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2. Elcplias primigenius. 



The only known specimen fonnd in tlie county was a tooth un- 

 earthed in a gravel pit one-half mile south of Wailesboro in 1S98. It 

 was covered with seven feet of soil and gravel. Weight, nine pounds. 

 It was destroyed by fire in the office of Dr. Webster Peck, at Frank- 

 ton, Indiana. Identified l)y the writer. See Columbus. Ind.. Home 

 Advocate of September 9, 1S9S. 



3. Caridciif: nmn-iravvs (Harlan). 



Extinct elk. Post pliocene fossil. The specimen is the Os fro)itis 

 to which is attached the antler with two branches. Present length 

 two feet, weight five pounds. \\'hcn found it measured over seven 

 feet in length and was then incomplete. Py handling it has crumbled 

 to its present length. Pound in White River one mile east of Wailes- 

 boro. Identified by tlie writer. A meager descrii)tlon appeared in the 

 ColiiDihiis Herald of .lanuary L". lOitl. 



4. Cernifi rirf/iniainis. 



A'irginia deer. Sub-fossil. Specimen is the right frontal appendage 

 (antler). Found in Wayne Townshii) in bS'.tS. Identified by the 

 writer. 



Organic Acit) PiiospurDE.-^, 



P. N. Evans. 



Phosphorus in the organic phosphines shows such a perfect analogy to 

 nitrogen in the amines, that it seems strange that we should not be familiar 

 also with tlie phosphorus analogues of the acid amides— which we may 

 appropriately call pliosphidefi. Of this class of bodies no mention is made 

 in most books on organic chemistry, and an examination of the literature 

 shows only two of these substances to have been prepared and very super- 

 ficially investigated, namely, mono- and tri-chlor-acetyl phosphides, dating 

 back to the seventies. 



With a view to preparing other representatives of this class and ex- 

 amining them, the methods used to make the acid amides were considered 

 as to their applicability; the reaction between hydrogen ph sphile (PH3) 

 and acid chlorides seemed to be the most promising by which to attempt 

 to jirepare new acid i)hos])hides. 



