246. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. XVIII. 1872. 4to., pp. 646, 10 woodcuts, 5 plates, 3 charts. CONTENTS. SCHOTT, C. A. Tables of rain and snow. No. 222. STOCKWELL, J. N. Secular variations of the orbits of planets. No. 232. FERREL, W. Converging series, expressing the ratio between the diame- No. 233. 247. Arrangement of the Families of Fishes, or Classes Pisces, Marsipobranchii, and Leptocardii. By THEODORE GILL. November, 1872. Svo., pp. 96. (M. C. XI.) 248. On the Geology of Lower Louisiana and the Salt Deposit on Petite Anse Island. By EUGENE W. HILGARD. June, 1872. 4to., pp. 38, 4 woodcuts, 2 plates. (S. C. XXIII.) 249. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year 1871. 42d Congress, 1st Session. Senate Mis. Doc. No. 149. 1873. 8vo., pp. 473, 3 woodcuts. CONTENTS. HENRY, J. Secretary's report of operations. List of meteorological stations and observers. Meteorological material contributed to Smithsonian Institution. Meteorological articles received by the Institution, and deposited in the Library of Congress. Auroras, earthquakes, etc. DODGE, N. S. Memoir of Sir John Frederick William Herschel. ARAGO, M. Eulogy on Joseph Fourier. ODLING, W. Professor Thomas Graham's scientific work. HELMHOLTZ, H. On the relation of the physical sciences to science in KORNHUBER, G. A. Alternate generation and parthenogenesis in the Present state of our knowledge of cryptogamous plants. STOCKWELL, J. N. Recent researches on the secular variations of the planetary orbits. DE FOREST, E. L. Methods of interpolation applicable to the graduation of irregular series, such as tables of mortality. Part I. DE SAUSSURE, H. Report on the transactions of the Society of Physics and Natural History of Geneva, from July, 1870, to June, 1871. Expedition toward the North Pole : HENRY, J.; HILGARD, J. E.; NEWCOMB, S.; BAIRD, S. F.; MEEK, ETHNOLOGY: COMFORT, A. J. Indian mounds near Fort Wadsworth, Dakota. BERTHOUD, E. L. Antiquities on the Cache la Poudre River, Weld county, Colorado Territory. LYON, W. B. Antiquities in New Mexico. CROOK, G. Indian mode of making arrow-heads and obtaining fire. PETER, R. ROHRIG, F. L. O. On the language of the Dakota or Sioux Indians. METEOROLOGY, with notes by Professor Henry : LATIMER, G. Meteorology of Porto Rico. COLLINS, Colonel. Meteorology of the Green river country. LAMARK. Distinction between tornadoes and tempests. MEEK, J. B. Account of a tornado which occurred in Spruce Creek HENRY, J. Effect of the moon on the weather. KNIGHT, R. T.; HENRY, J. Connection of gales of wind and appearance of the aurora. HARRISON, W. Account of a storm in Butler county, Kansas, June 23, 1871. 250. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. X. 1873. 8vo., pp. 913, 5 woodcuts. CONTENTS. CARPENTER, P. P. Mollusks of western North America. No. 252. HENRY, J. HENRY, J. Instructions for observations of thunder storms. No. 235. HENRY, J. HENRY, J. Directions for constructing lightning rods. No. 237. BAIRD, S. F. Questions relative to the food fishes of the United States. BAIRD, S. F. Memoranda of inquiry relative to food fishes. No. 234. List of institutions, etc., in the United States in correspondence with the Smithsonian Institution. No. 238. List of foreign correspondents of the Smithsonian Institution, for 1872. Check list of publications of the Smithsonian Institution, 1872. No. 245. 251. Memoir of C. F. P. Von Martius. By C. RAU. 1871. 8vo., pp. 12. 252. The Mollusks of Western North America. December, 1872. 8vo., pp. 446, 4 woodcuts. CONTENTS. By P. P. CARPENTER. (M. C. x.) Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the mollusca of the west coast of North America. Review of Professor C. B. Adams' "Catalogue of the Shells of Panama " from the type specimens. 252. Mollusks of Western America-Continued. Diagnoses of new forms of mollusks collected at Cape St. Lucas, Lower Contributions towards a monograph of the pandorida. Diagnoses of new forms of mollusca from the Vancouver district. Diagnoses of new species and a new genus of mollusks, from the Reigen Mazatlan collection; with an account of additional specimens presented to the British Museum. Descriptions of new species and varieties of chitonidæ and acmæidæ, from the Panama collection of the late Prof. C. B. Adams. Diagnoses of new species of mollusks from the west tropical region of Diagnoses of new forms of mollusca from the west coast of North Amer- Diagnoses of new forms of mollusca, collected by Col. E. Jewett, on the west tropical shores of North America. Diagnoses des mollusques nouveaux provenant de Californie et faisant On the pleistocene fossils collected by Col. E. Jewett, at Santa Barbara, 253. Land and Fresh Water Shells of North America. Part IV. Strepomatidae (American Melanians). By GEO. W. TRYON, Jr. December, 1873. 8vo., pp. 490, 871 woodcuts. (M. C. xvi. 254. Synopsis of American Wasps. Solitary Wasps. By HENRY DE SAUSSURE. December, 1875. 