poison apparatus. In a short chapter on the phylogeny of poisonous snakes, the author states that the poison gland was probably the first of the specialized structures to appear, and that the elaborate, erectile, grooved fangs were of later development. The poison gland "is equivalent to, if not identical with, the parotid of the mammalia?" The remainder of the work is given up to a consideration of the venom itself. There are chapters on its physical and chemical properties; symptoms of venom poisoning in man and in lower animals; and on the organism as a whole and upon specific organs and tissues. There follow chapters on artificial and natural immunity, with a technical discussion of antivenins. The final chapter, “Treatment of Snake Bites," contains a careful review of the various so-called antidotes with a scientific testing of their value. The monograph ends with a bibliography of about 400 titles and an index. No. 159. HOWARD, L. O., HARRISON G. DYAR, and FREDERICK KNAB. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies. In 4 volumes. Octavo. Price $10.00 per set of 4 volumes. Vol. I. A General Consideration of Mosquitoes, their Habits and their Relations to the Human Species. VII+520 pages, 14 plates, 6 text figs. Published 1912. X pages, 150 plates. Published 1912. Vol. 2. Vol. 3. Systematic Description, Part I. Pages vI+523. Published 1915. This report contains a full account of the mosquitoes of North America, from the Isthmus of Panama northward, including the West Indies and Trinidad, but exclusive of the Arctic regions. Tables are given for determining the genera and species, both as larvæ and adults, with full accounts of each species, with synonymy and bibliography, and their life-histories and habits so far as known, illustrated by numerous drawings of male genitalia, larvæ and larval details, eggs, and pupæ. The introductory first volume gives a general consideration of the anatomy and of the different stages of mosquitoes, their metamorphosis and habits; also an outline of the most recent results in the study of mosquitoes as carriers of disease, accounts of other relations of these insects to man, and a full general discussion of the subject. All the methods of control of the noxious species are discussed, especially in their relations to the individual species concerned in the transfer of diseases, of which the most important are yellow fever and malaria. No. 18. MORSE, ALBERT P. Researches on North American Acridiida. Octavo, 56 pages, 8 plates. Published 1904. Price $0.50. The investigation on which this report is made was directed toward the acquisition of facts of faunal, biological, and morphological value concerning the acridian investigation is given, together with a statement of the results secured; the data on which the generalized statements are based; an annotated list of the species taken, with locality, habitat, and the date of capture; brief notes on the geographical and zonal distribution of the genera of North American Acridiida; and contributions to locust biology in the shape of a classification of locust habitats and societies and an explanation of brachypterism in Orthoptera. No. 68. MORSE, ALBERT P. Further Researches on North American Acridiida. Octavo, 54 pages, 10 plates, 1 text figure. Published 1907. Price $0.50. The above report is based upon data obtained during the second field trip in the summer of 1905. The purpose of the latter trip, like that of the former, was to secure general information regarding North American locust fauna and its ecology over a wide extent of little-studied territory. A large amount of material and biological data were secured, together with several previously undescribed forms. No 197. WRIGHT, ALBERT HAZEN. Life Histories of North American Anura: The Anura of Ithaca, New York. Octavo, 98 pages, 21 plates. Published 1914. Price $2.00. This work treats of eight of the common species of the eastern United States and considers their general habits, the temperature and time of first appearance in the spring, the mating and egg-laying phenomena, the characters of the eggs and their hatching periods, the characters of the tadpoles and their larval periods. the transformation sizes and seasons, and finally the autumn disappearance. The plates and the text figures illustrate the amplexation of each form, the egg masses, the individual eggs, the tadpoles, the transformed examples, and other interesting phases of their life histories. No. 291. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies. Octavo, 184 pages, 53 plates. Published 1919. Price $3.50. This book contains the following papers, not sold separately: VAUGHAN, THOMAS WAYLAND.-Introduction. 4 pages. HOWE, MARSHALL A.-Fossil Calcareous Algæ from the Leeward Islands. 11 pp., 6 pls. COOKE, CHARLES WYTHE.-Fossil Mullusca from the Leeward Islands and Cuba. RATHBUN, MARY J-Fossil Decapod Crustacea from the West Indies. 