NORTH AMERICAN l.N VLKTLIiRATE PALEONTOLOGY. 579 



The author describes n variety of Aucclla concentrlra Fisher, a new 

 species Cyprina ? dallH^ and a h)ug veiy slim ceplialopod, Belemnites 

 macritatiH. He discusses the a.aje of the strata containiug them, and 

 coucludes that they occupy a transitional position between the Creta 

 ceous and Jurassic, as indicated by Mr. J. Marcou. 



White, C. A. — Description of certain Aberrant P'orras of the Chamidte 

 from the Cretiiceous Eocks of Texas. (Ou Mesozoic Fossils. Bull. U". 

 S. Geol. Surv., vol. i, No. 4, pp. 9.3-07, pis. i-v. Washinjiton, 1884.) 

 Describes the following;- new species : Requieniapatagiata, MonopJeura 

 marcida and M. pingidscnda. Numerous figures accompany the descrip- 

 tions. 



White, C. A. — On the Xautiloid Genus EncUmMocerns Hyatt, and a 

 descri])tion of the tyi)e species. (On Mesozoic Fossils. Bull. (J. S. 

 Geol. Surv., vol. i, No. 4, pp. 104, 105, pis. vii-lx. Washin<>ton, 1884.) 

 The generic description is by Mr. A. Hyatt, and the specific descrip- 

 tion of ^. ulrtcJii is by Mr. C. A. White. 



White, C. A. — On the Macrodtcihf.s of Phillips, Plectosfjjins of Conrad, 

 and SoIenisc7is of Meek & Worthen. (Proc. U. S. National Museum, 

 vol. VI, pp. 184-187, pi. viii. Washington, 1883.) 



Kefers to Soleniscus a number of sjiecies previously described as 

 Macrocheilns. 



White, C. A. — Enemies and Parasites of the Oyster, past and present. 

 (Science, vol. in, p. G18. Cambridge, 1884.) 



The author shows that Cliona or a similar burrowTng sponge infested 

 certain brachiopod shells as early as the Devonian, and that similar forms 

 were as common upon the fossil Ostreida^ as they are uj)on the living. 

 He also shows that the remains of star-tishes are rarely found with fossil 

 Ostreidie, although they are so common an enemy to living oysters. 



White, C. A. — The Fossils of the Indiana Rocks, No. 3. (Indiana de- 

 partment of Geol. and Nat. Hist, (thirteenth annual report), i)art ii, 

 Palaoutology, pj). 107-180, pis. 23-39. John Collett, State geologist. 

 Indianapolis, 1884.) 



In this work Mr. White gives excellent descriptions of the character- 

 istic in vertebrate animal remains of the Carboniferous period, illustrated 

 by figures drawn by Mr. McConnell. Many of the figures are borrowed 

 from previous works, but their execution is good and gives an excellent 

 idea of the characteristic Carboniferous forms of the central coal basin. 



Whiteaves, J. F. — Mesozoic Fossils. Vol. i, i)art iii. On the fossils of 

 the coal-bearing deposits of the Queen Charlotte Islands, collected by- 

 Mr. G. M. Dawson in 1878. (Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey of Canada, 

 pp. 191-202, pis. 21-32. • Montreal, April, 1884.) 

 In this report the fossils occurring in a section 13,000 feet thick are 



described as Cretaceous. The three lower beds, aggregating 9,iT00 feet 



