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corals. The discovery of four new forms of coralsin the Kinder- 
hook ‘‘ isa matter of much interest. This interest is also increased 
by the fact that they are all of types which are unusual in at 
least American Carboniferous strata ; and although there is no @ 
priori reason why the presence of these types might not be ex- 
pected in Carboniferous strata, according to our present knowl- 
edge such a group of corals is not without a certain Devonian 
facies.” 
The author describes the following new species from the Chou- 
teau limestones of Sedalia. Zaphrentis calceola, White and 
Whitfield ; Chonophyllum Sedaliense, White ; Michilinia (?) pla- 
centa, White; M. expansa, White, and Lithostrotion microsty- 
lum, White. 
In the “ Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.,” Vol. 4, No. 3, Dr. G. 
Hambach describes Pentremites Sampsoni from the Chouteau 
limestone and Codonites campanulatus, Lower Burlington series 
of Sedalia. Descriptions of these species are also included in the 
‘* Bull. Sedalia Nat. Hist. Soc.,” 1885, p. 29. 
Amongst the Paleozoic Crustacea collected at Sedalia we have 
the new species described in the following paper: Phillipsia 
Sampsoni and Griffithides (?) Sedaliensis from the Chouteau 
limestone, and others of a new species of the genus Proetus; 
one of these consists of a detached pygidium with 9 axial rings 
and 7% side ribs, bordered by a prominent limb, the axis being 
marked with three rows of nodes ; another specimen is entire and 
was procured from a chert nodule of the Chouteau limestone. 
The condition of these specimens will not permit of a detailed 
description, and we therefore only indicate the appearance of 
these fossils. 
In the overlying Burlington series, we have so far only one spec- 
imen of Phillipsia tuberculata, Meek and Worthen. The coa 
measures only furnish small worn fragments of Chetetes mille 
poraceus, Troost, but not in place. 
Both the Burlington and Chouteau beds here include layers 
of chert, and the latter also chert nodules in the limestone beds. 
DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF CARBONIFEROUS 
TRILOBITES. 
By A. W. VoapDEs. 
PHILLIPSIA SAMPSONI (n. s.) Vogdes. 
Description.—General form, oval. Cephalic shield parabolic, 
obtusely pointed in front, slightly broader than long. Glabella 
prominent, convex and but slightly tumid ; almost twice as long 
as broad, acutely rounded in front; basal lobes distinct, and 
