SOME OF PROFESSOR MARSH’S CRITICISMS. 297 
ceived from Prof. Cope,” etc. This could only have referred to 
the last meeting preceding (on the 16th) ; but, in fact, it was not 
read until the meeting following (September 20th). In the mean 
time it had been published (on the 19th), and two other papers 
describing the species and genera in more detail were published 
on the 20th and 22nd respectively. An account embracing the . 
same facts was also read by Prof. Winchell before the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science, which opened its ses- 
sions at Dubuque on August the 21st (or 23d), of which an 
abstract has, after great delay, appeared in the American Natu- 
ralist for March, 1873. Finally a description of Eobasileus ap- 
peared in the scientific column of the ‘‘New York Independent” for 
August 22nd, 1871. The papers published in Philadelphia were 
issued without my revision, and hence contain a few typographical 
errors which Prof. Marsh finds of great use to himself. But under 
the circumstances the number is surprisingly fe 
I now present a table of the nomenclature 0 the three genera 
of Proboscidia, synonymy being in italics : — 
i AUTHOR. 
MONTH, 
Leidy. Cope. Marsh. 
August, 1872. 
lst. ntatherium 
Scant d with one 
species. 
Uintamastiz do. 
19th. Loxolophodon | Tinoceras used in 
described 1 with | erratum, not de- 
: three species. scribed; no spe- 
cies described. 
20th. Eobasileus de- 
X ier and one 
speci 
22d. Loxolo 
a zga ain: Porat 
h three species. 
24th. Tinoceras named; 
no description. 
September. 
2ist. ea with describ- 
ed with. one spe- 
described. 
27th. Dinoceras describ- 
ed with two spe- 
ny 
Lefalophodon. As Prof. 
the name See ae was T ean accept sing p! e aboan ke in- 
