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riddles nearer home than Siberia. We will postpone a survey of 
them to another communication. 
The following Errata refer to the previous article by me in the Gzou. Maa. Sept. 
1880, p. 408. 
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ITV.—On tue Carsontrerous Potyzoa.! 
By G. R. Vine, Esa. ‘ 
S so much remains to be done before the Paleozoic Polyzoa can 
a5 be properly classified—more particularly the Carboniferous 
species—it seems to me that the wisest course to adopt is to go 
carefully over the work of other authors, reviewing their labours 
generally, and giving, in as condensed a form as possible, the results 
of their varied efforts. 
David Ure,’ the son of a working weaver in Glasgow, is the first, 
so far as | am aware, who drew attention by figures to British 
Carboniferous Polyzoa; and Martin® gives some good figures of 
Zoophyta, but species of these belong to both the Corals and 
Polyzoa. Thirty-five years after the publication of Ure’s work, Dr. 
Fleming * named some of the species figured, and the Zoophyta he 
called Cellepora Urii and Retepora elongata. The first of these, 
according to Mr. Robert Etheridge, Jun.,° is Chcetetes tumidus, 
Phillips, and the other is a Fenestella. 
In 1826, the work of August Goldfuss* was published. Jn this a 
system of nomenclature was adopted, and many figures of Polyzoa 
and Corals given, which to a large extent assisted investigators and 
helped them to identify species found in this country. The generic 
terms used by Goldfuss were accepted by authors who followed 
him, but as no distinction was made by the earlier investigator in 
separating true Polyzoa from true Corals, those who worked from 
his types and descriptions fell into his error, and mingled, for a 
time, Corals and Polyzoa together whenever they had fresh forms to 
describe. 
The chief of the generic terms used by Goldfuss were :— 
1. Gorgonia, Linneeus, 1745. 3. Retepora, Lamarck, 1816. 
2. Cellepora, Gmelin, 1788? 4. Ceriopora, Goldfuss, 1826. 
The type of Linnzus’ Gorgonia was altogether different from the 
1 British Association—Section C. (Geology).—Report of the Committee, consist- 
ing of Prof. P. M. Duncan and Mr. G. R. Vine, appointed for the purpose of 
reporting on the Carboniferous Polyzoa. Drawn up by Mr. Vine, Secretary. 
2 History of Rutherglen and East Kilbride, 1793. 
3 Petrefactions of Derbyshire, 1809, Petrefacta Derbiensia. 
4 History of British Animals, 1828, 
5 Ann, Mag, Nat. Hist, 1874. § Petrefacta Germania. 
