78 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



1164. Francis Amasa Walker, by George F. Hoar and Carroll I). Wright. (From 

 Smithsonian Report for 1897.) Octavo pamphlet of 19 pages. 



1169. Report of S. P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for the 

 year ending June 30, 1898. Octavo pamphlet of 89 pages, with 3 plates. 



Report upon the condition and progress of the U. S. National Museum during the 

 year ending June 30, 1896, by G. Brown Goode, assistant secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian In.stitution, in charge of the U. S. National Museum. (From Museum 

 volume of Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 284 pages, with 4 

 plates. 



An account of the U. S. National Museum, by Frederick W. True, executive 

 curator. (From Museum volume of Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pam- 

 phlet of 38 pages. 



Prehistoric Art: or the Origin of Art as Manifested in the Works of Prehistoric 

 Man, by Thomas Wilson, curator, division of prehistoric archaeology. (From 

 Museum volume of Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 340 pages 

 and 74 plates. 



Chess and Playing Cards: Catalogue of games and implements for divination 

 exhibited by the U. S. National Museum in connection with the department of 

 archaeology and paleontology of the University of Pennsylvania at the Cotton States 

 and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895. By Stewart Cnlin, director of 

 the museum of archa-olosiy and paleontology. University of Pennsylvania. (From 

 Museum volume of Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 278 pages 

 and 50 plates. 



Biblical Antiquities: A description of the exhibit at the Cotton States and Inter- 

 national Exposition, Atlanta, 1895. By Cyrus Adler, custodian, section of historic 

 religious ceremonials, and I. M. Casanowicz, aid, division of historic archicology. 

 (From Museum volume of Smithsonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 81 

 pages, with 46 j)lates. 



The Lamp of the Eskimo, by Walter Hough. (From Museum Volume of Smith- 

 sonian Report for 1896.) Octavo pamphlet of 32 i)ages, with 24 plates. 



V. NATIONAL MISEIM I'lBLICATIONS. 



Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, Volume XX, published under the 

 direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, Government Printing Office, 

 1898. 8°. xii + 932 pages, with 97 plates. 



The contents of this volume were enumerated in the editor's report for last year. 



The following separate papers, comprising Volume XXI of the Proceedings, were 

 distributed during the year in pamjihlet form, but the completed volume was not 

 issued : 



Proc. 1140. Contributions Toward a Monograph of the Lepidopterous Family 

 Noctuidae of Boreal North America. A Revision the Species of Acronycta (oclisen- 

 heimer) and of certain Allied Genera. By John B. Smith and Harri.son (i. Dyar. 

 8°. pp. 1-194, with 22 plates. 



Proc. 1141. Descriptions of the Species of Cycadeoidea, or Fossil Cycadean Trunks, 

 thus far determined from the Lower Cretaceous Rim of the Black Hills, by Lester 

 F. Ward. 8°. pp. 195-229. 



Proc. 1142. On Some New Parasitic Insects oi the Subfamily Encyrtinie, by L. O. 

 Howard. 8°. pp. 231-248. 



Proc. 1143. On the Coleopterous Insects of Galapagos Islands, by ^Martin L. Linell 

 (deceased) . 8°. pp. 249-268. 



Proc. 1144. The Birds of the Kuril Islands, by Leonhard Stejneger. 8°. pp. 269- 

 296. 



Proc. 1145. Description of a Species of Actaeon from the Quarternary Bluffs at 

 Spanish Bight, San Diego, California, by Robert E. C. Stearns. 8°. pp. 297-299. 



