756 SCIENTIFIC RECORD FOR 1885. 



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

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

 Roy. 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 

 AcantJioceras or an Hoplites. 



Whiteaves, J. F*. — Note on a Decapod Crustacean from the Upper 



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



Roij. 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 pres- 

 ent to designate it as Moploparia (?) 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 Palceophonus Osborni, 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. Bidl. Am. Mus. Nat. Rist., October 10, 1885, vol. i, No. 6, 



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



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

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

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



Order Scorpionidea, Lund. 



Suborder Anthracoscorpii, T. & L. 



Family Eoscorpionidse, Scudder. 



Subfamily Proscorpionini, Scudder. 



Genus Proscorpius, Whitfield. 



The species was previously named Palceophonvs Osborni by him. 

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



Whitfield, R. P. — Notice of a new Cephalopod from {\\(i 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. 



