1889.] ReceJit Books and Pamphlets. 247 
In the Ustilaginese the genera are represented by species as 
follows: Ustilago— 21 ; Sphacelotheca— i ; Tilletia— 3 ;_ Uro- 
cystis— 9; Entyloma— 7; Melanotaenium— i; Tubercinia— 2; 
Doassansia— 2; Thecaphosa— 2 ; Sorosporium— i. The al- 
lied and associated species, viz., Graphiola— i; Entorrhiza— i ; 
Tuberculina— I, and Protomyces— 5, are added as a supple- 
ment, bringing the total of Ustilagineae up to 57 species. The 
whole number of descriptions in the book is two hundred and 
sixty- two. — Charles E. Bessey. 
RECENT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. 
Baxter, Sylvester— T\it Old New World— Salem, 1888. From the 
Hemingway Archseological Expedition. 
BIytt, ^.— The Probable Cause of the Displacement of Beach-lines. 
From the author. 
Brattner, John C.— The Cretaceous and Tertiary Geology of the 
Sergipe-Alagoas Basin of Brazil. Transactions of the American 
Philosophical Society, Vol. xvi, 1889. From the author. 
Broom, R.—On a Monstrosity of the Common Earth-worm, Lumbncus 
terrestris L. Transactions Natural History Society, Glasgow. 
From the author, 
Bron^niart, Charles— Tht Fossil Insects of the Primary Group of 
Rocks. Read before the Manchester Geological Society, Oct. 6, 
1885. From the author. 
Ellis, Have lock— \Nomtn and Marriage, or Evolution in Sex. From 
the author. 
Fewkes, J. IV.— On the emission of a colored fluid as a possible 
means of protection resorted to by Medusae. Extract Micro- 
scopist. From the author. 
On the serial relationship of the ambulacral and adambu- 
lacral plates in the Star Fishes. Extract Proceedings Boston 
Society Natural History. From the author. 
ffitchcock, a .y.-Recent Progress in Ichnology. Proceedings of 
Boston Society Natural History, Vol. xxiv. From the author. 
Lewis, T. ff.-Tht "Old Fort" Earthworks ^^ <^re^""P , ^Xv' 
Kentucky. Reprint from American Journal of Archaeology, 
Vol. iii, Nos. 3 and 4. From the author. 
-Lewis, T. ^.— Stone Monuments in Southern Dakota. Extract from 
. Anthropologist, April, 1889. From the author. 
