BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUISEUM, 1891. 749 



Thkodoh Holm. Rcviow of Russell's "Etud« ties folioles auoniKilcs <lu (icia sepium" 

 (Revuo Gencrale de Botauicjiie, No. 23). 

 Botanical Oazctte. xvi, June, 1891. p. 190. 



Tiieodor IIoi.m. a study of some auatomieal characters of North American (•raminea'. 

 Botanical Gazette, xvi, June, 18'Jl, pp. 160-171, pi. xv. 



The principal object of this paper i.s to show the importance of anatomical studies for dis- 

 crimination of species in a flowerless stage. 



William H. Holmes. Excavations iu an aucient soapstoue (luariy in the District 

 of ColuraI)ia. 



The American Antlnopologif't, lu, No. 4, 1890, pp. 321-330. 



The existence of ancient jiits made in quarryiui soapstono lias been known for several 

 years. Excavation showed that considerable area had been worked over in securing masses 

 of stone for making pots, but that the depth penetrated did not exceed four or five feet. 

 Many of tlie stone picks andcliisels usi'd in mining and in shaping the vessels were recovered. 

 There are hundreds of the partially finished pots upon the site. 



William H. Holmes. The Thruston tablet. 



The American Anthropologist, IV, No. 2, 1891, pp. 161-105. 



In this paper is given a description of a very interesting engraved stone from Sumner 

 County, Tenn. Numerous figures in savage costume are delineated in sharp, firm lines, which 

 evince decided talent for gr.iphic presentation, bub convey no intelligible idea or story. 



William H. Holmes. Report on the Dei)artment of American Aboriginal Pottery 

 ill the IT. S. National Museum, 1888. 



Report of the Smithsonian Institution (U. S. National Mii.seum). 1888(1890), p. 105. 



WALTEii Hough. Aboriginal Fiie-making. 



The American Anthropologist, ill. No. 4, October, 1890, pp. 359-372. Gives classification, de- 

 scription and range of the methods of fire-making, witli illustrations. 

 Walter Horciii. The Last Steps in the Genealogy of Man. [Translation.] 



Report of the Smithsonian. Institution. 1889 (1890), pp. 069-C94. 



Translation of a lecture by Dr. Paul Topinard, delivered in March, 1888, in the iScole 

 d Antliropologie of Paris. 

 Walter Hough. Arrow Feathering and Pointing. 

 The American Anthropologist, iv. No. 1, 1891, ji. 60. 



Porticm of a symposium on Arrows and Arrow-Makers, by Otis T. Mason, W. H. Ilolmes, 

 Thomas Wilson, W.alter Hough, AVeston Flint, W. J. Hoti'nian and John G. Bourke. 

 Lelani) O. How.\ri>. a new and remarkable Encyrtid : Is it parasitic? 

 Insect Life, lii, No. 4, November, 1890, pp. 145-148, fig. 1. 



A description of Tanaostigma, nov. gen., cotirsetiae, n. sp.. witli an account of its habits as 

 found in ovaries of Counetia ( .' ) «i<'a;icai)a, a leguminous i)lant growing in the Alamos Moun- 

 tains, Mexico. 

 Lelaxd O. Howard. The host relations of Parasitic Hymenoptera. 

 Insect Life, in, No. -6, March, 1891, i>p. 277-279. 



A plea for the importance of the study of the host relations of parasitic Hymenoptera, with 

 a review of the work of recording ptiblished rearings undertaken l)y the writer, and a promise 

 to determine all bred material sent iu by comparison with the collections of the National Mu- 

 seum. 

 Leland O. Howard. The habits of Enrytomu. 



I'roc. Entoni. Soc. Washington, ll. No. 1, April, 1891, pp. 66, 67. 



A review of the supposed food habits of the species of this genus, with an account of actual 

 observations upon the larva of E. prtinicola feeding upon the larva of Cynips q-]}rtinus in the 

 gall of tlie latter. 

 Lelaxd O. Howard. The habits of Fnchijueuron. 



I'roc. Entom. Soc. Washington, li. No. 1, April, 1891, jip. 105-109, lig. 1. 



A review of the habits of this genus of Chalcididce, with a tabulated record of the host habits 

 as indicated by the material in the collection of the IT. S. National Museum. 

 Lelaxd O. Howard. Tlie parasites of the Hemerobi'nw. 



I'roc. Entom. Soc. Washington, u. No. 1, Aiiril, 1891, pp. 12:'.. 124. 



A review of the known hymenopterous parasites of this group of insects in Europe, with ;m 

 enumeration of those found, and hitherto unrecorded, in America. 

 (See also under CHARLES V. Riley.) 

 David Starr .Tohdax. Notes on the fishes of the genera Ayoaia, Ahjansea, and 

 Zophonlum. 



Proc. JJ. S. Nat. Mus., Xlll, No. 822, November 15, 1890, pp. 287, 288. 



