1042 BULLETIN 92, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Proniopalaeaster prenuntius Schuchert. 



Promopalasaster prenuntius Schuchert, in Froch, Foss. Cat., 1, Anim., pt. 3, 1914, 

 p. 34 (nom. nud.); Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 88, 1915, p. 107, pi. 13, fig. 3; pi. 

 15, fig. 5. 



Trenton (Hermitage) : Frankfort, Kentucky. 



Proniopake aster speciosus (Meek). 



Asterias antiquata Locke, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 3, 1848, p. 32, fig. 

 Palseasterina antiquata Shumard, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 2, 1866, p. 382 



(gen. ref.). 

 Palaeaster antiquata Hall, 20th Rep. New York State Cab. Hist., 1868, p. 286; 



rev. ed., 1870, p. 328.— James, Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 18, 1895, 



p. 130. 

 Palaeaster speciosus Meek, Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., 4, 1872, p. 277; Geol. Surv. 



Ohio, Pal., 1, 1873, p. 61.— James, Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 18, 1895, 



p. 131. 

 Palaeaster granulosa Meek (not Hall, 1868), Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., 4, 1872, 



p. 276; Geol. Surv. Ohio, Pal., 1, 1873, p. 60, pi. 4, figs. 3a-c— Lesley, Geol. 



Surv. Pennsylvania, Pep. P 4, 1889, p. 576, figs. 

 Promopakeaster speciosus Schuchert in Freeh, Foss. Cat., 1, Anim., pt. 3, 1914, 



p. 34, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 88, 1915, p. 109, pi. 14, figs. 3, 4; pi. 15, figs. 1-4. 

 Maysville: Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Observation. — Although antedating P. speciosa, Asterias antiquata was so 

 poorly figured that it could not be recognized. 



Promopalaeaster sphmlosus (Miller and Dyer). 



Paleeaster spinulosus Miller and Dyer, Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 1, 1878, 



p. 32, pi. 2, figs. 12, 12a, b.— James, ibid., 18, 1895, p. 129. 

 Promopalaeaster spinulosus Schuchert in Freeh, Foss. Cat., 1, Anim., pt. 3, 1914, 



p. 34; Bull. IT. S. Nat. Mus., 88, 1915, p. 115, pi. 16, fig. 2; pi. 17, figs. 1, 2; 



pi. 18, figs. 1-3. 

 Palaeaster longibrachiatus Miller, Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 1, 1S78, p. 102, 



pi. 3, fig. 4.— James, ibid., 18, 1895, p. 132. 

 * Richmond (Waynesville) : Clarksville, Ohio. 



Plesiotype.— Cat. No. 40881, U.S.N.M. (holotype of P. longibrachiatus). 



Promopalaeaster? wilsoni (Raymond). 



Palaeaster? wilsoni Raymond, Ottawa Nat., 26, 1912, p. 78, pi. 5, figs. 1-4. 

 Promopalaeaster wilsoni Schuchert in Freeh, Foss. Cat., 1, Anim., pt. 3, 1914, 



p. 34; Bull. IT. S. Nat. Mus., 88, 1915, p. 106, pi. 13, figs. 1, 2. 

 Black River (Lowville): City View, near Ottawa, Ontario. 



Promopalaeaster wykoffl (Miller and Gurley). 



Palaeaster wykoffi Miller and Gurley, Bull. Illinois State Mus. Nat. Hist., 12, 



1897, p. 46, pi. 3, fig. 27. 

 Promopalaeaster wykoffi Schuchert in Freeh, Foss. Cat., 1, Anim., pt. 3, 1914> 



p. 34; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 88, 1915, p. 117, pi. 18, fig. 6; pi. 19, fig. 2. 

 Richmond: Near Madison, Indiana. 



Propora of authors. See Lyellia Edwards and Haime. 



PROSCORPIUS Whitfield. Genotype: P. osborni Whitfield. 



Proscorpius Whitfield, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1, 1885, p. 183.— Miller, 

 N. A. Geol. Pal., 1889, p. 571. 