8vo., pp. 430, 4 plates of 31 figures. (M.C. XIV.) 255. The Constants of Nature. Part I. Specific Gravities: Boiling and Melting Points; and Chemical Formulæ. By FRANK WIGGLESWORTH CLARKE. December, 1873. 8vo., pp. 272. (M. C. XII.) 256. Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part III. By H. LOEW. December, 1873. 8vo., pp. 381, 4 plates of 116 figures. (M. C. XI.) 257. Systematic Index to List of Foreign Correspondents of the Smithsonian Institution. 1872. 8vo., pp. 30. (M. C. x.) 258. Bibliographical Index to North American Botany; or, Citations of Authorities for all the recorded Indigenous and Naturalized Species of the Flora of North America; with a Chronological Arrangement of the Synonymy. Part I. Polypetala. By SERENO WATSON. March, 1878. 8vo., pp. 484. (M. C. xv.) 259. Explorations of the Aboriginal Remains of Tennessee. By JOSEPH JONES. October, 1876. 4to., pp. 181, 110 woodcuts. (S. C. XXII.) 260. Regulations of the Smithsonian Institution. January, 1872. 8vo., pp. 41, 1 woodcut. 261. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects. By A. S. PACKARD, Jr. 1873. 8vo., pp. 60, 55 woodcuts. (M. C. XI.) 262. An Investigation of the Orbit of Uranus, with General Tables of its Motion. By SIMON NEWCOMB. August, 1873. 4to., pp. 296. (S. C. XIX.) 263. Circular of Instructions to Observatories relative to Telegraphic Announcements of Astronomical Discoveries. By JOSEPH. HENRY. May, 1873. 8vo., pp. 4. (M. C. XII.)' 264. New Species of North American Coleoptera. Part II. By JOHN L. LE CONTE. 1873. 8vo., pp. 74. (pp. 169-240.) (M. C. XI.) 265. Classification of the JOHN L. LE CONTE. Coleoptera of North America. 8vo., pp. 72. Part II. By (pp. 279-348.) (M. C. XI.) 266. On the Structure of Cancerous Tumors and the mode in which Adjacent Parts are Invaded. TONER LECTURE No. I. Delivered March 28, 1873. By J. J. WOODWARD. November, 1873. 8vo., pp. 44. 5 woodcuts. (M. C. xv.) 267. The Haidah Indians of Queen Charlotte's Islands, British Columbia, with a brief description of their Carvings, Tattoo Designs, etc. By JAMES G. SWAN. July, 1874. 4to., pp. 22, 7 plates of 24 figures. (S. C. XXI.) 268. The Winds of the Globe; or, the Laws of Atmospheric Circulation over the Surface of the Earth. By JAMES HENRY COFFIN. The tables completed and maps drawn by S. J. Coffin, with a discussion and analysis of the tables and charts by Alexander Woikof. December, 1875. 4to., pp. 781, 4 woodcuts, 26 plates of 221 figures. (S. C. xx.) 269. The Sculptures of Santa Lucia Cosumalwhuapa, in Guatemala, with an account of travels in Central America and on the Western Coast of South America. By S. HABEL. 1878. 4to., pp. 94, 8 plates of 25 figures. (S. C. XXII.) 270. Catalogue of the described Diptera of North America. By C. R. OSTEN SACKEN. 1878. 8vo., pp. 324. (M. C. XVI.) 271. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year 1872. 42d Congress, 3d Session. House of Representatives, Mis. Doc. No. 107. 1873. 8vo., pp. 456, 109 woodcuts. CONTENTS. HENRY, J. Secretary's report of operations. 271. Report for 1872-Continued. List of meteorological stations and observers. Report of Committee of Regents on Corcoran Art Gallery. BACHE, A. D. Bequest to National Academy of Sciences. CORCORAN, W. W. Deed of gift of Art Gallery. TONER, J. M. HENRY, J. Deed of foundation of Toner lectures. Trust fund for the promotion of science in the U. S. ARAGO, M. Eulogy on Ampère. FISCHER, F. Scientific labors of Edward Lartet. PEABODY, A. P. Scientific education of mechanics and artisans. BAUER, A. Organic bases. KLETZINSKY, Prof. Nitrogen bodies of modern chemistry. EGLESTON, T. Scheme for the qualitative determination of substances by the blowpipe. Blowpipe apparatus of Hawkins and Wale. SUESS, E. Boundary line between geology and history. BREZINA, A. Explanation of the principles of crystallography and crystallophysics. DONATI, G. B. Phenomena in telegraphic lines during the aurora borealis. BROCA, P. The Troglodytes, or cave dwellers, of the valley of the RAU, C. Ancient aboriginal trade in North America. RAU, C. North American stone implements. BRUFF, J. G. Indian engravings on the face of rocks along Green River valley in the Sierra Nevadas. LEE, J. C. Y. BARRANDT, A. BREED, E. E. .DEAN, C. K. WARNER, J. CUTTS, J. B. Ancient ruin in Arizona. Haystack mound, Lincoln county, Dakota. Earthworks in Wisconsin. Mound in Wisconsin. Big elephant mound in Grant county, Wisconsin. Ancient relics in northwestern Iowa. PERRINE, T. M. Mounds near Anna, Union county, Illinois. PETER, R. Ancient mounds in Kentucky. STEPHENSON, M. F. Mounds in Bartow county, Georgia. MCKINLEY, W. Mounds in McIntosh and Early counties, Georgia. HOTCHKISS, T. P. LOCKETT, S. H. Prehistoric remains in vicinity of City of Washing DEVEREUX, J. H. Catalogue of cabinet of Indian relics presented to Smithsonian Institution. DEVEREUX, J. H. Ancient pottery from Phillips County, Arkansas. KIPP, J. On the accuracy of Catlin's account of the Mandan cere monies. |