IV TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Oilbcrt, Charles H. (Scientific resiilta of explorations by steamer ^Z6afro»«.) No. xix.— 

 A supplementary list of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and Panama, willi de- 



-scriptions of one new genus and three new species 449-455 



Dialommus, new genus. 



Priacanthus serrula, Dialommus fuscus, Citharichthys platophryg, new species. 

 Gill, Theodore, M. D., Pli. D. The osteological characteristics of the family Anguil- 



lidie 157-160 



The osteological characteristics of the family Synaphobranchidae 161-164 



The osteological characteristics of the family Murainidas 165-170 



Mijrocongrince, new subfamily. 



Osteological characteristics of the family Murasnesocidaj 231-234 



Congresox, new genus. 

 On the family Eanicipitidne (with Plate xvin) 235-338 



The osteological characteristics of tlie family Simenchelyidae 239-242 



The characteristics of the Daciylopteroidea (with Plate xix) 243-248 



Osteological characteristics of the family Amphipnoidae 299-302 



Note on the Aspredinida? 347-352 



Note on the genus Felichthys of Swainson 353,354 



The characteristics of the family of Scatophagoid iishes (with text figure) 355-300 



Scatophagoidea, new super-family. 



On the relations of Cyclopteroidea (with Plates xxviii-sxx) 361-376 



The osteological characteristics of the family Hemitripteridse (with Plate sxxi) 377-380 



Holui, Theodor. Notes on the leaves of Liriodendron (with Plates iv-ix) 15-35 



Jordan, David Starr, and Evcrniann, Barton ^Varren. Description of a new 



species ot fish from Tippecanoe River, Indiana 3, 4 



Etheostoma tippeccmoe, new species. 

 Jordan, David Starr. Notes on fishes of the genera Agosia, Algansea, and Zophcndum. 287, 288 



(Scientific results of explorations by steamer Albatross.) No. xviii. -List of fishes 



obtained in the harbor of Bahia, Brazil, and in adjacent waters 313-336 



Yereeundiim, new genus. 



Paralichthys isosceles, Yerecundum rasile, Fsammobatis rutrmn, new species. 

 Knowlton, F. H. (See Fontaine and Knowlton.) Fossil wood from the old copper mines 



of New Mexico 285 



Ijei^querenx, I^eo. Eemarks on some fossil remains considered as peculiar kinds of marine 



plants (with Plate I) 5-12 



Liockhart, J. G. Notes on the habits of the Moose in the far north of British America in 



1865 305-308 



lincas, Frederic A. (Scientific results of explorations of steamer 42ia«ro««.) No. xiii.— 



Catalogue of skeletons of birds collected at the Abrolhos Islands, Brazil, the Straits of 



Magellan, and the Galapagos Island-s, inl887-'88 127-130 



• Notes on the osteology of the Parid;c, Sitta, and Chamsea (with Plato xxvii) 337-345 



Palmer, William. Notes on the birds observed during the cruise of the United States 



Fish Commission schooner Grampus iu the summer of 1887 249-265 



.IProiidfit, S. V. A collection of stone implements from the District of Columbia (with 



Plates x-xiv) 187-1 94 



4Cidgnay, Robert. Further notes on the genus Xiphocolaptes of Lesson 47,48 



• Observations on the Farallon Rail (Porzana jamaicensis coturniculus Baird) 309-311 



Rose, J. IV. (See Vasey and Rose.) Plants from Socorro and Clarion Islands 145-149 



Smith, Hugh M. On the disappearance of the Dick Cissel (Spiza americana) from the 



District of Columbia 171-172 



Smith, John B. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidse of temperate North 



America.— Revision of Homohadena, Grote 397-405 



Bomohadena deserta, new species. 



Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidaj of temperate North America. — Re- 

 vision of the species of Hadena referable to Xylophasla and Luperina (with Plates xxxv- 

 xxxvil) 407-447 



Xylophasia cogitata, X. alticola, X. nigrior, X. antennata, X. centralis^ new species. 

 Stearns, Robert E. C. (Scientific results of explorations by steamer Albatross.) No. xvii.— 

 Descriptions of new west American land, fresh-water, and marine shells, with notes and 



comments (with Plates xv-xvii) 205-225 



Cyclofhyca, new subgenus. 



Helix lArionta) coloradoensis, H. magdalenensis, Holospira semisculpta, H. arizonensis, 

 Melania {? Ooniohasis) acutifilosa, Cyclothyca corrugata, Mitra (? Costellaria) nodocan- 

 cellata, Yenericardia barbarensis, Lucina ceguizonata, Yenus {Chione) effeminata, Peri- 

 ploma discus, new species. 

 Stejnegcr, Licoiiard. On a new genus and species of Colubrine snakes from Nortli Amer- 

 ica 151-155 



Phyllorhynchus brounii, new genus and species. 



