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diocarpwm cornutum Daws. Abundant, and very finely preserved, never attached 

 — C. obliquum Daws. Quite abundant, also never attached. — Trigonocarpum 

 racemoswn Daws. Eare. — Eurypterus p)ulicaris Salter. The occurrence in Plant- 

 bed No. 2 of this minute crustacean was first detected by my friend Mr. George 

 Matthew. It is very rare, not more than four or five specimens having been found 

 by Messrs. Matthew, Payne, and myself at the time of the description of the species 

 by Salter. I have since that time succeeded in collecting nearly twice as many more, 

 some of which appear to belong to a new species. — Amphipeltis paradoxus Salter. 

 The specimen figured in Salter's paper was found by Professor Dawson and myself, in 

 breaking a piece of shale in my cabinet, that came from this bed. Only one other 

 specimen has since been obtained. It consists of two or more of the thoracic seg- 

 ments, and was collected by Mr. Lunn. It is in the collection of the Natural History 

 Society of New Brunswick. In addition to the above species, this bed has afforded 

 the following : — Cydopteris, sp. nov — Neuropteris, sp. nov. A single specimen 

 collected by Mr. Lunn. — Sphenopteris, sp. nov. — 8p)irorl»is erianus Daws. The leaves 

 of Cordaites in the upper part of the bed are as thickly covered with a little 

 Spirorbis as are the fronds of the recent fucoids of the Ledges. The specimens 

 are poorly preserved. — Trilohites. Mr. Payne collected a minute trilobite from 

 from this bed, but it proved not determinable. — Insect Remains ! In the sum- 

 mer of 1862, I discovered an organism in Plant-bed No. 2, which at the time I could 

 make nothing of; but which I have since proved to be the wing of an insect. Several 

 weeks after, I found in Plant-bed No. 8 an unequivocal insect's wing. This discoverv was 

 followed by that of others, my father, J. W. Hartt, finding another in this bed. [The 

 insects of this bed are Gekephemeka simplex and Xenoneuea antiquoeum.] 

 Compact flaggy sandstone, quite barren ...... 5 feet 10 inches. 



Plant-bed No. 3 10 inches. 



Black and lead-colored shales, quite compact in upper part, but in lower very crvim- 

 bling, splitting irregularly, slicken-sided, often with polished surfaces, and traversed by 

 thin quartz-veins. These shales are so soft that the sea and weather have everywhere 

 denuded them to the level of the beach. There are now no exposures of the bed work- 

 able. The following are the fossils which occur in it: — 



Calamites transitio7iis Goeppt. Occasionally. — C. cannaeformis Brono-n. — Aste- 

 rophyllites latifolia Daws. Very beautiful whorls of this plant are very common 

 here, the whorls, though usually detached, being sometimes found united three or 

 four together. — Sporangites acuminata Daws. Common. — Pinmdaria dispalans 

 Daws. Common. — Psilophyton elegans Daws. Occasionally. — P.(?) glabrum 

 Daws. Occasionally. — Cordaites Bohbii Daws. Extremely abvindant, but not so 

 well preserved as in Plant-bed No. 2. Leaves usually appear as polished bands of 

 graphite, with venation obliterated. — Cydopteris obtnsa Lesqx. Not very abundant. 

 — JSfeiirojyteris polymorpha Daws. In beautiful specimens, common. — SpJwiopteris 



marginata Daws. Not common. — S. Hoeiiinghausii Brongn. Not common. Pecop- 



teris {Alethop)teris) discrepam Daws. It was here that I first discovered this species. 

 It occurs quite abundantly, but always in fragments. — Cardiocarpum cornutum Daws. 

 Quite common. — C. obliquum Daws. Quite common. 



