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Wm. M. Gabb described, from the Eocene at Wheelock, and in Cald- 

 well county, Texas, Belosepia ungiila, Odontopolys compsorhytis, 

 Fusus morto7iio23sis, Neptunea enterogramma., Turris moorei, T. kel- 

 loggi, now Surcula kelloggi, T. nodocarinata, now Surcula nodocari- 

 nata^ T. retifera, T. texana, Eticheilodon reticulatum^ Scobinella crassi- 

 pUcata, S. IcevipUcata, Distortio septemdentata, Phos texanus, Agaro- 

 nia punctuUfera, now Olivula punctulifera, Fasciolaria polita, F. 

 moorei^ now Cordiera moorei, Cymhiola texana, Mitra exilis, M. 

 mooreana, now Lapparia mooreana, Erato semenoides, now Mar- 

 ginella semenoides, Neverita arata, Lunatia moorei. Architectonic a 

 meekana, A. texana, A. vespertina, Spirorbis leptostoma, Turritella 

 nasuta, Fnlima exilis, E. tenua, Dentalium minutistriatum, Ditrupa 

 suhcoarctata, now Gadus subcoarctatus. Bulla Jcelloggi, Volvula 

 conradana, V. minutissima, Helcion leanus, Corbula texana, Tellina 

 mooreana, Leda compsa, now Nuculana compsa, Noetia pulchra, 

 Crassatella antestriata, Anomia apTii'ppioides, Serpula texana; from 

 Alabama, Cirsotrema megaptera, Leiorhinus crassilahris, Axincea 

 intercostata, and Pecten spillmani. 



He described, from the Miocene, near Shiloh, New Jersey, Cantharus 

 cumberlandana, Fasciolaria woodi, Natica hemicrypta, llercenaria 

 cancellata, and from Maurice river, New Jersey, Ostrea mauricensis. 



Gabb and Horn described, from the Eocene, in Caldwell county, 

 Texas, Flabelluni pachyphyllum and Trochosmilia mortohi. 



Prof. Leo Lesquereux* described, from the lower Eocene or lignitic 

 Tertiar}- of Tennessee and Mississippi, Ifagnolia hilgardana and 

 Rhamnus marginatus. 



Meek and Haydenf described, from the Miocene of the Bad Lands 

 of White river, Plauorbis leidyi and P. vetulus. 



Prof. J. W. DawsonJ described, from the Pliocene of Labrador, the 

 foraminifer, JSTonionina labradorica. 



In 1861, Prof. C. H. Hitchcock§ said that there is not a mountain in 

 Maine, fragments of which will not be found scattered over the coun- 

 try to the south or southeast. The granite of the Katahdin region is 

 scattered over the southern part of Penobscot count}', and the rocks of 

 Mt. Abraham and Mt. Blue may be recognized among the bowlders in 

 Kennebec county. One of the effects of the drift action is the smooth- 



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