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Miss Mary G. Rathbun of the United States National Museum, 

 the Anomura, Macrura and Stomatopoda by Dr. W. L. 

 Schmitt, and the Amphipoda by Dr. C. R. Shoemaker of the 

 same institution. The Congo Myriapods have been assigned 

 to Professor Ralph V. Chamberlain of the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., while Mr. Miner is work- 

 ing on the West Indian and local Myriapods. Considerable 

 work has also been done on the collections made by the Crocker 

 Land Expedition ; the Echinoderms have been identified by Dr. 

 Austin H. Clark, the Parasitic Crustacea by Professor C. B. 

 Wilson, the Parasitic Worms by Professor H. B. Ward, the 

 Bryozoa by Professor R. C. Osburn, the Cirripedes by Pro- 

 fessor H. A. Pilsbry, the Amphipods by Dr. C. R. Shoe- 

 maker, the Mollusks by Dr. Frank C. Baker and the Ascidians 

 by Dr. W. G. Van Name. The following entomological papers 

 have been published in the Bulletin: Chris E. Olsen, "North 

 American Cicadellidse in the Collection of The American 

 Museum of Natural History" ; Chas. W. Leng and Andrew J. 

 Mutchler, "Insects of Florida, V. The Water Beetles" ; Wm. 

 Barnes and J. McDunnough, "Life Histories of North Ameri- 

 can Species of the Genus Catocala" ; E. P. Felt, "Notes and 

 Descriptions of Itonididae in the Collection of The American 

 Museum of Natural History" ; A. H. Sturtevant, "A Synopsis 

 of the Nearctic Species of the Genus Drosophila (sensu lato)" ; 

 Nathan Banks, "The Termites of Panama and British Guiana" ; 

 T. D. A. Cockerell, "Bees from British Guiana"; and J. 

 Bequaert, "A Revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo 

 Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Ex- 

 pedition, with a List of Ethiopian Diplopterous Wasps." A 

 Memoir, "Illustrations of the North American Species of the 

 Genus Catocala by Wm. Beutenmiiller, with Additional 

 Plates and Text," by Wm. Barnes and J. McDunnough, con- 

 tains twenty- two plates, seventeen of which consist of a large 

 number of excellent colored figures of adults and larvae. 

 Several entomological papers by various authors are in press. 

 In addition, Messrs. Wheeler, Leng and Watson have published 

 various papers in other periodicals, and Dr. Lutz's "Field Book 

 of Insects, with Special Reference to Those of Northeastern 

 United States, Aiming to Answer Common Questions" has 



