160 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



Seth E. Meek. Description of a new species of Hybojjsis (Hybopsis montanus). 

 Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., vii, Jan. 19, 1885, pp. 526-527. 

 See also under David S. Jordan. 



Seth E. Meek and Edward A. Hall. A review of the American genera and species 

 of Batrachidae.* 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1885, p. 52. 



George P. Merrill. Volcanic dust from Southwestern Nebraska. 

 Science, April 24, 1885, p. 209. 

 A brief note; the subject being more fully dealt with in a subsequent paper. 



George P. Merrill. On supposed crude jade from Alaska. 

 Science, March 13, 1885, p 209. 



Giving the results of the author's examination of the supposed jade brought in by the 

 exploring parties under Commanders Stoney and Healy. 



George P. Merrill. On hornblende andesite from the new volcano on Bogosloff 

 Island, in Bering Sea. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., viii, April 20, 1885, pp. 31-33. 



This paper gives the results of chemical and microscopic examinations of sundry blocks of 

 lava ejected from the heretofore little known volcano on Bogosloff Island. 



George P. Merrill. On deposits of volcanic dust and sand in Southwestern Ne- 

 braska. 



Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mux., viii, May 23, 1885, pp. 99-100. 



This paper gives the results of microscopic examination, together with mode of occurrence 

 of samples of a fine pumice dust received from Mr. Henry Zahn, of Plattsmouth, Nebr. 



George P. Merrill. [Report on the Department of lithology and physical geology, 

 U. S. National Museum, 1883.] 



Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1883 (1885), pp. 2G3-2G6. (Also, pp. 103-106 of Report 

 on National Museum, published as a separate.) 



Charles Morris. On the air-bladder of fishes.* 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1885, p. 124. 



John Murdoch. Description of seven new species of Crustacea and one worm from 

 Arctic Alaska. 



Proc .V. S. Nat. Mus., vii., 1884 (1885), pp. 518-522. 

 The following species were obtained by the Point Barrow Signal Service party, under command of 

 First Lieut. P. H. Ray, U. S. A., and of which Mr. Murdoch was a member. They were collected at 

 Point Barrow, Point Franklin, and Norton Sound, and are here published in advance of the general 

 report : 



CRUSTACEA. 



Page. 



Pandalus dapifer 519 



Mysis Rayii 519 



Acanthozone polyacantha 520 



Melitaformosa 520 



Melita leonis 521 



Dulichia arctica - 521 



Polyartemia Hazeni 522 



VERMES. 



Arenicola glacialis 522 



John Murdoch. Notes on some species of birds attributed to Point Barrow, Alaska. 



The Auk, ii, pp. 200-201. 



Based on collections and observations made by the author for the National Museum. 



Willard Nye, Jr. Notes upon octopus, flying-fish, &c, taken during the Albatross 



cruise in January, 1884. 

 Bull. TJ. S. Fish. Com., v, June 29, 1885, pp. 187-190. 



* Bearing indirectly on Museum material. 



