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SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE, 



BY THE 



SECRETARY OF THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. 



PALJEONTOLOGY OF NEW-YORK, Yol. Ill, by James Hall. pp. 532, with 

 intercalated pages 401* to 424*. Published by Legislative Authority. Charles 

 Yan Benthuysen, Albany, N.Y. 1859. 

 This volume contains descriptions of more than three hundred and forty species 

 of fossils, from the TYaterlime group, the Lower Ilelderberg group and theOriskany 

 sandstone. The volume of text, amounting altogether to more than five hundred 

 and fifty pages, has been for some time printed; and the index, except that of the 

 addenda, has already appeared in the Regents' Report on the State Cabinet for the 

 last year. The plates, amounting to one hundred and forty-five, making a separate 

 volume, are nearly finished, and will be ready for delivery as soon as the binding 

 is completed, of which due notice will be given. 



The fossils described in this volume are distributed as follows : 



Under the Crinoidea, there are twenty-five species of the Genera Aspidocrinus*, 

 Brachiocrinus*, Coronocbinus*, Dictyocrinus [the latter ^a crinoidean?], Edrio- 



CRINUS*, HOMOCRINUS, MaRIACRINUS*, PlATYCRINUS and TECHNOCRlifUS*. 



Am<()ng the Cystidea, there are four species under the following genera : Anomalo- 

 CYSTiTES*, Lepadocrixus, and Sph^rocystites*. 



Of the Asteridaj, there is a single species under the Genus Protaster of Forbes. 



Of the Brachiopoda, there are one hundred and thirty-nine species, of the Genera 

 Atrypa, Chonetes, Cyrtia, Discina, Eatonia*, LEPTiENA, Leptoccelta*, Lingula, 



MerISTA, NuCLEOSPIRA*, Oc^'HIS, PeNTAMERUS, RENSSELiERIA*, RlIYNCHONELLA , 



Rhynchospira*, Spirifer, Strophodonta*, Strophomena, and Trematospira*. 



Of the Laniellibranehiata, there are forty-one species described under the Genera 

 Cypricardinia, Megambonia*, Modiolopsis, PAL^ARCA*t, and Tellinomya. 



Of the Gasteropoda, there are seventy-eight species described under the Genera 



BUCANIA, EUOMPHALUS, HOLOPEA, LoXONEMA, MuRCHISONIA, PlATYCERAS, PlATYO- 



STOMA, Pleurotomaria, and Strophostylus*. 



Of Pteropoda, there are four species under the Genus CoNULARtA. 



Of Cephalopoda, there are twelve species under the Genera Cyrtoceras, Oncoceras 

 and Orthoceras. 



Of the Artieulata, there is one species of the Genus Spirorbis. 



Of Crustacea of the Family of Trilobites, there are thirteen species under the Genera 

 AciDASPis, Bronteus, Dalmania, Homalonotus, Lichas, Phacops and Proetus. 



Of the Entomostraca, under Beyrichia and Leperditia there are nine species. 



Of the Order Eurypteridese, there are seven species of Eurypterus proper, one 

 species under the Subgenus Dolichopterus, and three species of Pteuygotus; and 

 under the Order Phyllopoda, there are described three or four species of Ceratiocaris. 



The descriptions of the Corals and Bryozoa are postponed to a future volume. 



* Those marked witb an asterisk are new genera proposed by Mr. Hall, and first pubHshed 

 by him in this vohime and the preceding Report of the Regents of the University on the State 

 Cabinet of Natural History. 



t The Genus Cybtodon of Billings is synonymous with this genus, and both are synonymous 

 with Cypbicabdites of Conrad. 



