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similar to Nerettes lanceolata, Emmons. 5. Nereograpsus Jacksoni, 
Emmons, sp. This is figured in pl. 2, fig. 4. 6. Lophoctenium 
Hartungi, Gein. (pl. 2, fig. 5), differing somewhat from L. Richteri, 
which occurs in the Silurian rocks at Saalfeld, together with Nereo- 
grapsus Cambrensis and N. pugnus. 7. Crinoidal remains (indeter- 
minable). 8. Sagenaria ? (pl. 1, fig. 6), a fragment of stem, 28 
centim. long, and referable either to Sagenaria, or Lycopodites, or 
some other Lycopodiaceous form. Two Graptolites (Monograpsus 
priodon and M. peregrinus) also have been found in these Wurzbach 
slates; thus eliminating from the indefinite ‘Grauwacké ’ of Central 
Germany another patch of Silurian strata. Professor Geinitz, in 
describing the above-mentioned fossils, states that he is confirmed 
in his views of the relationship of Wereograpsus to the Graptolite 
family, with Funiculina cylindrica, Blainville, as its analogue; and 
of Lophoctenium to Sertularide.—T. R. J. 
UEBER EIN NEVES ErpDHARZ, Evosmir, AUS EINEM BRAUNKOHLEN-LAGER BEI 
THUMSENREDTH IN DER Bayur. OperpFArz. Von Herrn Dr. C. W. Gimpet. 
[On anew Fossil Resin (Huosmite) from a bed of Brown-coal near ‘Chumsen- 
reuth, in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. By Dr. C. W. Giimbel.] (Neues 
Jahrbuch fir Min., Geol., &e. Jahre. 1864. Hett 1. pp. 10-14.) 
N small isolated troughs upon the basalt which extends from 
Bohemia westwards, between the Fichtelgebirge and the Ober- 
pfiilzer- Wald, there occurs a Browncoal-formation, .in contact with 
other Tertiary deposits, which is easily distinguished from others 
by scarcity of animal remains both in the Browncoal itself and the 
associated beds, and especially by the entire absence of Shells. In 
the bituminous shale of the Clausen, however, near Leussen, not far 
from Redwitz, there are not unfrequently found Fishes (Leuciseus 
papyraceus and Lebias gobio), Dragon-flies, Beetles (Bruchus, 
Buprestis, Nemoteles), and other organisms. Plant-remains, on the 
other hand, are everywhere abundant, and are often very well pre- 
served, in consequence of having undergone a kind of silicification. 
Beds of Diatomacee of a considerable thickness also occur. Usually 
the beds of Browncoal are overlain by a deposit of bog-iron-ore; and 
in some places earthy phosphorite occurs in the associated strata. 
Respecting the Browncoal itself, Dr. Giimbel observes that it is 
composed partly of soft, earthy, nearly useless coaly masses, and 
partly of very good lignite. In it are found, besides numerous 
stems, Glyptostrophus Europeus, Acer tricuspidatus, Juglans 
rostrata, J, ventricosa, and in extraordinary numbers the little fruit, 
Folliculites Kaltenhordheimensis. 
It was in a Browncoal-formation at the Baiershof, near Thum- 
senreuth, not far from Erbendorf, in the Oberpfalz, having these 
general characters, that the fossil resin was found, of which Dr. 
Giimbel, after describing in detail the strata of that locality, next 
proceeds to give the characters. 
Most Browncoal-formations have yielded fossil resins; but that of 
Thumsenreuth is easily distinguished from them, by a very strong 
and peculiar smell, which caused the miners to give it the name 
