LI8T OF PUBLICATIONS. 95 



VOLUME XVII, COIVTAINING PAPERS 976-1032. 



Smithsonian Institution. | United States National Museum. | | 



Proceedings | of the | United States National Museum 



Volume XVII. | 1894. | | Published under the direction of 



the Smithsonian Institution. | | Washington: | Government 



Printing Office. | 1896. 



8vo., pp. xiii, 1-765, 32 pis., 83 flge. 



P. 976. Notes on mammals of Baltistan and the Vale of Kashmir, pre- 

 sented to the National Museum by Dr. W. L. Abbott. By 

 Frederick W. True. 



pp. 1-16. 



P. 977. Description of a new lizard {Verticaria Mdingi), from^ Cali- 

 fornia. By Leonhard Stejneger. 



pp. 17-18. 



P. 978. Note on a blue mineral, supposed to be ultramarine, from 

 Silver City, New Mexico. By R. L. Packard. 



pp. 19-20. 



P. 979. Descriptions of two new species of crabs from the western 

 Indian Ocean, presented to the National Museum by Dr. 

 W. L. Abbott. By Mary J. Rathbun. 



pp. 21-24. 



P. 980. Descriptions of a new genus and two new species of African 

 fresh-water crabs. By Mary J. Rathbun. 



pp. 25-27. 



P. 981. An analysis of jadeite from Mogoung, Burma. By Oliver C. 

 Farrington. 



pp. 29-31. 



P. 982. Notes on some skeletons and skulls of porpoises of the genus 

 Prodelphinus, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in the Indian 

 Ocean. By Frederick W. True. 



pp. 33-37. 



P. 983. Description of nests and eggs of some new birds collected on 

 the island of Aldabra, northwest of Madagascar, by Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott. By Charles Bendire. 



pp. 39-41. 



P. 984. Notes on the crabs of the family Inachidse in the United States 

 National Museum. By Mary J. Rathbun. 



pp. 43-75, 1 plate. 



P. 985. On the formation of stalactites and gypsujai incrustations in 

 caves. By George P. Merrill. 



pp. 77-81, 4 pis. 



P. 986. Descriptions of a new genus and four new species of crabs 

 from the Antillean region. By Mary J. Rathbun. 



pp. 83-86. 



P. 987. The formation of sandstone concretions. By George P. 

 Merrill. 



pp. 87-88, 1 plate. 



