< 328 C. H. F. Peters—Supposed new Planetoid. 
neighborhood, with a temperature of 85°, rise in the same anti- 
celinal fold. 
About half a mile southwest of the Warm Springs the col- 
lected waters of this portion of the valley find their way out in 
a northwesterly direction through a deep ravine, in which are 
found exposures of all the formations from 4 to 8. 
General remarks.—(1.) Throughout the whole region repre- 
sented on the accompanying section, conformity of strata pre- 
vails, and so continues till we reach the Carboniferous in West 
Virginia. (2.) The Medina sandstones that are from 
500 feet thick along the North Mountain thin out to about 350 
on Warm Springs Mountain. Here, too, the structure is less 
conglomerate, and the marks of shore-line formation are less 
numerous and distinct than they are farther east. (3.) It may 
be well to mention some of the prominent points along the line 
of section convenient for observation. At the lower entrance 
farther toward the northwest, the turnpike from Warm Springs 
to Huntersville, in West Virginia, affords a favorable route for 
horse-back explorations. 
Washington and Lee University, Va., April, 1879. 
Art. XX.—On the Discovery of a supposed new Planetoid ; 
by Prof. C. H. F. Perers. From a letter to the Editors 
dated Litchfield Observatory of Hamilton College, Clinton, 
N. Y., July 13, 1879. 
Tue following are the results of two observations on 4 
planetoid found here on the 9th inst., which seems to be new. 
1879. Mean time. a (198). 5 (198). No. of comp. 
July 9. 115 36™ 488 172 22™ 11816 —23° 2277-2 4 
July 10. 12 32 24 21 2115 —23 27 29°5 8 
Comparison star for both evenings was @ Arg. 16826. Last 
night I succeeded again in getting a good set of observations, 
which, however, are not yet reduced. The planet is rather of 
the fainter class of the 1ith magnitude, and on account of its 
southern position a difficult object, if the sky is not quite serene 
Should the planet of Mr. Palisa of May, after the final dis- 
cussion of the observations, turn out to be a new one and not 
identical with Adeona, the present one will be number 199. 