28 pp., 9 pls. T. W. Vaughan in the introduction states the auspices under which the papers presented in this volume were prepared and the general object of the investigations. M. A. Howe describes calcareous algæ from the upper Eocene of St. Bartholomew, the middle Oligocene of Antigua, and the upper Oligocene of Anguilla. J. A. Cushman describes Foraminifera from the upper Eocene of St. Bartholomew and Cuba, the middle Oligocene of Antigua, the upper Oligocene of Anguilla, the Oligocene of Cuba, and the Miocene of Saint Martin, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Cuba. F. Canu and R. S. Bassler describe Bryozoa from the middle Oligocene of Antigua, the upper Oligocene of Anguilla, and the Miocene of Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. C. W. Cooke describes Mollusca from the Eocene of St. Bartholomew, the middle Oligocene of Antigua, the upper Oligocene of Anguilla, and the Oligocene and Miocene of Cuba, and brachiopods from the Eocene of St. Bartholomew. Miss M. J. Rathbun describes Decapod Crustacea from the Eocene of St. Bartholomew and Trinidad, the upper Oligocene of Anguilla, and the Miocene of the Dominican Republic and Trinidad. No. 293. TREADWELL, A. L. In press. Leodicidae of the West Indian Region. Quarto. No. 294. MORTENSEN, TH. Studies in the Development of Crinoids. Quarto. In press. This paper gives a detailed description of the embryonic development of three new types of Crinoids, and a partial account of that of three other types. Tropiometra carinata of Tobago, West Indian Islands, was reared from the egg to the fixed stage. The development of Florometra serratissima from Japan is described, as are also the embryos of the three viviparous Antarctic forms Isometra vivipara, Notocrinus virilis, and Thaumatometra nutrix. The importance of this paper is largely due to the fact that our previous knowledge of the development of Crinoids was based on the study of but one genus, Antedon. For other works relating to Zoology, see Experimental Evolution, Variation, and Heredity, pages 97-112. In the following pages the numbers in the blacker figures which immediately follow the names of authors are the serial numbers of the publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Where such numbers are not given the titles cited refer to miscellaneous reports and papers contained in the Year Books of the Institution and to some unnumbered works. The smaller figures arranged in a column are the pages of this pamphlet containing notice of the work referred to. Where the entry has no figure in this column further information is to be sought in the index of the Year Book or other works cited. The contraction Y. B. signifies Year Book, and the following figures designate the serial numbers of the Year Books. ABBE, CLEVELAND, concerning Research in Meteorology. Y. B. 1. -, concerning Astrophysical Observatory. Y. B. 2. ABBOT, C. G., concerning Smithsonian Expedition on Mount Wilson. Y. B. 6. ' on Physical Investigations on the Urazoles. Y. B. 6. on Investigation of Flow of Rocks. Y. B. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. ADAMS, WALTER S., 138. Investigation of the Rotation Period of the Sun by Spectroscopic Methods -, report on Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. Y. B. 9, 10. ADLER, CYRUS, report concerning Bibliography. Y. B. 1. AGASSIZ, ALEXANDER, concerning Exploration and Study of the Tropical Pacific Ocean. Y. B. 1. ALLEN, E. T., 31. Isomorphism and Thermal Properties of Feldspars..... ..... ALSBERG, CARL L., 177. Venom of Heloderma... 3, 67 4, 56 11, 27 3, 43 12, 44 11, 67 13, 147 AMES, JOSEPH S., concerning Standard Wave-lengths. Y. B. 4. 9, 38 7, 56 7, 68 90A. Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783, in 7,69 on Preparation of a General History of the Colonies in America. ANGSTRÖM, K., concerning Astrophysical Observatory. Y. B. 2. 4, 87 -, concerning Investigations in Nutrition. Y. B. 2, 3, 4. AULT, J. P., 175. (Vol. III.) Ocean Magnetic Observations 1905-1916, and Reports on Special Researches 13, 54 AUWERS, ARTHUR, concerning Southern Observatories. Y. B. 2. print and Translation of.... 23 BACKLUND, O., concerning Southern Observatories. Y. B. 2. 7, 56 BALDWIN, A. L., 87. Collaborator in Report on California Earthquake.... BANCROFT, WILDER D., concerning Systematic Chemical Study of Alloys. Y. B. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. BANDELIER, ADOLF F., Completion of a Documentary History of the Rio Banta, A. M., 67. Fauna of Mayfield's Cave.... on Inhibition of Pigmentation. Y. B. 13. on Modifying Effects of Cave Conditions. Y. B. 13. BAR, LUDWIG VON, Introduction to Works of Rachel and Textor..... Y. B. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. -, on an Attempt to Colonize the Tree Snail. Y. B. 14, 15. on Planting Bahama Cerions on Florida Keys. Y. B. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. 62, 96. Condensation of Vapor as Induced by Nuclei and Ions.. concerning Study of Diffusion of Gases through Liquids. Y.B.11,14. 80. Conductivity and Viscosity in Mixed Solvents. BASSLER, RAY S., 291. Fossil Bryozoa BASSOT, L., concerning Magnetic Research. Y. B. 2. BATE, J. P., Translator of works of Ayala, Rachel, Textor, and Victoria.. 5, 108 23 20, 85 18, 30 15, 140 21, 147 4, 44 14, 45 14, 46 17, 46 18, 46 18, 47 5, 37 6, 38 22, 149 23 175. (Vol. III.) Ocean Magnetic Observations, 1905-1916, and 175. (Vol. II.) Land Magnetic Observations, 1911-1913, and Spe- 13, 53 13, 53 13, 54 concerning Magnetic Survey of North Pacific Ocean. Y. B. 3. ...... -, report on Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Y. B. 3, 4, 5, 6, BAXTER, GREGORY P., 135. Researches upon the Atomic Weights of Cad- mium, Manganese, Bromine, etc. 11, 51 concerning Atomic Weights. Y. B. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. Liver, and Spleen in Man BECKER, E., concerning Southern Observatories. Y. B. 2. 20, 85 |