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15. Modern Natural History Museums and their relation to Public 

 Education. 



Scientific Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 1, January, 1918, pp. 5-36, pis. 1-15. 



16. The Fishes of Kentucky and Tennessee : A Distributional Catalogue 

 of the known Species. 



Bull. U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXXV, No. 858, January 10, 

 1918, pp. 295-368. 



17. A Century of Zoology in Indiana. 

 Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 1917, pp. 189-224 



18. The Turtles and Batrachians of the Lake Maxinkuckee Region. 

 Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 1917, pp. 472-518. 



Van Denburgh, John 



1. Concerning the Origin of the Soft-shelled Turtle, .Aspidonectes 

 californiana Rivers. 



Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Fourth Ser., Vol. VII, No. 2, pp. 33-36. July 

 27, 1917. 



2. Notes on the Herpetology of Guam, Mariana Islands. 



Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Fourth Ser., Vol. VII, No. 3, pp. 37-39, Julv 

 27, 1917. 



Van Duzee, Edward P. 



1. Catalogue of the Hemiptera of North America north of Mexico, 

 excepting the Aphididae Coccid;e, and Aleurodidae. 



University of California Publications, Technical Bulletins. Ento- 

 mology, Vol. 2, pp. I-XIV. 1-902, November 30, 1917. 



2. Report upon a Collection of Hemiptera made by Walter M. Giffard 

 in 1916 and 1917, chiefly in California. 



Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Fourth Ser., Vol. VII, No. ll, pp. 249-318, 

 December 31, 1917. 



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