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Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)

Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico): Monographs No. 3, Vol. II, Part 2

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Henry A. Pilsbry (au)
The growth of our knowledge of the N. Am. land snail fauna in the past century is shown, so far as the number of species is concerned, in the table in this vol. Thomas Say & his contemporaries described species mainly of the Middle States, the Ohio & lower Missouri valleys, & a few from Florida. The first comprehensive treatment was that of Dr. Amos Binney, 1851-2, which included beautiful illus. & also Dr. Joseph Leidy�s pioneer anatomic observations. After that, William G. Binney & his collaborator Thomas Bland were the leading authorities up to nearly the end of the century; they published several vols. The catalogue of species & subspecies in this vol. contains only native species, those imported since settlement of the country by Europeans being omitted though they are included in the descriptive part. Illus.

Catherwood Foundation Peruvian-Amazon Expedition: Limnological & Systematic Studies

Catherwood Foundation PeruvianAmazon Expedition: Limnological and Systematic Studies: Monographs No. 14

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Ruth Patrick (au)
This expedition to study the aquatic life in certain sections of rivers that are part of the Peruvian headwaters of the Amazon was funded by the Catherwood Foundation of Bryn Mawr, PA, & the Am. Philosophical Soc. (APS) in Philadelphia. The purpose of this expedition was to compare the pattern of aquatic life in rivers in the tropical zone with the pattern of aquatic life in rivers in the temperate zone in eastern & southern U.S. Contents: Introduction, by Ruth Patrick; Limnological Observations & Discussion of Results, by Ruth Patrick; Chemical, Physical, & Bacterial Characteristics, by Yvonne H. Swabey; & Systematic Studies: Essays by John Cairns, Jr., Frederick A. Aldrich, Selwyn S. Roback, Paul J. Spangler, Francis Drouet, H. Skuja, L.A. Whitford, & Matthew H. Hohn. Illus.

Australian Blattidae of the Subfamilies Chorisoneurinae & Ectobiinae (Orthoptera)

Australian Blattidae of the Subfamilies Chorisoneurinae and Ectobiinae (Orthoptera): Monographs No. 4

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Morgan Hebard (au)
Interest in Asiatic Blattidae coupled with gradual acquisition of considerable Malayan material led to author Hebard�s first large contribution toward a better knowledge of the subfamilies, genera, & species to be found there. Early in his Malayan studies (in the 1920s) he found it advisable to make comparisons, particularly with possibly closely related Australian species of the Blattidae. Having a very small representation of Australian Blattidae in the Phila. collections, Hebard undertook considerable exchanges with Australian Museums. Therefore, the present study was almost completed by 1929. It covers only the first two, but much the least well understood, subfamilies & is based on 551 specimens from the collections listed in the study. 14 plates.

Flora of the Upper Cretaceous Woodbine Sand in Denton County, Texas

Flora of the Upper Cretaceous Woodbine Sand in Denton County, Texas: Monographs No. 10

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Donald L. MacNeal (au)
In 1941 author MacNeal undertook to explore the western edge of outcrop of the Woodbine, which runs northeast to southwest through the eastern central part of Denton County, Texas. Here the Dexter sand member, a near-shore, largely non-marine deposit, was laid down before the transgressing Late Cretaceous sea had pushed the shore line to the northeastward to lay down the higher marine Lewisville beds. Not far within the western margin of the Woodbine belt, in the vicinity of the county seat, Denton, MacNeal found plant-bearing beds in four localities, & collected fossiliferous surface material in two other localities. He also found limited material in two localities outside Denton County, although no extended exploration was made. 36 plates.

Scrophulariaceae of Eastern Temperate North America

Scrophulariaceae of Eastern Temperate North America: Monographs No. 1

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Francis W. Pennell (au)
This study has grown from a smaller nucleus. It was originally planned to follow certain regional papers with a similar account of the family Scrophulariaceae (figwort or foxglove family) for the Middle Atlantic & North Central States. But both from the geographical viewpoint & from the taxonomic desire to discuss groups of related species, it soon seemed preferable to include the southern Appalachians & the whole Atlantic Coastal Plain; the flora of the northern states has been profoundly modified by the glacial epoch, & any understanding of the composition & distribution of our northern flora shold consider also the adjoining southern territory where vegetation was little or not affected & from which the north was again populated. So, although author Francis W. Pennell had earlier published some account of the Scrophulariaceae of those areas, it is was decided to include again the South Atlantic & the West Gulf States. The plan of this study is both more thorough & more comprehensive than those earlier efforts. Illus.

