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dlocarpum cornutum Daws. Abundant, and very finely preserved, never attached 

 — G. obliqmnn Daws. Quite abundant, also never attached. — Trigotiocarpmu 

 racemosum Daws. Rare. — Eunjpierus 2Ji(ii-caris Salter. The occurrence in Plant- 

 bed No. 2 of this minute crustacean was first detected by my friend Mr. George 

 Matthew. It is very rare, not more than four or five specimens having been found 

 by Messrs. Matthew, Payne, and myself at the time of the description of the species 

 by Salter. I have since that time succeeded in collecting nearly twice as many more, 

 some of which appear to belong to a new species. — Amph'q)eltls paradoxus Salter. 

 The specimen figured in Salter's paper was found by Professor Dawson and myself, in 

 breaking a piece of shale in my cabinet, that came from this bed. Only one other 

 specimen has since been obtained. It consists of two or more of the thoracic seg- 

 ments, and was collected by Mr. Lunn. It is in the collection of the Natural History 

 Society of New Brunswick. In addition to the above species, this bed has aflbrded 

 the following: — Cydojiteris, sp. nov — Neurop)teris, sp. nov. A single specimen 

 collected by Mr. Lunn. — Sphenop)teris, sp. nov. — Spirorhis erianus Daws. The leaves 

 of Cordaltes in the upper part of the bed are as thickly covered with a little 

 Sjyirorbis as are the fronds of the recent fucoids of the Ledges. The specimens 

 are poorly preserved. — Trilohites. Mr. Payne collected a minute trilobite from 

 from this bed, but it proved not determinable. — Insect Remains ! In the sum- 

 mer of 1862, I discovered an organism in Plant-bed No. 2, which at the time I could 

 make nothing of; but which I have since proved to be the Aving of an insect. Several 

 weeks after, I found in Plant-bed No. 8 an unequivocal insect's wing. This discovery was 

 followed by that of others, my father, J. W. Hartt, finding another in this bed. [The 

 insects of this bed are Gerephemera simplex and Xenoneura antiquoruji.] 



Compact flaggy sandstone, quite barren 5 feet 10 inches. 



Plant-bed No. 3 10 inches. 



Black and lead-colored shales, quite compact in upper part, but in lower very crum- 

 bling, splitting irregularly, slicken-sided, often with polished surfaces, and traversed by 

 thin quartz-veins. These shales are so soft that the sea and weather have everywhere 

 denuded them to the level of the beach. There are now no exposures of the bed work- 

 able. The following are the fossils which occur in it : — 



Calamites transitionis Goeppt. Occasionally. — C. cannaeformis Brongn. — Aste- 

 rop)hyllites latifolla Daws. Very beautiful whorls of this plant are very common 

 here, the whorls, though usually detached, being sometimes found united three or 

 four together. — Sporancjites acuminata Daws. Common. — Pinmdaria dlspcdans 

 Daws. Common. — PsUopjhyton elegans Daws. Occasionally. — P.(?) (jlah'um 

 Daws. Occasionally. — Cordcutes Bohhii Daws. Extremely abundant, but not so 

 well preserved as in Plant-bed No. 2. Leaves usually appear as polished bands of 

 graphite, with venation oljliterated. — Cyclopteris ohtusa Lesqx. Not very abundant. 

 — Neurop)terls pjolymorpha Daws. In beautiful specimens, common. — Sphenopteris 

 marginata Daws. Not counnon. — S. Hoeninghausll Brongn. Not common. — Pecop- 

 teris {Alethop)terls) dlscrepans Daws. It was here that I first discovered this species. 

 It occurs quite abundantly, but always in fragments. — Cardlocarpum cornutum Daws. 

 Quite common. — C. obVujuum Daws. Quite common. 



