REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 77 



The microscopic plant and animal world in ultraviolet liglat, by Florence E. 

 Meier. 



The history of an insect's stomach, by R. E. Snodgrass. 



Ticks and the role they play in the transmission of diseases, by F. O. Bishopp. 



The forehead, by AleS PlrdliCka. 



The historical significance of Tepe Gawra, by E. S. Speiser. 



Indian manuscripts of southern Mexico, by Herbert J. Spinden. 



Archeology of the Bering Sea region, by Henry B. Collins, Jr. 



Report for 193Ji,. — The report of the Secretary, which included 

 the financial report of the executive committee of the Board of 

 Kegents, and will form part of the annual report of the Board of 

 Regents to Congress, was issued in December 1934. 



Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial re- 

 port of the executive committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending 

 June 30, 1934. 78 pp., 1 pi. (Publ. 3289.) 



The report volume, containing the general appendix, was in press 

 at the close of the year. 



SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS 



Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1934. 88 pp., 

 84 pis. (Publ. 3300.) April 22, 1935. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



The editorial work of the National Museum has continued during 

 the year under the immediate direction of the editor, Paul H. 

 Oehser. There were issued 1 annual report and T separates from 

 the Proceedings, as follows: 



MUSEUM KEPOET 



Report on the progress and condition of the United States National Museum 

 for the year ended June 30, 1934. 109 pp. 



PROCEEDINGS : VOLUME 83 



No. 2972. Corijnecrinus, a new Devonian crinoid genus. By Edwin Kirk. 

 Pp. 1-7, pi. 1. 



No. 2973. American muscoid flies of the genera Ceratomyiella and Paradi- 

 dyma. By H. J. Reinhard. Pp. 9^8. 



No. 2974. Revision of the American two-winged flies belonging to the genus 

 Cuphocera. By H. J. Reinhard. Pp. 45-70. 



No. 2975. Some fossil corals from the West Indies. By John W. Wells. 

 Pp. 71-110, pis. 2-5. 



No. 2976. Fossil hares from the late Pliocene of southern Idaho. By C. Lewis 

 Gazin. Pp. 111-121, figs. 1-5. 



No. 2977. Parasites of fishes in Galveston Bay. By Asa C. Chandler. 

 Pp. 123-157, pis. e-12. 



No, 2978. On the Reptilia of the Kirtland formation of New Mexico, with 

 descriptions of new species of fossil turtles. By Charles W. Gilmore. Pp. 

 159-188, figs. &-17, pis. 13-18. 



