204 KEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1881. 



A collectiouof Carboniferous fossils from Charles H. Townsend, Baird, 

 Shasta County, California. This embraces 56 specimens, and is a desir- 

 able addition to the collection already in the Museum from that place, 

 as no other locality of Paleozoic fossils is known on the Pacific coast. 



A specimen of Orthoceras sp.? from the Coal Measures near Burling- 

 ton, Kans., received from Mr. James B. Quil, of Burlington, Kans. 



A fine specimen of Productus semireficulatus, from J. J. Watts, Peach 

 Springs, West Tennessee. 



One worn specimen of Syringopora sp.? (Carboniferous), a pebble in 

 Paria River, Southern Utah, received from Mr. A. L. Siler, Hillsdale, 

 Utah. 



Eeceived (accession No. 14347) from Mr. E. B. Knapp, of Skaneateles, 

 N. Y., a collection comprising 14 genera, 17 species, of Devonian fossils, 

 as per the following lists : 



No. of specimens. 

 Hamilton formation : 



Strophodonia concava, Hall 1 



Slrophodonta varistriataf ConraA 1 



Rhynckonella ( />. ) limitaris, Vanuxem 3 



Rhynchouella {L. ) quadricosiattts, Vanuxem 2 



Athyris Cora, Hall 1 



Airypa reticularis, Liunajus 2 



Microdon bellistriatiis, Conrad 1 



Modiomorpha coiicentriva, Conrad 2 



Modiomorplm alia, Conrad 1 



Grammysia sitbarcuaia, Hall 1 



Nyassa arguta, Hall I 



Paracyclas liraia. Conrad 1 



NuculUes triqueter, Conrad 2 



Nucula Eandalli, Hall 1 



Fleurotomaria suUomarfiinata, Conrad 1 



Pleurotomaria anicomaryinata (Morrisville, N. Y.) 1 



Corniferons limestone : 



Slrophomena rhoviboidalis, Wahlenberg 1 



Oriskany sandstone : 



Spiri/era arenosa, Conrad 1 



Miscellaneous U. S. National Museum accessions : 



Stromatoporaf sp.? Upper Coal Measures, Pleasant Hill, Mo. From Mr. G. C. 



Broadhead, Pleasant Hill, Mo 3 



14564. Fusulina cylindrica. A quantity of free specimens. From L. O. Perley, 



Emporia, Kans. 

 14019. Astylospongia prwviorsa. Niagara formation, Tennessee. From Mr. 



W. M. Clark, Nashville, Tenn 1 



14309. Illcenu8 crassicauda, var. Trenton limestone, Lexington, Va. From 



Mr. M. B. Harding, Lexington, Va 2 



13966. Scaphiocrinua. Two beautiftil specimens on one block. Crawfordsville, 



Ind. From Capt. George M. Wheeler, U. S. A. 

 Microdiscus speciosus. Middle Cambrian, Troy, N. Y. From Mr. S. W. Ford, 



Schodack Landing, N. Y 2 



Halysitea catenulaia, Linn. Drift of Park County, Indiana. From G. D. Lind, 



M. D., Danville, Ind I 



Oholella polita, Hall. 

 Hyolithea primordialia, HaU. 



