PALEONTOLOGY. 285 



In the paper (180) on the " Upi)er Tertiar^^ Invertebrates from the 

 west side of Chesapeake Bay," tlie author gives a list of twenty-five 

 species discovered inside a large BaJanus concavns Bronn ', one new 

 si)ecies is described : Aligena aharpi, sp. nov., p. 171, and wood cut. In 

 the article (187) on the two books of Conrad on Tertiary shells, the 

 author gives information in regard to imperfections which have ap- 

 peared in various coi)ies of T. A. Conrad's " Fossil Shells of the Tertiary 

 Formations," and " Fossils of the Tertiary Formations." 



C. L. Webster (272) has written an article on the geology of Jolinsou 

 County, at the close of which, p. 419. is given a list of eighteen species 

 of land and fresh -water shells, collected from the Loess of Johnson 

 County by Prof. B. Shimek, of Iowa City, five of which are said not to 

 occur as living forms in the county at the present time. 



B. Shimek (239) ])ul)lishes notes on the fossils of the Loess at Iowa 

 City; a list of twenty-five species is given with comments, but no 

 species are described. 



R. Ellsworth Call (19) defines a new Post-Pliocene Limnroid, refer- 

 ring it to the genus rompholyx, Lea, and describing it under the name 

 Pomjyholopsis whitei (subgen. et sp. nov.), ]). 147, f. 1-3, from Tassajara 

 Hills, California. Comparison is made of this genus with the genera 

 Carinifex, Binney, Pomphohjx, Lea, and Vorticifex, Meek. 



T. H. Aldrich (1), in a pai)er in the Journal of the Cincinnati Society 

 of Natural Science (vol. x, pj). 78-83), describes the following new 

 species : 



Dosinia viercenaroidea, p. 82, no ligure. 

 Sigaretus {Sigaiicus) Clarkcanns, p. 83, uo figure. 

 Phijsa choctavensis, j). S'.i, no figure. 

 Physa eJongatoidea, p. 83, no figure. 

 Mathilda Claihorneiisis, p. 83, uo figure. 



Angelo Heilprin (100) has published in the Transactions of the Wag- 

 ner Free Institute an account of his explorations of the west coast of 

 Florida. Sev^eral new species are described as follows : 



Pliocene ("Floridian") Caloosahatchie, Florida: 



Fusus Caloosaensia, p. 68, pi. i, f. 1. 



Fasciolaria scalarina, p. G9, pi. i, f. 2. 



Melongena subcoronata, p. 70, pi. i, f. 3, 3a. 



Fulgur rapnm, p. 71, pi. ii, f. 4. 



Ttirbinella regina, p. 74, pi. iii, f. 5. 



Fasnm horridnm, p. 75 and p. 132, pi. iv, f. G, Ca, pi. xvi a, f. 72. 



MazzaJinn hulhosa, p. 76. jil. ii, f. 7. 



Voluta Floridana, p. 77, pi. v, f. 8. 



Mitra lincolaia, p. 79. pi. ii, f, 9, 9a ; p. 1.33, j)!. xvirt, f. 74. 



Cohimhella rusiicoidcs, p. ^1, pi. viii, f. 9*. 



Conns Trijom, p. 82, pi. v, f. 10 ; \i. 133, pi. xvift, f, 7.5. 



Stromhus Lcidyi, p. 84, pi. vi, f. 11 ; p. 7, f. 11a. 



Siphocyprma (anhgen. nov.), j). 86. 



Cypram {Siphocyproia) proilematica,\i. 87, pi. iv, f. 12, 12«, 12i; p. 133, pi. xvia, 



f. 73. 

 Turritella perattenuata, p. 88, j)!. viii, f. 13. 



