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Lacertilia and snakes, some of the latter Crotalide, as indicated by 
the characteristic maxillary bone, with its teeth. Specimens of 
Procervulus furcatus with a burr on the horn, show that this spe- 
cies did not differ from P. necatus in this respect ; also that the P. 
ramosus is distinct from it as a species. In Nebraska Mr. Hill 
found the Ticholeptus beds containing Leptauchenta, etc., occupy- 
ing the place between the White River and Loup Fork forma- 
tions already assigned them. 
HULKE ON ỌORNITHOPSIS OF SEELEY.—In the last Quarterly 
Journal of the Geological Society for 1879, Dr. J. W. Hulke dis- 
cusses the characters of the huge Saurian named Orunithopsis hulket 
by Seeley. He identifies with it the Chondrosteosaurus of Owen and 
extent of its lateral excavations, and of more elongate form than 
the corresponding ones of Camarasaurus. He points out the 
existence of the hyposphen in Ceteosaurus oxoniensis and in Meg- 
alosaurus as figured by Phillips, using for it the term zygosphen, 
which is, however, homologically a different structure. 
FILHOL ON THE Fauna oF St. GERAND LE Puy.—The region of 
the Allier, Puy de Dome and Haut Loire, has for years furnished 
beautiful specimens of extinct vertebrates to the geologists of 
France, beginning with the time of Cuvier and De Blainville. 
Dr. Filhol has recently reviewed the work hitherto done in this 
field, and with the aid of much new material, which includes that 
obtained by Dr. Alphonse Milne Edwards, has commenced the 
publication of a detailed monograph. The first part, issued in the 
Annales des Sciences Geologiques, contaihs descriptions and fig- 
ures of three species of Chiroptera, one of Insectivora, four of 
Rodentia, twenty-six of Carnivora, and five of Artiodactyla. The 
elucidation of this fauna is of interest to American palzontolo- 
gists, since it corresponds approximately in time with the Truckee or 
Oregon division of our White River fauna. The faunal differences 
are as numerous as the resemblances. In France Canide abound, 
but they are mostly Amphicyons, not Canis nor other genera found 
in Oregon. Weasels are much more numerous than in America. 
ere is a near affinity between Filhol’s genus Proe/urus and our 
_Archelurus, though the two are distinct. Other forms of Felidæ 
are not recorded. The Artiodactyla are Cenotheria, which are 
abundant in species and individuals. The fullness of M. Filhol’s 
descriptions makes them of much value to science, and the light 
e throws on questions of synonymy is an important acquisition. 
We can only wish that he could consult euphony more frequently 
in the construction of new generic names. 
= - Nores on Sasre-Trootus.—The large species described in the 
December number of this Journal as Hoplophoneus platycopis turns — 
eG out to belong to a new genus, which has a premolar tooth addi- — 
