270 Prof. F. M^Coy on some new genera 



lieve, and the funnel represents the foot of the Gasteropods, then 

 its lateral extension above described will represent the lobes on 

 the sides of the body, and the hinder half-ovate flap the opercu- 

 ligerous lobe. 



The black mark on the involute spire of the shell is evidently 

 deposited by and shows the limits of the hinder edge of the disk 

 when in its living state. 



XXVI. — On some new genera and species of Silurian Radiaia in 

 the Collection of the University of Cambridge. By Erederick 

 M'CoY, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in Queen's Col- 

 lege, Belfast. Ybii-mkb3h 

 ZOOPHYTA. 



Fam. GRAPTOLiTiDiE (M'Coy). 



Stem simple or branched, thin, usually linear, horny, unrooted ; 

 polype-cells sessile in one or two rows; each cell divided at 

 bottom by a transverse diaphragm. 



In the form of the thin horny polypidom and polype-cells the 

 Crraptolitidce agree with the Sertulariadce, but differ in not being 

 rooted. I have never found any trace of ovarian vesicles ; others 

 may find them, however, by examining great numbers of speci- 

 mens, or by some fortunate accident; or, like the closely allied 

 Corymorpha (which agrees with the Graptolites in having a free 

 polypidom), the ova may have been developed in naked sacs at- 

 tached to the base of the tentacles of the polypes, and would not 

 leave any trace in the fossil state. 



On the same grounds that the allied recent genera Plumularia 

 and Sertularia are separated, I propose to restrict the term Grap- 

 tolites to those which, like the original typical species, have the 

 cell-denticles only on one side, and for those having them on 

 both sides I propose the generic name Diplograpsis. Prof. Nilsson 

 and Col. Portlock have published nearly similar views, the latter 

 with srreat clearness. -"^'^ ' 



Graptolites lohiferus (M'Coy). 



Bp. Char. Several inches long, straight ; axis capillary, undivided 

 portion of the stem about one-third of a line wide ; cells form- 

 ing large, obtusely rounded lobes, uniformly convex on the 

 upper and outer margin ; a notch on the outer edge separates 

 the rounded extremity from the oblique descending margin ; 

 four cell-lobes in 3 lines ; width from axis to end of cell-lobe 

 slightly less than 1 line. ''^* 



The rounded lobe-like form of the cells and their size render 



