EARLY DEVONIC HISTORY OF NEW YORK AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA II3 



Pholidops ovatus Hall 



P h o 1 i d o p s ovatus Hall. Palaeontology of New York. 1859. 3:490, pi. 103b, 

 fig. 8 



A Helderbergian species occasionally found in the lower beds at Cape 

 Rosier Cove. 



Dictyonema splendens Billings 



Diet yon em a splendens Billings. Palaeozoic Fossils, p. 12, fig. 2, 2a 



Description. — Frond four or five inches in length and width; longitudinal stems 

 about one-third of a line wide, and about their own width distant from each other. The 

 connecting bars, or dissepiments, are very slender and fragile. They seem to vary in their 

 distances, from half a line to three lines. It is probable that, when perfect, they are at a 

 uniform distance of about half a line, and that when they are more remote some of the 

 intermediate ones have not been preserved. The substance of the stipes is rough, black 

 and shining, and apparently with some irregular longitudinal striae. 



No cells or serrations can be seen in any of the specimens examined. There are five 

 or six longitudinal stipes in the width of two lines. In the specimen above, fig. 2a, 

 however, they are more distant, and this may represent a distinct species. 



Locality and Formation. — Between Cape Gaspe and Cape Rosier. Gaspe limestone 

 No. I. 



This species has been occasionally found by us at this locality and the 

 same form occurs both in the Grande Greve formation and in the rocks of 

 Stewarts Cove, Dalhousie. 



Zaphrentis shumardi (M.-E. and H.) Lambe 



Zaphrentis rugulata Billings. Palaeozoic Fossils, p. 8, pi. i, fig. 3, 3a 

 Zaphrentis shumardi (Milne-Edwards and Haime) Lambe. Contributions to 

 Canadian Palaeontology, v. 4, pt 2. 1901. p. 121 



Zaphrentis rugulata was described from quite incomplete mate- 

 rial presenting a rugose corallum with a deep cup and is said to have come 

 from "Cape Gaspe, Gaspe limestone no. i." As division i is not repre- 

 sented at Cape Gaspe we hesitate as to the proper construction of the age 

 of the species. Such corals have not been observed by us. 



Mr Lambe has examined the original specimen of Z. rugulata and 

 regards it identical with that cited, which is from the Niagaran fauna. 



Favosites helderbergiae Hall 



Favosites helderbergiae Hall. Palaeontology of New York. 7:8, p. 4-6 

 Common at Cape Rosier Cove. 



