Section IV., 1899. [ 97 ] Trans. R. S. C. 



ly. — The Etcheminian Fauna of Smith Sound, Newfoundland. 

 By G. F. Matthew, D.Sc, LL D. 



(Read May 2.5th, 1899.) 



The species described in this article are from the Upper Limestone of 

 the Etcheminian Series at Smith Sound, an inlet of Trinity Bay, New- 

 foundland (one is from the shale immediately below the limestone) and 

 were collected in the summer of 1898. Special reference to " Horizon 

 and locality " is therefore unnecessary. 



The species are mostly new, though a few have been described by the 

 late E. Billings and by Mr. C. D. Walcott, Dii-ector of the United States 

 Geological Survey. 



BK4C HIOPOD A. 



OBOLELLA, Billings. 



Obolella cf. chromatica, Bill. (PL V., fig. 1.) 



cf. Obolella chroviatica, Bill., Palseoz. Foss., vol. i., p. 7, figs. 7 a-d. 



Obolella cf. chroynatica. Bill., Preliminary Notice of the Etcheminian Fauna of 



Newfoundland, Nat. Hist. Society of New Brunswick, Bull., No. xviii., 



p. 189, pi. i, fig. 1. 



Several imperfect valves of a small Obolella resembling the above 

 species of Billings in size and form were met with in the Hmestone. 



Sculpture. — The surface which is granulated, shows undulations of 

 gi'owth and faint and obscure radiating lines. 



KUTOEGINA, Billings. 



This genus was founded on a Brachiopod with a straight hinge-line 

 from Anse-au-Loup, Labrador, K. cingulata. To this Mr. AYalcott has 

 added K. scitlptilis, K. Whitfieldi, K. Zabradorica, K. pannula and K. 

 prospectensis. As however some of these species have a phosphatic shell, 

 it would seem that they should be transferred to some other genus. 

 Though Billings does not mention the composition of the shell of K. 

 cingulata, Mr. Walcott who has collected the shell, has announced that 

 it is calcareous. 



Sec. IV., 1899. 7. 