Study of the Fishes of the Southern Piedmont & Coastal Plain

Study of the Fishes of the Southern Piedmont and Coastal Plain: Monographs No. 7

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Henry W. Fowler (au)
The region embraced in this series of comprehensive studies lies between Maryland & Texas. It comprises the faunas of the various watersheds of this part of the Atlantic & Gulf slopes. Frequent comparison with many of the drainages of the Tennessee & Mississippi valleys has been necessary & therefore much of the material reported from those areas has been re-examined. The inception of this report, however, begins with the collections made by Dr. Francis Harper from 1930 to the present time. The various lots of fishes he gathered during his many southern trips in Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, parts of Florida & Alabama, have been studied, & most of his previously-reported materials were re-examined. Very extensive noteworthy collections were made by Joseph C. Galloway, who visited Florida regularly & traveled far for more than a decade. Supplementing these are author Henry W. Fowler�s own collecting trips & excursions through the south, donations from various contributors, & finally, especially important, the work of the various members of the staff of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in North Carolina in 1940, & of the Southern Piedmont-Coastal Plain Aquatic Survey of 1941, & again in 1942. Illus.

Results of the Fifth George Vanderbilt Expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Galapagos Archipelago & Mexican Pacific Islands)

Results of the Fifth George Vanderbilt Expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Galapagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific Islands): Monographs No. 6

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George Vanderbilt (au)
Contents: Introduction & Itinerary, by George Vanderbilt; The Birds, by James Bond & Rodolphe Meyer de Schaunsee; The Fishes, by Henry W. Fowler; The Crustacea, by G. Ayres Coventry; Index; Addenda; & Explanation of Plates 1 to 20. Illus.

Scrophulariaceae of the Western Himalayas

Scrophulariaceae of the Western Himalayas: Monographs No. 5

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Francis W. Pennell (au)
This study is based upon the collections made over more than 30 years prior to 1943 by Ralph Steward at Rawalpindi in northwestern India. It was in 1911, as a young instructor there, that Steward commenced the gathering of specimens, & in 1912 that he made his first trip into Kashmir. Since then he had been repeatedly into the Himalayas, spending vacations in Kashmir & collecting in adjacent territory north to Baltistan & east to Ladakh; he traversed the mountains of Lahul & Kulu, & also summered at Landour above Dehra Dun. Author Pennell made Stewart�s acquaintance in 1914 & 1915. Pennell asked that on his return to India he would pay particular attention to the Scrophulariaceae, a request that Stewart amply answered. 25 plates.

Fishes of the George Vanderbilt Expedition, 1937

Fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937: Monographs No. 2

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Henry W. Fowler (au)
This expedition was organized by Mr. & Mrs. George Vanderbilt under the auspices of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for natural history exploration in the tropical eastern & southern Pacific seas. The total number of genera represented in the ichthyological collections of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition of 1937 is 210, of species 434. Illustrations.

Revision of the Classification of the Oscillatoriaceae

Revision of the Classification of the Oscillatoriaceae: Monographs No. 15

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Francis Drouet (au)
Discovered the extent of morphological variation of the individual species of Oscillatoriaceae, a group of algae which cover a substantial part of the earth�s barren surfaces & constitute a goodly proportion of the conspicuous plants in its bodies of water. The capabilities of these algae for structural change during natural growth in diverse habitats, & in a single habitat as the environment changes, have been ignored. Plants deviating from the �typical� as a result of such variability have been interpreted as atypical or anomalous for the species concerned or have been described forthrightly as taxa new to science. The outcome of this investigation is comparable with that of a similar study of the coccoid Myxophyceae by Drouet & Daily (1956). Illustrations.