756 SCIENTIFIC RECORD FOR 1885. 



Whiteaves, J. F. — Description of a new Species of Ammonite from 

 the Cretaceous Rocks of Fort Saint John, on the Peace River. Trans. 

 Boy. Soc. Canada, vol. ii, section iv, 1884, pp. 239, 240. 1885. Mon- 

 treal. (Read May 23, 1884.) 



The specimens were collected mostly from large concretionary nodules 

 in shales which, from their position, may possibly represent the Fort 

 Benton group of the Upper Missouri Cretaceous. The generic position 

 of the species is doubtful, but the author proposes for it the name of 

 Buchiceras (?) cornutum, although he says it is quite as likely to be an 

 Acanthoceras or an HopUtes. 



.Whiteaves, J. F. — ]Jfote on a Decapod Crustacean from the Upper 

 Cretaceous of Highwood River, Alberta, North West Terr. Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. Canada, vol. ii, section iv, pp. 237, 238. 1885. Montreal. 

 (Read May 21, 1884.) 



The specimen described is too imperfect to admit of the determina- 

 tion of its exact generic position, but the author proposes for the i^res- 

 ent to designate it as Soploparia (?) Canadensis. 



Whitfield, R. P. — An American Silurian Scorpion. Science, vol. vi, 

 No. 130, pp. 87, 88, fig. on p. 88. July, 1885. Cambridge. 



Describes and names FalceopJionus Oshorni, from the waterlime beds 

 of the Lower Helderberg group, at Waterville, Oneida County, New 

 York. The author expresses doubt as to its being a land animal. 



Whitfield, R. P. — On a Fossil Scorpion from the Silurian Rocks of 

 America. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., October 10, 1885, vol. i, No. 6, 

 pp. 181-190, pis. xix and xx, figs. 1, 2 on pp. 188, 189. New York. 



Proposes the new genus Froscorpius, and describes as its type P. Os- 

 horni from the waterlime beds of the Lower Helderberg at Waterville, 

 N. Y. The author places this species in the following manner: 



Order Scorpiouidea, Lund. 



Suborder Anthracoscorpii, T. & L. 



Family Eoscorpionidse, Scudder. 



Subfamily Proscorpioniui, Scudder. 



Genus Proscorpius, Whitfield. 



The species was previously named Palwophonvs Oshorni by him. 

 [See Science, vol. vi, No. 130, p. 88.) 



Whitfield, R. P. — Notice of a new Cephalopod from the Niagara 

 Rocks of Indiana. Bull. Amer. Mus, Nat. Hist., October 10, 1885, 

 vol. I, No. 6, pp. 191, 192, pi. xxi. New York. 



Describes Lituites Bichnoreanus from the Dolomite limestone of the 

 Niagara group at Wabash City, Ind. 



