94 Canadian Record of Science. 



rare an event is the discovery of the remains of one of these 

 little animals. 



In 1854 C. L. Koch and J. C. Berendt described the Crus- 

 taceans, Myriapods and Spiders of the Amber of V~or welt, 

 North Germany. These amber fragments contain a rich 

 insect fauna, admirably preserved, have yielded 35 species 

 of Myriapods (15 Chilopods and 20 Diplopods) and are of 

 late Tertiary age. 



In 1859 Sir J. W. Dawson found and described l re- 

 mains of a species of Millipede (Xylobius Sigillarice) in 

 erect stumps of trees in the Coal Measures at the Joggins in 

 Nova Scotia. At a later period (18*73) Dr. S. H. Scudder, 

 of Cambridge, Mass., reviewed the Millipede remains from 

 these stumps and found three species of the genus estab- 

 lished by Sir Wm. Dawson and established the new genus, 

 Archiulus. 



In 1863 J. W. Salter described two fossils from the Eng- 

 lish Coal Measures under the genus Eurypterus. These 

 specimens were re-examined by Mr. Henry Woodward and 

 found to be of other genera. One E. armatus he suggested 

 was a gigantic Arachnid, and the other E. ferox was plainly 

 a species of Meek and Worthen's new genus Euphoberia and 

 therefore a Myriapod. 



Salter in that year also described a Eurypterus from the 

 Plant Beds at St. John, N.B. Later discoveries lead the 

 author to think that this species, E. pulicaris, should also 

 be referred to the Myriapods, or to the Insects. 



In 1868, A. Dohrn described a Millipede from the coal 

 beds of Saarbruck, in Germany. These beds are of Per- 

 mian Age. 



In 1868, Meek and Worthen began to make known those 

 remarkable Myriapods from the Lower Coal Measures of 

 Mazon Creek, 111., which, together with the plants found 

 there, have made that locality famous. These remains 

 were more fully described by Dr. Scudder at a later date 

 with more ample material at his command, and such was 



1 Journal Geol, Society of London, Vol. XVI. p. 268, 1859. 



