp. 29-31. 
Notes on some skeletons and skulls of porpoises of the genus 
Prodedphinus, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in the Indian 
Ocean. By Frederick W. True. 
pp. 33-37. 
Description of nests and eggs of some new birds collected on 
the island of Aldabra, northwest of Madagascar, by Dr. W. L. 
Abbott. By Charles Bendire. 
pp. 39-41. 
. Notes on the crabs-of the family Inachide in the United States 
National Museum. By Mary J. Rathbun. 
pp. 43-75, 1 plate. 
. On the formation of stalactites and gypsum incrustations in 
caves. By George P. Merrill. 
pp. 77-81, 4 pls. 
. Descriptions of a new genus and four new species of crabs 
from the Antillean region. By Mary J. Rathbun. 
pp. 83-86. 
The formation of sandstone concretions. By George P. 
Merrill. 
pp. 87-88, 1 plate, 
