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the paleontology of these arctic countries. The Paleozoic marine 

 section is a long one, followed by marine Triassic, undated intru- 

 sives, Tertiary lignitic beds with a few plants, and Pleistocene 

 sands. The good photographs are interesting for their glaciers, 

 elevated peneplains and sea-cut terraces. c. s. 



3. Paleontology of the Oligocene of the Chehalis Valley, 

 Washington; by Katiierine E. H. Van Winkle. University of 

 Washington Publications in Geology, vol. 1, No. 2, 1918, pp. 

 69-97, pis. 6, 7. — The author here describes the stratigraphy and 

 fossils (about 150 species, of which 24 are new) of the subtropical 

 Oligocene faunas of the Chehalis valley, Washington. The strata 

 are at least 1200 feet in thickness. c. s. 



4. Papers from the Geological Department, Glasgow Univer- 

 sity, vol. 3, 1916. — This volume of sixteen reprints shows some 

 of the activities of the Geological Department of Glasgow Uni- 

 versity during 1916. The first paper, by Professor J. W. 

 Gregory, gives an interesting account of the life and work of the 

 Pennsylvania state geologist, H. D. Eogers, who was professor of 

 geology at Glasgow from 1857 until his death in 1866. The 

 other papers relate to the geology of Scotland, Australia, New 

 Guinea, and South Georgia. A timely article by Gregory is on 

 The Geological Factors affecting the Strategy of the War and the 

 Geology of the Potash Salts. c. s. 



5. Neiv generic names for Upper Cretaceous Gastropoda. — 

 In a recent paper entitled New and Little Known Gastropoda 

 from the Upper Cretaceous of Tennessee, published in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 

 for September, 1917, pp. 280-304, there were several errors which 

 crept in because of the necessity of preparing the paper for 

 publication after the writer left Baltimore and had entered 

 the U. S. Artillery service. 



It is the purpose of this brief note to rectify these mistakes 

 and omissions. The family name Fusidse should have been 

 inserted over the genus Falsifusus on page 284, and similarly the 

 family name Busyconidas should have been inserted over the 

 genus Boltenella on page 285. 



The generic term Hyllus (page 281) has been found to be 

 much preoccupied, and the new name Parafusus is here proposed 

 to take its place, the type thus becoming Parafusus callilateras 

 and the second species, Parafusus coloratus. Similarly the term 

 Scobina (page 286) is preoccupied and for the latter the name 

 Haplovoluta is proposed, the type species becoming Haplovoluta 

 bicarinata. The new Buccinoid genus Seminolg' is not regarded 

 as being preoccupied by the coleopteroid genus Seminolus of 

 Mulsant (1869) although the two are dangerously alike and a 

 different term would have been proposed in the first instance if 

 the writer had been aware of Mulsant 's genus. bruce wade. 



