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NAMES. AUTHORS. _ LOCAL 
Ilenus Centaurus, .. Dalman. “aw e. Say 1 
Centrotus, vy MDs ee Europe. a 
Laticauda _ Wahlenberg. | Europe 0. Bea 8 
Ampyx Nasutus, Dalman. Europe. Bi tai 
Olenus Bucephalus, Wahlenberg.. Europe. a 
Agnostus Pisciformis, — Al. Brong. Europe. | PN. 
Isotelus Gigas, De Kay.. _—_— United States. 
Planus, .. 7, do." United States. _ eas, 
Genera and Species not fully determined. ns 
Trilobites Cephaleurya, Rafinesque, . United States. 
Simia, do. United States. — 
Granulata, do. United States. 
Bilobites Lunulata, do. _ United States. 
Lobata, ; do. United States. 
From the short descriptions given by Professor 
Rafinesque of the five last mentioned fossils, I con- 
clude that they belong to ie genus Calymene of 
Brongniart. 
The study of the trilobites naturally leads to the 
_ consideration of those beings which appear to have 
inhabited our earth previous to the creation of man. 
Every one knows that the sceptical naturalist has 
drawn from these vestiges of organic life, an argu- 
ment contr adictory to the Mosaic account of the his- 
tory of the world, and though every cavil of the least 
importance, urged against the truth of the sacred 
historian, has been triumphantly confuted, still, the 
geological sclolist: bolls iapiigns his is vance Sa 
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