146 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Voir. 



Hyatt, Alpheus. Eeport on the Cretaceous Fossils from Maroim, Province of Sergipe, 

 Brazil, in the collection of Professor Hartt. <^ Geology and Physical Geography of 

 Brazil, 8vo, 606 pp. Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870. pp. 385-393. 



In this paper Prof. Hyatt says: "All tlie Brazilian Ammonites are either identical with, or so 

 closely allied to, species already described from the Texas beds by Eoemer and others, that they 

 cannot be safely separated." 



James, U. P. Descrijitions of newly discovered species of fossils from the Lower 

 Silurian Formation: — Cincinnati Group. <["T/(e Paleontologist" (published in 

 8vo pamphlet form, at irregular intervals, at Cincinnati, Ohio, by U. P. James), 

 No. 1, pp. 1-8. 1878. 



This article contains descriptions of the following species : Astylospongia tumidus, Stromatopora 



papillata, Chcetetes crustulatus, C. ?, C. ?, Heliolites Shepardi, FMuliporai multipora, 



Agelacrinus holbrooki, ITelopora dendrina, H. tenuis, H. meeki, S. parvula, Ptilodictya hilli, P. 

 plumaria, P. fiexuosa, P. granulosa, P. parallels, Ceramopora ? beani, G. ? irregularis, C. alternata, 

 C. concentrica, Mippothoa dclicatula, Orthoceras hindei, Gyclonema? minor, Strophomena? ulrichi, 

 Ortliis (Platijstrophia) acuminata, Zygospira modestaxar. kentuckyensis, Spirorbis? lovelandensis, 

 Ptilodictya Jimbriata, and P. ?. The two last species are from the Upper Silurian of Ohio. 



James, U. P. Description of newlj'^ discovered species of fossils, and remarks on 

 others, from the Lower and Upper Silurian rochs of Ohio, <^ " The Paleontologist,''^ 

 No. 2, pp. 9-16. 8vo. 1878. 



The following species are described: Buthotrephis filiciforinis, Splienothallus latifoliit^ Hall?, 

 Trachyum undosum, Stromatopora lunata, S. hindei, Lyellia striata, L. americana Milne-Edwards, 

 Chcetetes subrotundatus, O.lycox>erdon, O.petropolitanusPsindei; Calloporamilfordensis, Ceramopora 

 whitei, C. radiata, Pleurotomana ohiocnsis, P. dryope Billings, and Pterinea subquadrata. 



Marcou, Jules. On the Terebratula Mormonii. <; Trans. St. Louis Acad. ScL, vol. iii, 

 pp. 252-2u5. 1875. 



In this note Prof. Marcoii claims priority of his names Terebratula uta, Orthis pecosii, and 

 Terebratula mormonii, over Ehynchonella osagensis and Orthis carbona/ria of Swallow, and Retzia 

 punctilifera of Shiimard. 



Mazyck, "Wm. G-., and A. W. Vogdes. Description of a new fossil from the Creta- 

 ceous Beds of Charleston, S. C. <^ Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. PMla. for 1878, p. 272, 

 1 woodcut. 1878. 



The fossil described is Anomia andersonii M. & V. 



Meek, F. B. Descrij^tion of fossils from the Auriferous Slates of California. < Geol. 

 Surv. California, Geology, vol. i (Appendix B), pp. 477-482, 1 plate. 1865. 



Jurassic. — This article is in the volume of Geology, and not in either of those devoted to Paleon- 

 tology exclusively. 



Mickleborough, John, and A. G. Wetherby. A classified list of Lower Silurian 

 fossils, Cincinnati Group. <^Jonrn. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. i, pp. 61-86. 



1878. 



A classified catalogue only, but a full and useful one. 



Miller, S. A. Description of a New Genus and Eleven New Species of Fossils, "with 

 remarks upon others well known, from the Cincinnati Group. < Journ. Cincinnati 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. i, pp. 100-108, 1 plate. 1878. 



Mr. Miller proposes the genus Angellum for a small shell of doubtful relations; and also 

 announces the discovery of a perforated foi-amen in the ventral valve of Pholadops cincinnatiensis 

 Hall. 



Miller, S. A. Description of Eight New Species of Holocystites from the Niagara 

 Group. <^Journ. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. i, pp. 129-136, 1 plate. 1878. 



Part of the plate is devoted to Prof. "Whitfield's article in the same volume. — ^Based on collec- 

 tions from the Upper Silurian of Eipley and Jefferson Counties. Indiana. 



Miller, S. A., and C. B. Dyer. Contributions to Paleontology. < Journ. Cincinnati 



Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. i, pp. 24-39, 2 plates. 1878. 



Lower and IJpper Silurian. — Genera Blastophycus. Trichophyeus, Microspongia, and Walcottia. 



