686 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 188(3. 



Chakles R. Oroutt and William Healey Dall. Notes on the mollusks of the vi- 

 cinity of San Diego, Cal., and Todos Santos Bay, Lower California, by C bar lea 

 R. Orcntt, with comments by W. H. Dall. 



Proc. JJ. S. Nat. Mus., vm, Sept. 30. 1885, pp. 534-552, plate XXIV. 



This paper comprises a list of the species, with their stations, habits, etc., h.v Mr. Orcutt, 

 with systematic notes on various species, descriptions of La miliaria diegoenrig t Cm cam call 

 fornicum and C. orcutti, Lepr,othi/ra \av.lurida and Platidia vnr.radiata Dall, with an account 

 of the marsupium in the female Milncria minima Dall, and the light which this discoveiy 

 throws on the formation of the more specialized marsupium of Thecalia evneamerata Adams. 

 See under William Healey Dall. 



William Palmer. Occurrence of Helminthophila leucobronckiftli.s in Virginia. 

 The Auk, II, July 1885, p. 304. 



Announces the capture of this species near Fort Myer. The specimen wae presented to 

 the Museum by the author. 



Emory D. Potter. The Pike family. 



Forest and Stream, xxv, No. 9, Sept. 24, 1885, p. 168. 



Edward Potts. Fresh-water Sponges from Mexico. 



Proc. JJ. S. Nat. Mas , vni, Oct. 10, 18S5, pp. 587-589. One figure. 



Description of Myenia jdaaiosa Carter, var. Pctimieri Potts. Obtained by Dr. Edward Palmer 

 along the hanks of the Colorado River, near Terdo, Sonera, in northwestern Mexico. The. 

 specimens are preserved in the National Museum. 



John D. Quackenbos. The new tront of Sunapee Lake. 

 Forest and Stream, xxv, No. 8, Mar. 18, 1886, p. 149. 



John D. Quackenbos. The trout of Sunapee Lake. 



Forest and Stream, xxvi, No. 13, Apr. 22, 1886, p. 247. 



RICHARD Rathbun. An edible clam introduced on the Atlantic coast. 



Science, vi, No. 128, July 17, 1885, p. 53. 



Notice of the planting at tho Wood's Holl station of theU. S. Fish Commission of eight hun- 

 dred living specimens of Tapes staminea, known as the "little round clam," ohtained at, Hen- 

 derson's Bay, Puget Sound, near Tacoma, Washington Territory. 



Richard Rathbun. A crab invasion. 



Science, VI, No. 131, Aug. 14, 1S85, p. 135. 



Notice of the sudden appearance, on the sea-shore, at Cape San Antonio, western Cuba, of 

 countless myriads of young Grapsoid crabs, probably belonging to the genus Sesarina. 



Richard Rathbun. Report upon the Echini collected by theU. S. Fish Commission 

 steamer Albatross in the Gulf of Mexico, from January to March, 1885. 

 Proc. JJ. S. Nat. Mus., vni, Nov. 3, 1885, pp. 606-620. 



Contains a "Notice of tho Cruise of 1885," "List of the stations at which Echini were col- 

 lected in 1885," "Account of the species of Echini obtained in 1885," and " Lists of the spe- 

 cies obtained lu 1881 and 1835, arranged according to localities." Brief notes are given w T ith 

 inanj- of the species. The number of species collected in 1885 was thirty-one, the total num- 

 ber for 1881 and 1885 combined, forty. These were obtained in various depths from the litto- 

 ral zone to to 1,639 fathoms. 



Richard Rathbun. Notice of a collection of Stalked Crinoids made by the steamer 

 Albatross in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, 1884 and 1885. 

 Proc. JJ. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Dec. 7, 1885, pp. 628-635. 



Four species are recorded: Fhizocrinus Rawsoni, Pentacrimis decorus, P. Mulleri, and P. 

 asterius. A few notes aro given respecting each of the species, a few variations are described, 

 and lists aro given of all the specimens collected. 



Richard Rathbun. Notes on Lobster Culture. 



Bull. JJ. S. Fish Com., vi, Feb. 8, 1886, pp. 17-32. 



Contains an account of the experiments made at the Wood's Holl station of the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission during the summer of 1885, to ascertain the best method of handling lobster eggs for 

 the purposes of artificial lobster-culture. Tho following topics are also discussed : " Necessity 

 of attempting the artificial propagation of lobsters," "Bange and migrations of lobsters," 

 "Spawning season and habits, developments, and rate of growth," "Experiments previously 

 made in lobster-culture," " Transplanting of lobsters." 



