NO. 1441. AMJ^RICAN rALKOZOlC IXSECTS—HAXDLIRSCH. 809 



FOSSILS WRONdLV IDKNTIFIKD AS INSECTS. 



"EUEPHEMERITES SIMPLEX" Scudder. 



EKiHiiiiirriU'ft Kiiiiplc.i- Scuddek, (leol. Surv. llliiinis. III, IStiS, p. ."iTl, (i.u; .^. 

 l\ii, plK'iiii'riti's xriiii>lc.r L.U'OE, List Pal. Fuss Ins., l.ss:;, p. 7. 

 /•'plii'iiieritex niiii/)lt'.r Scudder, Mem. Hostoii Soc, ill, ISSo, |i. :','A). 



Localitij. — Mazoii Creek, iietir Morris, Illinois. PciuisyUanian; 

 Kittaniiiiit^- '. (Allegheny) .stag'e. 



"EUEPHEMERITES GIGAS " Scudder. 



Knp\iviiter\ivA gigax Sci'ddek, (ieol. Surv. Illinois, III, 186S, |). .^71, fitr. 9. 

 Euejilii'iiwrifi's yi(/as Lacoe, List Pal. Foss. Ins., 188.'^), ]>. 7. 

 J'yphetiwrite-'i (jignx Scuddei;, Mem. Boston Soc, III, 188.^, p. 'AhO. 



Loaf/if//. — Mazoii Creek, near Morris. Illinois. Pennsylvanian; 

 Kittannino- '( (Allegheny) stage. 



"EUEPHEMERITES AFFINIS " Scudder. 



Ettphenu'rllct (il)iiiln Sci'ddek, (ieol. Surv. Illinois, 111, 1868, p. 571', i\ff. 10. 

 EiiepJiciiierilc'x affiiiis Lacoe, List Pal. Fohs. Ins., 188;^, p. 7. 

 EpIiemeritcK (iffinls Scudder, Mem. Boston Soc, III, 1885, p. H50. 



Loca/if//. — Mazon Creek, near Morris, Illinois. Pennsylvanian; 

 Kittar niiig ( (Allegheny) stage. 



"EUEPHEMERITES PRIMORDIALIS " Scudder. 



EnepIieinrriteK priiiiordialix Scudder, Proc Boston Soc, XIX, 1S7S, p. 248. 

 Locality. — Pennsylvania ? Carboniferous. 



All these fossils were finallv pronounced plant remains by Scudder 

 himself. 



"MYLACRIDiE?" Scudder. 



Myldcmhv sp. Scudder, Bull. IT. S. (ieol. Surv., No. 124, ISH"), p. .>'>, pi. ii, 



fig. 4. 

 Arch()l>laUiii.n beecficri, Se[>lards, Amer. Jour. Sci. (4), XVIll, i;)()4, p. L'lS. 



Locdl'ttij. — Mazon Creek, n(^ar Morris, Illinois. INmud ylvanian; 

 Kittanning '. (Allegheny) stage. 



I consider this fossil excluded from tlu^ insects. 



"LIBELLULA CARBON ARIA " Scudder. 



LiheUnla carhonaria Scudder, Canad. Nat. (2), VIII, 187ti, ])p. 88-89, text tig. 

 Lontl'tfij. — Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Carl)onifei-ous. 

 Was later regarded as a spider by Scudder himself. 

 ? Scudder. 



Scudder, Mem. Boston Soc, III, 188.">, p. .S5(), pi. \xin, ti«r. 2. 



LoculHy. — Near Pittston, Pennsylvania. Coal C of the Boston 

 Mine. Near top of the Pottsville series; Cpper Transition grouj). 

 May l)e the remains of a plant. 

 Specimen in U. S. National Museum. Cat. No. 38(»!»!». 



