520 Correspondence — Dr, 0. Seer — Mr. G. Krcfft. 



28. ArcJiiuhis xylobioides, Scudd., lb. p. 236. 



29. Euphorberia armigem, Meek-Worth., Sill. Journ. (2), vol. xlv., p. 26. 



30. ? „ major, Meek- Worth., lb. p. 26. 



Of these, No. 8 is the only one which has not yet been figured. 

 Of No. 19 I cannot now lay my hand on the paper containing the 

 description. It appeared about seven or eight years ago. 



Nos. 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, and 30 come 

 from the Ironstone nodules of Mazon Creek, near Morris, Illinois. 



Nos. 14, 15, 16, come from shale, near Morris, 111. 



No. 1 comes from Frog Bayou, Arkansas. 



Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 17, and 18, come from Cape Breton. 



Nos. 24 to 28 come from Sigillarian stumps at the Joggins, Nova 

 Scotia. No. 8 comes from Tallmadge, Ohio. 



Boston, U.S.A. Sam. H. Scudder. 



NEW OETHOPTEROUS INSECT IN THE COAL-MEASURES 



OF SCOTLAND. 1 



Sm, — I read with interest Mr, Woodward's paper on an Orthop- 

 terous Insect from the Coal (see Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Lond., 1876, 

 vol. xxxii. p. 60, p]. ix.), and I take the liberty to direct attention to 

 my paper on Fossil Blattidce (in der Vierteljahrzchrift der tuhner 

 Naturfourch., Gesellschaft, vol. ix. 1864, p. 273). In it are several 

 species omitted from Mr. Woodward's list, viz. : 



Blattina helvetica, Heer, from Erbignon, Valais. 



Fritschii, Heer, ,, Mannebach, Thuringia. 



elathrata, Heer, ,, ,, „ 



latinervis, Heer, „ ,, ,, 



all from the Carboniferous period. Blattina Jiehetica is also figured 



in my '' Primceval World,^^ p. 20 (English Edition, just published, 

 London, Longmans). Dr. Oswald Heer, Prof. 



Zurich. 



FURTHER DISCOVERIES OF OSSIFEROUS CAVERNS IN NEW 



SOUTH WALES. 



Sir, — I inclose letter from the Editor of the " Bathurst Free 

 Press," and part of a newspaper, relative to the discovery of some 

 caves similar to those of Wellington, N.S.W., which I examined in 

 company with the late Prof. A. M. Thomson with such happy 

 results. I have seen some bones and teeth said to have been 

 found there, and these are all referable to the extinct fauna of the 

 Wellington Valley. I would have gone up ; but since the discovery 

 became known, all our scientijic ignoti are interfering, and have 

 requested the Trustees of the Ausiralian Museum to take the matter 

 in hand ! Perhaps I shall have an opportunity to examine more 

 specimens soon, and will let you know the result. 



Australian Museum, Gerard Krefft, 



Curator's Office, Sydney, Curator Australian Museum. 



August 5th, 1876. 



From the inclosures in Mr. Krefft's letter, we learn that several 



^ This note (together with Prof. Scudder's communication) has heen uninten- 

 tionally omitted, the original having been accidentally lost, and only now recovered. 

 Edit. Geol. Mag. 



