$98 (tix Scientific Intelligence. 
ra garteutfanes and Upper Silurian fossils of Illinois and 
Indiana,—Dr. C. A. Waite has published descriptions of some 
invertebrate ore in the Proceedings * oe Academy of Natu- 
ral Sciences of Philadelphia for it p. 2 
ate naib - Ostrauer und Walden burger Schichten 
von D. 366 4to.—An ok Arne memoir on the fossil 
gow es the: Lower Carboni iferous formation of Moravia, illustrated 
a large and beautiful plates, a map, and two plates 
ot secti The lower Culm includes av oe rboniferous lime- 
stone with Productus giganteus Sow. rring in Altwasser, 
Neudorf near Silberberg, Hausdorf, ete., natn which ihe 4 Culm- 
Dachschiefer,” containing Posidonomya Becheri Br. is equiva- 
lent; and the upper Culm, the Ostrau and Racvncaes shales, 
Ome of the specimens of plants figured are of remarkable size 
and os pa 
of the Musk Ox (Ovibos moschatus) have been 
found in she. less of the Rhine near Unkel, according to F. 
mer.—Zts. geol. Ges., xxix, 592. 
10. Notice of three new Phosphates ease py co 
Connecticut ;* by Groren J. Brusu and Ep 
(1). Eosruorrre, Usually observed in pileipatis a am 
obtuse angle measures 1044°, and which probably belong to the 
orthorhombic system. The crystals are uniform rmly terminated by 
two pyramids in different vertical zones. —- maacesling nee 
nearly seers Also commonly — mass Hardness 
ated Al,O,: RO: 10 = 1 1:2 saa Th 
corresponds to the ¢ empirical formula 0.) 40,0: 
ee oe The compact v eae tain quartz an and other 
is of a whitish compact specimen by Horace 
me | Wells som 14°41 of insoluble ee and the remainder 
= oT atomic ratio of eosphorite. 
2.) TRrrprorprre, Occurs in erystalline a tes whose struc 
ture is parallel-fibrous to arm also di onda and again con- 
fusedly fibrous to nearly co mpact massive. Isolated prismatic 
erystals are occasionall ahead imbedded in quartz. Inv 
- cases these crystals have been detached with their termina- 
ons preserved; the crystallogra hie data thus obtained show 
that the mineral is ere related in form to wagnerite. Hard- 
* Communicated by the A: 
