

WHOLE i\C 42. 



THE 



We^t * American * Scientist. 



JL 1 J 



A popular teview and record for the Pacific Coast. 

 Official Organ 0/ the San Diego Society of Natural History. 



C. R. ORCUTT, 



Editor. 



CONTENTS: 



Page 

 Cremation George William Barnes, M. D. 1 



The Gold Fields of Lower California C R. Orcutt 4 



Hints About Killing Lepidoptera Frank E. Blaisde/l, 6 



Preliminary Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Chara- 



cinidae C. H. Cjf R. S. Eigenmann, 7 



A New Florida Bulimulus Berlin H. Wright, 8 



Description of New Nematognathoid Fishes from Brazil 



C. H. & R. S. Eigenmann, 8 



on the Florn of Custer County, Colorado T.D.A.Cockerell, 10 



Brief Articles: — Our A balone Fisheries; Colorado Beetles; Pro- 

 f Scientific Societies; San Diego Society of 

 Natural History 12-13 



Bibliography 13 



Editorial ' 15 



and News 17 



Errata. 19 



SAMUEL CARSON & CO., 



PUBLISHERS. 



.0. 208 Post Street, - San Francisco, Calif. 



No. 961 Fourth Street, Plaza, San Diego, Calif 



; 10 Cents. Per Year, $i.oo. 



