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DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. 



The Ganodonta and their Relationship to the Edentata. By J. L. Wort- 

 man, M.D. (pp. 59-110, with 36 text figures). 



The Huerfano Lake Basin, Southern Colorado, and its Wind River and 

 Bridger Fauna. By Henry Fairfield Osborn (pp. 247-258). 



A Revision of the Puerco Fauna. By W. D. Matthew (pp. 259-324, with 

 20 text figures.) 



DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. 



The Decorative Art of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast. By Franz 

 Boas (pp. 123-176, with 81 text figures). 



An Ancient Figure of Terra Cotta from the Valley of Mexico. By H. M. 

 Saville (pll. XXIII and XXIV, pp. 221-224, and 1 text figure). 



DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



Notes on Some Species of North American Moths. By William Beuten- 

 miiller (pp. 209-212). 



Notes on North American Sesiidse, with Descriptions of New Species 

 (pp. 213-216). 



Food Habits of North American Sesiidae. By William Beutenmuller 

 (pp. 217-220). 



Three New Species of Heterocerca from Sierra Leon, Africa. By W. 

 Schaus (pp. 325-327). 



Part III of Volume I of the Memoirs is in press, and will be 

 shortly issued, consisting of 9 plates and about 70 pages, by 

 Professor Osborn, forming Part I of his monograph, ' The Extinct 

 Rhinoceroses.' 



Eighteen plates have been printed for a memoir by Mr. M. H. 

 Saville on the ' Codex Legislatif,' and several plates have been 

 prepared for a forthcoming monograph of the Clear-winged 

 Moths (Sesiidae), by Mr. Win. Beutenmuller. 



A number of papers planned for publication in 1897 have been 

 necessarily deferred for various reasons, but mainly for lack of 

 money. Hence there remains in the hands of the Publication 

 Committee five papers ready for immediate publication in ' the 

 Bulletin. It is desirable, therefore, that the appropriation for this 

 branch of the Museum's work shall be largely increased for the 

 coming year. 



Exchanges of Duplicate Material. — Exchanges of 

 material have been made and are in process between this Insti- 

 tution and several of the museums at home and abroad, which 

 will add many new and desirable objects to the Department of 

 Anthropology, Vertebrate Zoology, and Vertebrate Palaeontology. 



