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New York State Museum Bulletin 



Entered as second-class matter November 27, 191S," at the Post OflSce at Albany, N. Y. 

 imder the act of August 24, 191 2 



Published .monthly by The University of the State of New York 



Nos. 2i9> 220 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



March-April 1919 



The University of the State of New York 



New York StateJVliiseum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



FIFTEENTH REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF 

 THE STATE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE 



DEPARTME]p^^,^^- 



INCLUDING THE SEVENTY-SECOND REPORT OF THE STA^E MITSEUM, 



THE THTRTY-EIGHfH REPORT OF THE J'^'^ 5^EOBQ®|^T AjND THE 



REPORT OF THE STATE PALEONTOLOGIST POS- 1918 



Introduction 7 



I Legal status and scope of the 



State l^''"f'.:uam 9 



Tl 1 lesent Condition of the Mus- 

 eum 10 



III The Scientific Reservations 

 under control of the Museum . . 16 



IV Department Publications 21 



V Report on the Geological Survey 22 



VI Report of the State Botanist. . 32 



VII Report of the State Entomol- 

 ogist 77 



VIII Report of the Zoologist 87 



IX Report of the Archeologist and 

 Ethnologist 99 



X Staff of the Department 121 



XI Scientific Papers 

 Postbellum ^Reflections on the 



Place of Paleontology among 



the Sciences. John M.Clarke 123 

 Nev/ Paleozoic Crustaceans. 



John M. Clarke 129 



Armstrongia, A New Genus of 



Devonian Glass Sponges. 



John M. Clarke 143 



The Microscopic Fauna of the 

 Bonaventure Conglomerate. 

 John M. Clarke. 



The Foraminifera of the Bona- 

 venture Cherts of Gaspe. 

 RuFus Mather Bagg 



A Recurrent Pittsford (Sahna) 

 Fauna. Rudolf Rukoemann 



The Reconstruction of the Ster- 

 lingbush Calcite Cave. Noah 

 T. Clarke 



Insects-^nd the State. E. P. Felt 



Notes on Fungi, VI. Homer D. 

 House : 



Plants of the Susquehanna Val- 

 ley.' and Adjacent Hills of Tioga 

 Comity. Frank E Fknno,. 



Notes on the Habits and De- 

 velopment of the Four-toed 

 Salamander. Sherman C. 

 Bishop 



The Mound-Builder Culture "m 

 New York. Arthur C.Parker 



Index 



147 



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