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that his proposed genus will include, among others, 
Casei of Meek & Worthen, which is the type species of Megaptera. 
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a has unquestionable p , and must stand before Mr, Mil- 
ler’s n ll others also, unless, however, the name Megap- 
tera may be objected to on account of its previous use 
deed, I am informed by a friend that Mr. Meek in his work, now in 
manuscript, has decided to use the name Opisthoptera Casei and 
Further, upon comparing Mr, Miller’s description of his species 
gigantea with Meek’s alata, I am unable to find that the —- 
and the preservation of concentric strie of his shell to separate 1t 
from VM. alata. As Mr. Meek distinctly mentions the existence of 
the striw in his shell, Mr. Miller’s species seems to be reduced to 
Halifax, N. 8., Provincial Museum, Aug. 6.4 have just returned 
from the locality of the fossil Cetacean, in New Brunswick. 
found well-preserved shells, e. g., Balanus Hamer, Buceinum un- 
datum, Fusus tornatus, Natica Groenlandiea, N. helicoides, Leda 
vals for a distance of thirty miles. : : 
e Rev. Mr. Paisley described one of these cuttings in the 
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