28 The Humming Bird. 



Report on Birds, by A. K. Fisher. 



Report on Reptiles and Batrachians, by Leonhard 

 Steineger. 



Report on Fishes, by Charles H. Gilbert. 



Report on Insects, by C. V. Ryley. 



Report on Mollusks, by E. C. Stearns. 



Report on Desert Trees and Shrubs, by C. Hart Merriam. 



Report on Desert Cactuses and Yuccas, by C. Hart 

 Marriam. 



List of Localities, by T. S. Palmer. Fourteen black 

 plates and five maps are given. SCELOPORUS CLARKii, 

 MAGISTER, ZOSTEROMUS, ORCUTTI, BOULENGERI, and FLORI- 

 DANA, are figured on plate i. PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM, 

 BLAINVILLEI, GOODEI, and PLATYRHINOS, on plate ii. XANTUSIA 

 VIGILIS, Salvadora HEXALEPIS, Bufo HALOPHILUS, NELSONI, 

 and Rana FISHERI, sp. nov., on plate iii. SAUROMALUS ATER 

 on plate iv. EMPETRICHTHYS MERRIAMI, gen. et sp. nov., 

 on plate 5. RHINICHTHYS NEVADENSIS, sp. nov., and VELIFER, 

 sp. nov., on plate vi. OPUNTIA ACANTHOCARPA, WHIPPLEI, 

 PARRYI, and RUTILA, on plates vii. to xi. YUCCA BACCATA, 

 ARBORESCENS, and MACROCARPA, on plates xii. to xiv. Amni- 

 COLA, MICROCOCCUS, and FLUMINICOLA MERRIAMI, are 

 figured in text, pages 277 and 282. The fine maps illustrate: — 

 The General Route-Map of the Expedition, Lower Division 

 of the Lower Sonoran Zone, Distribution of Leconte thrasker 

 (HARPORHYNCHUS LECONTEl), Distribution of the Creosote 

 Bush (LARREA TRIDENTATA) and Distribution of the Tree 

 Yucca (YUCCA ARBORESCENS). Derivations, names, and 

 localities, are given for 137 species of Birds and 56 species of 

 Reptiles, 13 species of Fishes. A list of about 800 species 

 of Insects is given, many new species are pointed out ; two 

 new genera and 18 species of DlPTERA are described, also one 

 new genus, and 10 new species of Hemiptera Heteroptera, 

 and two new species of ORTHOPTERA. 47 species of MOL- 

 LUSKS are pointed out, among which, one new species, Amni- 

 COLA MICROCOCCUS. A list of 144 species of trees and 

 shrubs, is given, and lastly 23 species of CACTUSES, YUCCAS 

 and Agave. 



1892. — Anales del Instituto fisico-geografico y 

 DEL MUSEO NACIONAL DE COSTA Rica, Tome III., San José, 

 Costa-Rica. Contents : — Observaciones meterologicas, Viaje 

 de Exploracion al Rio Grande de Terraba, by H. Pittier, 

 with map. La Parte Sur Este de la Republica de Costa-Rica, 



