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doubtless present over nearly, if not quite, the whole of this area, but 

 are usually exposed only in the deeper cuts. The fossils are especially 

 numerous in the gray clay type of the marl-loess, but they are not so 

 uniformly present in the more sandy type, although in places they are 

 very abundant. The following is a list of the more prominent localities 

 at which fossils were noted : 



List of Fossil Localities 



1. Petersburg, 1^ miles northwest of town, on road to ferry. 



2. Hazelton, opposite raih'oad station. 



3. New Harmony, IJ miles east of (northeast J section 6, township 5 south, range 

 13 west). 



4. New Harmony, f mile south of (west ^ section 1, township 5 south, range 14 

 west). 



5. Kilroy, 1 mile southeast of (southeast I section 9, township 4 south, range 13 

 west). 



6. Ste warts ville, f mile southwest of (northeast i section 15, township 4 south, 

 range 13 west). 



7. Mounts, 1 mile west of (north J section 26, township 3 south, range 12 west). 



8. Hazelton, northeast edge of village. 



9. Patoka, 2 miles northeast of (west J section 17, township 1 south, range 10 

 west). 



10. Mount Carmel, 1 mile southwest of (northeast I section 29, township 1 south, 

 range 12 west). 



11. Keensburg, 2f miles northeast of (northeast J section 2, township 2 south, 

 range 13 west). 



12. Mumford hills (west i section 31, township 3 south, range 13 west). 



13. Posey ville, 1 mile southwest of (north J section 30, township 4 south, range 

 12 west). 



14. New Harmony, 4^ miles southeast of (center section 20, township 5 south, 

 range 13 west). 



15. Grafton, 2 miles north of (east ^ section 2, township 6 south, range 14 west). 



Collections were made at the first seven of these localities. The 

 species as identified by Dr William H. Dall are as follows: 



Locality 1, northwest of Petersburg: 



Zonitoides arboreus, Say. Succinea lineata, W. G. B. 



Polygyra monodon, Eack. Succinea humilis, Say. 



Polygyra multilineata, Say. 



Locality 2, Hazelton, opposite railroad station : 



Zonitoides arboreus, Say. Polygyra albolabris, Say. 



Patula alternata, Say. Succinea lineata, W. G. B. 



Bifidaria armifera. Say. Helicina occulta, Say. 

 Polygyra hirsuta, Say. 



XXIII-BuLT,. Geol. Soc. Am., Vol. 14. 1902 



