14 PALl'X)NTOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY. 



This appears to be a complete summary of all knowledge possessed 

 concerning the Miocene molluscan fanna of the State iii) to that time. Among 

 the species given in his most complete list there are a few mentioned of which 

 I have seen no representatives, namely ^»'<omm ephippium (?) L. {Mysia) sp. ? 

 Saxkava incifa (f) and Teredo sp. (?). Several others there enumerated, 

 the fragments of which were examined, I have differently interj)reted. 

 These will be found mentioned in the synonynni of tlie species at the heads 

 of descriptions, and they can be traced from the names given in the index 

 hereto. In the present work one hundred and four species are recog- 

 nized, wliicli, witli tlie four species given in Prof Heilprin's list, and the 

 two s])c('ies of Bryozonus giv(^n in Mr. Meek's list would carry the nund)er 

 to one hundred and ten species, including tlie one Halanus.^ There is no 

 doubt tliiit many more species might l)e obtained were the beds more thor- 

 oughly examined and other localities explored. As yet the examinatitm has 

 I)ccii \ery limited, Ix'ing confined to the workings for marl for agricxdtural 

 purposes, and to the material taken from tlie l)orings of wells at Atlantic 

 City and Ca])e Ma}'. At the latter locality only three recognizable forms 

 of shells were ol)taiu<'d, namely, Bueeinanopfi variahilis, Terehra inornata, and 

 the elongate variety of Tritia trivitaffnides. Fragments of a few bivalve 

 .shells were also obtained, but of too indefinite a character for identification. 

 At the Atlantic City boring a large number of species were obtained. 



Besides the molluscan remains enumerated, there have been some 

 foramiuiferous l)odies recognized in the examination of a few ounces of the 

 marls ol)taine<l from the interior of some of the shells. Mr. Anthony 

 Woodward, of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, 

 has given me the following list of those foimd in marls from Shiloh, N. J.: 



Miliolina seminulum L. sp. Discorbina rosacea D'Orb. sp. 



Cristellaria cultrata Montt. sp. Truiicatulina lobatula W. & J. s\\ 



rtalica Defiance sp. Anomaliua auuuoiioide.s Rens. sp. 



Pnlyniorpbina gibba D'Orb. ' Pulvinuliiia elegans D'Orb. sp. 



-■ oblouf;a D'Orb. Rotalia soldaiiii D'Orb. sp. 



Uvigerina Canariensis D'Orb. Polystoinellastriato-punotataF.&M.sp. 



' In Tuomey and Holmes's Pliocene Fossils of South Carolina, Introduction, p. ix, they state that 

 one Imndrcd and seven species of fossils are known from the corresponding beds of New Jersey, but 

 as they jiivc no list, we are left in doubt as to what the species may 1)p, .and as to their .authenticity. 



