NOTES ON THE LATE COLLECTING SEASON 



ceeded to Winona and Grimsby on an annual collecting 

 tour, my friend, Mr. Nichol, the superintendent, called my 

 attention to one of the finest specimens of Graptolites lie 

 had ever seen. On its production I found he was not far 

 astray when he stated it might be new to both of us. It 

 certainly is a magnificent one but difficult to classify, and 

 may belong to a new^ genera. Perhaps some may look on it 

 as an intermediate form between Inocaulis and Acantho- 

 graptus. It comes from the inside of a thick limestone 

 layer, the second or third, I think, of the blue building 

 beds below the chert. We may leave this question to some 

 Palaeontologist who is particularly interested in the Hydro- 

 zoa family for final determination. Presumably this would 

 prove satisfactory to all of us. 



I remember setting aside, a few years ago, some 

 specimens v*^hich the crowded state of the museum cases 

 prevented me from placing in them until additional space 

 was provided. Among others that struck me, as far as I 

 could remember, was one Graptolite discovered in the 

 shales of a Jolley Cut quarry which bore a resemblance to 

 Mr. Nichol's remarkable fossil. After a long search, it 

 turned up. It was looked upon at the time by myself and 

 others probably as a new species of a narrow branched 

 Inocaulis. On comparing this one with the other, while 

 they belong to the same family, they may differ as regards 

 species ; the branches in my specimen are further apart and 

 more slender. It is far inferior in preservation, for a por- 

 tion is deficient. 



Mr. Nichol's splendid Graptolite unfortunately ap- 

 pears on such a heavy limestone layer, that I fear for the 

 present it must remain in the same condition as when 

 obtained. An attempt to make it more portable may result 

 in its injury. 



