1042 BULLETIN 92, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Promopalseaster prenuntlus Schuchert. 



Promopalaeaster prenuntius Schuchert, in Freeh, Foss. Cat., 1, Anim., pt. 3, 1914, 



p. 34 (nom. mid.); Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 88, 1915, p. 107, pi. 13, fig. 3; pi. 



15, fig. 5. 

 Trenton (Hermitage): Frankfort, Kentucky. 



Promopalaeaster speciosus (Meek). 



Asterias antiquata Locke, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 3, 1848, p. 32, fig. 

 Pakeasterina antiquata Shumard, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 2, 1866, p. 382 



(gen. ref.). 

 Palseaster antiquata Hall, 20th Hep. New York State Cab. Hist., 1868, p. 286; 



rev. ed., 1870, p. 328. James, Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 18, 1895, 



p. 130. 

 Palaeaster speciosus Meek, Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., 4, 1872, p. 277; Geol. Surv. 



Ohio, Pal., 1, 1873, p. 61. James, Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 18, 1895, 



p. 131. 

 Palaeaster granulosa Meek (not Hall, 1868), Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., 4, 1872, 



p. 276; Geol. Surv. Ohio, Pal., 1, 1873, p. 60, pi. 4, figs. 3a-c. Lesley, Geol. 



Surv. Pennsylvania, Rep. P 4, 1889, p. 576, figs. 

 Promopalaeaster speciosus Schuchert in Freeh, Foss. Cat., 1, Anim., pt. 3, 1914, 



p. 34, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 88, 1915, p. 109, pi. 14, figs. 3, 4; pi. 15, figs. 1-4. 

 Maysville: Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Observation. Although antedating P. speciosa, Asterias antiquata was so 

 poorly figured that it could not be recognized. 



Promopalaeaster spinulosus (Miller and Dyer). 



Palaeaster spinulosus Miller and Dyer, Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 1, 1878, 



p. 32, pi. 2, figs. 12, 12a, b. James, ibid., 18, 1895, p. 129. 

 Promopalseaster spinulosus Schuchert in Freeh, Foss. Cat., 1, Anim., pt. 3, 1914, 



p. 34; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 88, 1915, p. 115, pi. 16, fig. 2; pi. 17, figs. 1, 2; 



pi. 18, figs. 1-3. 

 Palaeaster longibrachiatus Miller, Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 1, 1878, p. 102, 



pi. 3, fig. 4. James, ibid., 18, 1895, p. 132. 

 Richmond (Waynesville) : Clarksville, Ohio. 

 Plesiotype.Cat. No. 40881, U.S.N.M. (holotype of P. longibrachiatus). 



Promopalaeaster? wilsonl (Raymond).* 



Palaeaster? wilsoni Raymond, Ottawa Nat., 26, 1912, p. 78, pi. 5, figs. 1-4. 

 Promopalaeaster wilsoni Schuchert in Freeh, Foss. Cat., 1, Anim., pt. 3, 1914, 



p. 34; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 88, 1915, p. 106, pi. 13, figs. 1, 2. 

 Black River (Lowville) : City View, near Ottawa, Ontario. 



Promopalaeaster wykoffl (Miller and Gurley). 



Palaeaster wykoffi Miller and Gurley, Bull. Illinois State Mue. Nat. Hist., 12, 



1897, p. 46, pi. 3, fig. 27. 

 Promopalseaster wykoffi Schuchert in Freeh, Foss. Cat., 1, Anim., pt. 3, 1914 



p. 34; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 88, 1915, p. 117, pi. 18, fig. 6; pi. 19, fig. 2. 

 Richmond: Near Madison, Indiana. 



PROPORA of authors. See Lyellia Edwards and Haime. 



PROSCORPIUS Whitfield. Genotype: P. osborni Whitfield. 



Proscorpius Whitfield, Bull. Amer. Mue. Nat. Hist., 1, 1885, p. 183. Miller, 

 N. A. Geol. Pal., 1889, p. 571. 



