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parasites to escape the effects of cooking, and enter the human 

 body alive. If any one is barbarous enough to eat raw pork 

 he must be prepared to take the consequences. 



THE L(ESS AND ITS FOSSILS. 



(CONTINUED.) 



B. SHIMEK. 



I. The Fossils. . 



During the past summer the writer collected numerous 

 specimens of Loess fossils in eastern Nebraska and western 

 Iowa, concerning which the following supplemental report 

 may be of interest. 



The species which were obtained in new localities, but do 

 not in any way effect the general comparisons already made, 

 except to emphasize what has already been said concerning 

 each one, are the following: 



Helicina occulta^ Say. From Otoe, Douglas and Sarpy 

 counties, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie county, Iowa. 



Zonites radiatuhis. Alder. Otoe county, Nebraska, and 

 Pottawattamie county, Iowa. 



HeJicodiscus lineattcs, (Say) Morse. Douglas county, Ne- 

 braska, and Fremont and Pottawattamie counties, Iowa. 



Patida stj'iatcUa, (Anth.) Morse. Sarpy and Otoe coun- 

 ties, Nebraska, and Fremont county, Iowa. 



Stenotrema leaii, (Ward) Binn. Sarpy and Douglas coun- 

 ties, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie county, Iowa. 



Vallonia -pulchella^ (Muell.) Binn. Otoe and Douglas 

 counties, Nebraska, and Fremont and Pottawattamie counties, 

 Iowa. 



