524 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER 



OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



161. 



1896. Dall, W. H. Insular land-shell 

 faunas, especially as illustrated 

 by the data obtained by Dr. G. 

 Baur in the Galapagos Islands. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1896, Aug. , 

 pp. 395-459, 3 pis. 

 Based in part on Albatross collections. 

 The following species are described as 

 new: Bulimulus nesioticus, B. sp. 



162. 



1896. Jordan, David Starr, et al. 

 Observations on the fur seals of 

 the Pribilof Islands. Prelim- 

 inary Report. 



Treas. Dept. Doc. No. 1913, 69 pp., 

 chart. 



A preliminary report by the commis- 

 sion of investigation into the condition 

 of the fur-seal fisheries. See Nos. 186, 

 187. The Albatross was detailed for this 

 work. 



163. 



1896-1900. Jordan, David Starr, and 

 Barton Warren Ever- 

 mann. Fishes of North 

 and Middle America. A 

 descriptive catalogue of 

 the species of fish-like ver- 

 tebrates found in the 

 waters of North America 

 north of the Isthmus of 

 Panama. 



Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., Parts i-iv, 

 lviii+3313 pp., 392 pis. 



The most valuable representation of 

 our knowledge of the fauna in question. 

 Contains descriptions of nearly all 

 fishes brought to light by the investi- 

 gations of the steamship Albatross. 

 Genera and species from Albatross col- 

 lections here described as new are as 

 follows: Palometa, Enneistus, Xystro- 

 perca, Alcidea, Archistes, Stelgistrum, 

 Sternias, Oxycottus, Nautiscus, Brys- 

 sophilus, Embryx, Albatrossia, Bogoslo- 

 vius, Verasper, Ramularia, Perissias, 

 Crystallichthys, Prognurus, Leuresthes 

 crameri, Mugil thoburni, Archistes plu- 

 marius, Radulinus boleoides, Stelgistrum 

 stejnegeri, Nautiscus pribilovius, Podo- 

 thecus hamlini, P. thompsoni, Averrun- 

 cus sterletus, Gnathypops snyderi, Hip- 

 poglossoides haviiltoni, Verasper moseri, 

 Osmerus albatrossis, Bathylagus milleri, 

 Oligoplites mundus, Crystallichthys mi- 

 rabilis, Prognurus cypselurus, Larimus 

 acclivus, Iridio kirschii, Sebastodes aleu- 

 tianus. 



164. 



1896. Townsend, C. H., F. W. True, 

 and A. B. Alexander. Re- 

 ports of agents, officers, and per- 

 sons acting under the authority 

 of the Secretary of the Treasury 

 in relation to the condition of 

 seal life on the rookeries of the 

 Pribilof Islands, and to pelagic 

 sealing in Bering Sea and the 

 North Pacific Ocean, 1883-1895. 

 Part II. — Condition of seal life 

 on the rookeries of the Pribilof 

 Islands, 1893-1895. 



Senate Doc. No. 137, part 2, 54th 

 Cong., 1st sess., 154 pp., 19 pis., 11 

 charts; atlas of 46 pis. 

 Reports on fur-seal fisheries, made in 

 connection with the work of the steam- 

 ship Albatross. 



165. 



1896. Verrill, A. E. The Opisthoteu- 

 thidse, a remarkable new family 

 of deep-sea Cephalopoda, with 

 remarks on some points in mol- 

 luscan morphology. 



Am. Jour. Sci. 1896, fourth series, 

 vol.2, No. 7— July, pp. 74-80, 7 figs. 



A second specimen of Opisthoteuthis 

 agassizii noted as dredged by the Alba- 

 tross. 



166. 



1896. Dall, W. H. Diagnoses of new 

 species of Mollusks from the 

 west coast of America. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1895, vol. 18, 

 pp. 7-20. 



Based on Albatross collections. New 

 species here described: Calliostoma 

 iridium, C. turbinum, Anaplocamus bo- 

 realis, Solariella nuda, S. ceratophora, 

 Rimula expansa, Emarginula flabellum, 

 Choristes carpenteri, Benthodolium pa- 

 cificum, Phos cocosensis, Cominella brun- 

 neocincta. Fusus rufocaudatus, Tracto- 

 lira sparta, Scaphella benthalis, Cancel- 

 laria centvota, C. io, Pleurotoma aulaca, 

 Pleurotomella castanea, Nucula iphi- 

 genia, Limopsis compressus, Philobrya 

 atlantica, Callocardia lepta, C. ovalis, 

 C. gigas, Callogonia angulata, Periploma 

 stearnsii, P. carpenteri. 



167. 



1896. Goes, Axel. Reports on the 

 dredging operations off the west 

 coast of Central America to the 

 Galapagos, to the west coast of 



