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There were two special publications nearly ready at the close of the year : 

 1932. Classified List of Smithsonian Publications available for distribution 



May, 1910. 

 193S. Opinions Rendered by the International Commission ou Zoological Nomen- 

 clature, Opinions 1 to 25. 



V. PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The publications of the National Museum are: (o) The annual report, form- 

 ing a separate volume of the report to Congress by the Board of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution; (6) the Proceedings of the United States National 

 Museum; (c) the Bulletin of the United States National Museum; and (d) the 

 Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. The editorship of 

 these publications is in charge of Dr. Marcus Benjamin. 



The publications issued during the year are enumerated in the report on the 

 National Museum. These included volume 37 of the Proceedings, containing 

 Museum papers numbered 1895 to 1724, and volume 38, papers numbered 1725- 

 1749. 



Eight Bulletins were issued, as follows : 

 No. 65. Dendroid Graptolites of the Niagaran Dolomites at Hamilton, Ontario. 



By Ray S. Bassler. 

 No. 66. A Monographic Revision of the Twisted Winged Insects comprising the 



Order Strepsiptera Kirby. By W. Dwight Pierce. 

 No. 67. Directions for Collection and Preserving Insects. By Nathan Banks. 

 No. 68. A Monograph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks. By William 



Healy Dall and Paul Bartsch. 

 No. 69. The Tsenioid Cestodes of North American Birds. By Bray ton Howard 



Ransom. 

 No. 70. The National Gallery of Art, Department of Fine Arts of the National 



Museum. By Richard Rathbun. 

 No. 71. A Monograph of the Foraminifera of the North Pacific Ocean. Part I, 



Astrorhizidse and Lituolidae. By Joseph Augustine Cushman. 

 No. 72. Catalogue of Nearctic Spiders. By Nathan Banks. 



In the series of Contributions from the National Herbarium there appeared : 



Volume 12, Part 10. Miscellaneous papers, by J. N. Rose, N. L. Brittou, John M. 

 Coulter, and G. N. Collins. 



Volume 13, Part 2. Three New Species of Echeveria, by J. N. Rose and J. A. 

 Purpus. 



Volume 13, Part 3. The Grasses of Alaska, by F. Lamson-Scribner and Elmer D. 

 Merrill. 



Volume 13, Part 4. New or Noteworthy Plants from Colombia and Central 

 America — 2, by Henry Pittier. 



Volume 13, Part 5. Relationships of the Ivory Palms, by O. F. Cook. 



Volume 14, Part 1. The Lichens of Minnesota, by Bruce Fink. 



Preliminary pages and index of volume 12, Systematic Investigations and Bib- 

 liography. 



VI. PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



The publications of the Bureau are discussed in detail in another appendix 

 of the Secretary's report. The editorial work is in charge of Mr. J. G. Gurley. 

 The following five bulletins were published by the Bureau during the year : 

 Bulletin 38. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii. The sacred songs of the Hula, 



compiled and translated, with notes and au account of the Hula, by Nathaniel 



B. Emerson, A. M., M. D. 1909. Octavo. Pages 288, with 24 plates, 3 figures, 



and 14 musical pieces. 



