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CARBONIFEROUS LAMELLIBRANCHIATA. 



Chap, iv consists of " Observations upon the so-called Waverley Group of 

 Ohio," by Prof. C. L. Herrick. Lists of fossil Lamellibranchs are given from 

 various horizons of this group, and figures of thirty-three new forms are given 

 without a "word of description. 



1894. Mr. J. F. Whiteaves described and fi.gured some new large Coal-measure 

 fossils as Asthenodonta Westoni from the South Joggins. They much resemble 

 Anodonta Juhesii from the Kiltorcan beds in size and appearance (' Proc. and 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada,' vol, xi, sec. iv, p. 21, 1894). 



1 894. In the ' Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh,' 

 vol. xii, p. 356, is a paper by Mr. Goodchild, entitled " Notes on Carboniferous 

 Lamellibranchs," which was read on March 21st, 1894. He discusses the generic 

 affinity of Venus parallela, Phillips, and refers it to Gypricardella, Hall. In the 

 latter part of his paper he discusses the bathymetrical distribution of the 

 Carboniferous Lamellibranchs. 



1894. Part 2 of vol. v of the ' Geological Survey of Missouri ' contains a section, 

 chap, xii, on " Carboniferous Lamellibranchs," by C. R. Keyes. Many species are 

 redescribed and refigured, and the following new form is described and figured — 

 Aviculopeden fasciculatus. A valuable list of spurious and doubtful species is given 

 at the end. 



Some Additional Publications and Papers. 



1868. Figures of Avicula and Nucula ? from the Coal strata, without specific 

 names, are given at p. 833 of the ' Geology of Pennsylvania,' vol. ii, pt. 2, by 

 G. H. D. Rogers. 



1868. In vol. ii, p. 81, of the ' Transactions of the Academy of Science of 

 St. Louis ' is a second paper by Swallow, entitled " Descriptions of some New 

 Fossils from the Carboniferous and Devonian Rocks of Missouri," in which the 

 following Carboniferous Lamellibranchs are described for the first time : 



Allorisma antiqua. 



Gypricarclia ? Pikensis. ■ 



— .'' Wlieeleri. 



— .'' Shumardiana. 



Ci/pricardia ? occidentalis. 

 Pecten Broadheadii. 



— Jlissouriensis. 

 Avicula magna. 



1884. An important work, 'The Natural History of New York: Palseontology,' 

 vol. V, part 1, 1884, by James Hall, contains descriptions and figures of Lamelli- 

 branchs of the Devonian age. Although not referring directly to Carboniferous 

 fossils, some of the new genera established by the author have been adopted by 

 L. de Koninck in his great work on the ' Calcaire Carbouifere de Beige,' viz. 

 Cyjpricardella and Leiopteria. 



1892. In the ' Seventeenth Annual Report of the Department of Geology, &c., 



