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OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Number 158 
[2656] Lanszweert, L. 1855. [Comments on a means of pre¬ 
venting smut in wheat]. Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, 1(1):74. 
(Remarks presented at the Academy meeting held on 12 
November and printed in a four-page signature dated 
Nov. 1855. The next signature, starting with p. 75 is 
dated Dec., 1853 [s/c].) 
[166] Ayres, William Orville. 1855. [Comments on some 
fish referred to the genera Hemilepidotus or Scorpaen- 
ichthys, with description of a new genus and species]. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural 
Sciences, ser. 1, l(l):75-77. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held on 24 
December 1855 and published by year’s end on 31 
December.) 
[167] Ayres, William Orville. 1855. [Remarks on a collec¬ 
tion of fishes made by Lieut. W.P. Trowbridge at or near 
Cape Flattery, W.T.]. Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, 1(1):75. 
[3679] Trask, John Boardman. 1856. On the earthquakes in 
California, from 1812 to 1855. Proceedings of the Cali¬ 
fornia Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, l(2):80-82. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held 14 January. 
This article was also published in the American Journal 
of Science, ser. 2, 22[July 1856] : 110-116, pis. 2-3. Also 
reprinted in 1873 in reset type in the 2nd [or reprint] ed. 
of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 85-89 [q.v.].) 
[3680] Trask, John Boardman. 1856. Description of a new 
species of ammonite and baculite, from the Tertiary 
rocks of Chico Creek. Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, l(2):85-86, pi. 2. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held 17 March. Also 
reprinted in 1873 in reset type in the 2nd [or reprint] ed. 
of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 92-93 [q.v.].) 
[3681] Trask, John Boardman. 1856. Description of three 
new species of the genus Plagiostoma, from the Cre¬ 
taceous rocks of Los Angeles. Proceedings of the Cali¬ 
fornia Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, 1(2):86, 
pi. 3. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held 17 March 
1856. Also reprinted in 1873 in reset type in the 2nd [or 
reprint] ed. of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 93-94 [q.v.].) 
[2450] Kellogg, Albert. 1856. [Remarks on an Ephedra or 
joint fir]. Proceedings of the California Academy of 
Natural Sciences, ser. 1, 1(2):87. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held 21 April 1856. 
Also reprinted in 1873 in reset type in the 2nd [or 
reprint] ed. of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 94 [q.v.].) 
[3572] Stimpson, William. 1856. On some California 
Crustacea. Proceedings of the California Academy of 
Natural Sciences, ser. 1, l(2):87-90. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held 28 April 1856. 
Also reprinted in 1873 in reset type in the 2nd [or 
reprint] ed. of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 95-99 [q.v.].) 
[168] Ayres, William Orville. 1856. [Description of a new 
species of mackerel]. Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, 1(2):92. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 20 
October 1856. Also reprinted in 1873 in reset type in the 
2nd [or reprint] ed. of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 101-102 
[q.v.].) 
[3682] Trask, John Boardman. 1857. [On earthquakes in 
California during 1856], Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, l(2):93-94. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held 12 January 
1857. Also reprinted in 1873 in reset type in the 2nd [or 
reprint] ed. of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 102-104 [q.v.].) 
[448] Blake, William Phipps. 1857. Note on the occurrence 
of telluret of silver in California. Proceedings of the 
California Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, 1(2): 
96-97. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held 23 
February 1857. Also reprinted in 1873 in reset type in 
the 2nd [or reprint] ed. of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 
107-108 [q.v.].) 
[2451] Kellogg, Albert. 1857. [On a new species of oak]. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural 
Sciences, ser. 1, 1(2):96. 
(Paper presented at the Academy meeting held on 
January 25, 1857. Reprinted in 1873 in reset type in the 
2nd [or reprint] ed. of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 106 
[q.v.].) 
[3683] Trask, John Boardman. 1857. On the direction and 
velocity of the earthquake in California, January 9, 
1857. Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural 
Sciences, ser. 1, 1(2):98. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held 30 March 
1857. Also reprinted in 1873 in reset type in the 2nd [or 
reprint] ed. of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 109-110 [q.v.].) 
[3684] Trask, John Boardman. 1857. On some new 
microorganisms. Proceedings of the California Acad¬ 
emy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, 1(2):99-100, pi. 6*. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held sometime 
between 30 March and 5 October 1857 [incomplete 
data]. Reprinted in 1873 in reset type in the 2nd [or 
reprint] ed. of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 112-114 [q.v.]. 
Plate 6, though cited in the text, was withdrawn by Trask 
before publication [see p. 99, Leptosiagon gracilis ng. 
ns.— Trask — Plate 6 et seq.]. The plate titled 
“Fumorales of the Colorado Desert” to accompany the 
presentation by J.A. Veatch, “Notes of a visit to the 
“Mud Volcanoes” in the Colorado Desert. . .” [q.v., pp. 
104-108], was then renumbered plate 6.) 
[3685] Trask, John Boardman. 1857. [Nine new species of 
zoophytes from the Bay of San Francisco], Proceedings 
of the California Academy of Natural Sciences, ser. 1, 
1(2): 100-102, pis. 4-5. 
(Presented at the Academy meeting held sometime 
between 30 March and 5 October 1857 [incomplete 
data]. Reprinted in 1873 in reset type in the 2nd [or 
reprint] ed. of PCANS, ser. 1, vol.l, pp. 112-113 [q.v.].) 
[1504] Garrett, Andrew. 1857. [New species of marine 
